Monday, 23 May 2011

Re: IQ Estimation

Well, that is a rather complicated, single-case example, whoisbambam,
which I don't think completely derails my point. (For the record, the
guy sounds like a complete ass hole to me - there's always plenty of
those.) However, I have not intended to belittle others who choose to
express themselves "differently" here, only did I dare to say that
those who point it out to them are not being completely stuffy or
arrogant when they need things stated in a clear and unambiguous
manner which is a request rarely granted simply because such people
_cannot_ express themselves clearly and intelligently. I mean, while
there have been a few bizarre exceptions, many papers written these
days still elicit a high degree of erudition, sometimes even in
scientific papers, and this should not be surprising, but one further
does not expect to see anything published which is on the whole just
plain crap.

argumzio


On May 23, 1:29 pm, whoisbambam <smath...@gmail.com> wrote:
> ao,
>
> just to be fair........
>
> i have INDEED had prolonged experience with LAZY ASS intelligent
> beings.
>
> A friend of mine in high school comes to mind........he wouldnt even
> groom himself (he smelled, his hair in all directions), never brought
> a book to class, was always asking to borrow a pencil, and really the
> list goes on and on..........
>
> but.............
>
> he was on the varsity football team (and a weakling by standards, and
> wasnt no quarter or running back, but freakin' center)
>
> I was extremely strong.........i won my college weightlifting
> contest.....yet this ASS bested me during a skirmish as he reached his
> head forward and bit my tit with extreme, excruciating force--i was
> unwilling to accept that pain and resulting scar, and acquiesced to
> his wishes.
>
> he scoreed 99+ percentile on the SAT
>
> i was in junior college, earning A's, and he was delivering Dominos
> pizza in drug-infested Moreno Valley CA (i went on a run with him,
> completely appalled by his actions, repudiating them).
>
> i lost contact with him.......then one day i came across his name
> again, exchanged a few emails, and he was a bitter patent attorney
> working from the luxury of his home on his own schedule (bitter
> because he assumed i WANTED something other than my admiration and was
> MOST skeptical--WTF???? I never asked him for a thing.).
>
> I never met a bigger lazy ass in my entire life. His short-cut methods
> reflected this the 6years I knew him well (for instance, he didnt meet
> his potential working from home in his chosen field).........
>
> yet capable of glorious debate, in writing or impromptu.........so you
> tell me........
>
> i think both populations are guilty of current illiterate
> representation (moreso in text, email, forum/online messaging systems)
>
> this was just one example.........i have worked closely with many
> doctors (and aspiring doctors)........i have first-hand witnessed
> their short-cuts for decades now. In the old days, many medication
> errors and 'do no harm' violations were the end result (culpability
> lays with others also). Clearly this population is above the average
> 100 IQ illiterate.
>
> but i am also in defense of brain train............
>
> when it comes down to it, i dont give a rats ass how well you write
> English--if you want to share something in this forum, do it, and one
> should be able to do it without fear of humilation/belittling by the
> elite class of members that also infest this medium here.

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