Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ttidcc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!pesnta!qumix!ittvax!decvax!mcnc!philabs!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe From: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: XSO IQ Message-ID: <529@ttidcc.UUCP> Date: Mon, 8-Jul-85 16:42:30 EDT Article-I.D.: ttidcc.529 Posted: Mon Jul 8 16:42:30 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jul-85 11:52:57 EDT References: <1476@utah-gr.UUCP> <1560093@acf4.UUCP> <1070@vax1.fluke.UUCP> Reply-To: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) Organization: The Cat Factory Lines: 19 Summary: In article <1070@vax1.fluke.UUCP> tron@fluke.UUCP (Peter Barbee) writes: >I remember Jerry saying something about high intelligence being a "positive" >trait, this seems to imply that low intelligence is a "negtive" trait. This >attitude fuels whatever anti-intellectualism I already have. I like the idea >that intelligence is a trait, period. I think you're confusing low-intelligence with average intelligence. By definition, most people are of average intelligence (within one standard deviation of the mean). It would certainly make no sense to consider this a negative trait. I leave, as an exercise to the reader, the assigning of + or - to those significantly below or above average. --- -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe) Citicorp TTI Common Sense is what tells you that a ten 3100 Ocean Park Blvd. pound weight falls ten times as fast as a Santa Monica, CA 90405 one pound weight. (213) 450-9111, ext. 2483 {philabs,randvax,trwrb,vortex}!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe