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From: gjh@otter.hple.hp.com (Graham Higgins)
Newsgroups: sci.psychology
Subject: Re: Society for extremely gifted people
Message-ID: <3660001@otter.hple.hp.com>
Date: 7 Mar 88 11:52:11 GMT
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Some time ago the pseudo-science magazine "Omni" published a 4-sigma I.Q.
test designed by one of the leading lights of Mensa. The "4-sigma" tag to
the test reflected the designer's belief that successful attempts at the
test could only be made by people whose I.Q. was at least 4 standard
deviation intervals above the mean - I cannot be bothered to work out right
now what that is supposed to map out to (160/170+, I think). Some of the
rationale behind the test was included with the questions. The *reported
fact* (please note the hearsay nature of this source) which gave me most 
cause for thought was that the test designer had created the test
to aid him in his finding "a woman that he didn't have to talk down to."
(well, that's what the gist of it was). It looks like there's intelligence
and "intelligence".

Cheers,

Graham Higgins
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