Re: The "two child problem"

[George Spagna <gspagna@rmc.edu>]

At 03:39 PM 7/28/97 -0700, Leigh Palmer wrote:
> This reinforces my prejudice that high IQ and
> intelligence are correlated more loosely than many
> would imagine. I take it as a point of honor that I
> have never acceded to an invitation to speak to our
> local Mensa club. Imagine a club the members of which
> share the delusion that performance on an examination
> means something sufficiently substantial that it should
> form the basis for choosing colleagues for social
> intercourse!

And, also, consider the high liklihood that Ms. Savant took the test
repeatedly until she achieved that high score, solely for the purpose of
making the Guinness Book of World Records and establishing herself in a
career as the person with the highest recorded test score.


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