Re: Is IQ usefully predictive? (and not in this case)

From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Sun Aug 26 2001 - 10:52:58 MDT


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John Clark wrote:
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> Mike Lorrey <mlorrey@datamann.com> Wrote:
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> > Depends on how complex your streetcar system is, though, don't you
> > think? Such a tome would be highly useful for queueing and switching
> > theory, eh?
>
> The man had a mind the size of a planet but his book was about
> collecting paper streetcar transfers coupons as a hobby.

Okay, and Marylin Vos Savant (with an IQ of something like 210) does
nothing but write an advice and puzzle column for the newspaper...
obviously an entirely worthless endeavor in the Clarkian scheme of
things.



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