RE: "A Short (and Bloody) History of the High I. Q. Societies"

From: Joe Dees (joedees@addall.com)
Date: Fri Aug 10 2001 - 10:09:57 MDT


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> "Michael M. Butler" <butler@comp-lib.org> extropians@extropy.com "A Short (and Bloody) History of the High I. Q. Societies"Reply-To: extropians@extropy.org
>
>http://www.eskimo.com/~miyaguch/history.html
>
>...found it.
>
>Of particular Sinocultural interest is a link found therein to
>
>http://www.eskimo.com/~miyaguch/history.html#Mandarin
>
>...
>Which has been reported by some to have had three levels,
>ostensibly 0.99, 0.9999, and 0.999999(!)--
>corresponding to ordinary public service, Mandarin, and Inspector.
>
>Be sure to read that section carefully; the above has been reported
>by some to have been, shall we say, elastic.
>
><covers face, weeping> Oh, not another thread contaminated by
>the R word!
>
>MMB
>
I was a member of Mensa and Intertel in the '70's, but quit because I found the meetings boring. It is much more interesting to talk with someone with whom you share an interest than with someone with whom you share an IQ score.

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