On Monday, February 6, 2017 at 11:50:20 AM UTC-6, billv wrote:
On 2/5/2017 10:58 PM, Buddy Winkler wrote:
I used to think all people had similar IQ's, but after
spending some time in Black Mountain and nearby towns,
I am convinced that people in the Western NC mountain
cities are about 10-15 points below the normal average
for the whole state of NC.
Anyone have other experiences?
Buddy in Asheville
There have been many discussions of all sorts about IQ in this
and other newsgroups. The general consensus seems to have been
that all IQ measures is a level of success taking the test. Look,
instead, at the level of success, of the people you're observing,
in their environment.
It came to my attention that the actor playing the role of "Mr. Bean"
is alleged to have an extremely high IQ (the number presented was 178)
but where the rubber meets the road he's just an actor, successful,
but still just an actor.
Just another actor with an MS in Electrical Engineering from Queen’s College, Oxford. Surely you read this in your cite.
Other equally successful actors have an IQ
of 100 +/- 10.
You offer absolutely no support for this claim. Nor do you for Bean having an IQ of 178. It's popular to inflate IQ's, and to assign arbitrary numbers for the IQ of people. I read recently that George Washington had an IQ of 140. "EXACTLY 140", the
website posted.
Marvin Sebourn
osugeography@aol.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Bean
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