On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:50:43 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm,
technomaNge quickly quoth:

Ed Huntress wrote:

It wasn't easy, but it's interesting to me that posters to this NG scored so
high. Our average must be around 50 or so, which I consider pretty good for
someone who doesn't read history for fun or as part of his or her job. The
average age for this NG is probably pretty high, too, and you can forget a
lot of details if you don't keep up with the subject(s).

I suspect we'd do well against elite college students in many areas,
including math and science. We have a lot of years of experience, and
there's some degree of advantage because many of us care about the content
of these subjects in one way or another--a fact that counterbalances the
tendency to forget over time. What's left for the students? I'd say English,
except that most posters here are quite articulate and write at a very high
level. I think we're well above the level of typical college students.

Maybe we should all apply for honorary PhDs...

Newp. Most of the fuds I work with are quite braindead. It appears
that all that time around the edu system just beat it out of you.
Sad, really.


I can hardly wait for the first episode of
"Are you smarter than a metalworker / old fart?"

If you're still watching what passes for TV in this day and age, you
have already lost that battle, TM. bseg

--

According to our strength of character and our clarity of vision, we will
endure, we will succeed, we will have contributed something to make life
where we were and as we lived it better, brighter, and more beautiful.
-- Frank Lloyd Wright