On 5/26/2012 9:48 AM, Ed Huntress wrote:
On Sat, 26 May 2012 07:13:44 -0700, whoyakidding
wrote:

On Fri, 25 May 2012 22:35:09 -0400, Ed Huntress
wrote:

On Fri, 25 May 2012 17:16:41 -0700, whoyakidding
wrote:

On Fri, 25 May 2012 14:26:25 -0400, Ed Huntress
wrote:


As for those who are intelligent but who draw irrational conclusions

That's a contradiction.

No it's not. Someone can have a high IQ but use it poorly. Just
because a person has it doesn't mean they use it.

I understand your point. But try extending it to it logical
conclusion. Most everyone has SOME intelligence. Even a documented
lifetime loser surely makes some quick and correct decisions. But if
you don't draw the line somewhere then there's no such thing as a
stupid person. All we'd have is a world of intelligent people a
certain percentage of whom make mostly stupid decisions. I call that
segment stupid per the definition "1. Slow to learn or understand;
obtuse." You prefer to sugarcoat the situation and pretend that unless
they're 'slow to understand;obtuse' ALL the time then they shouldn't
be categorized as stupid. If you don't agree with my summary then how
about you name some people you DO consider stupid.

g Ok, I won't argue your point. I think of intelligence in terms of
"general intelligence" as measured by, for example, IQ. It's a narrow
defintion, but at least it has a metric that can be applied.

A Psych professor of mine once defined high intelligence as "the ability
to score well in intelligence testing."

Her specialty was in intelligence testing. :^)

David

"David R. Birch" wrote in message
...
... A Psych professor of mine once defined high intelligence as
"the ability to score well in intelligence testing."

Her specialty was in intelligence testing. :^)

David

That was the working definition in Mensa too. It definitely doesn't
correlate well with becoming rich and famous. At one point nearly the
entire NH Mensa chapter was unemployed.

jsw