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Re: I.Q. Expert: Bush Smarter than Kerry
Originally posted by John Ashcroft
The Times quoted Steve Sailer, a columnist for immigration reform Web magazine Vdare.com, who is also adept at estimating a person's I.Q., and has done so for many presidents in the past.
Wow! A columnist in a web magazine, making guesses! Great source there!!!
Reports the Times: "Mr. Bush's score on the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test at age 22 again suggests that his I.Q was the mid-120's, putting Mr. Bush in about the 95th percentile of the population, according to Mr. Sailer. Mr. Kerry's I.Q. was about 120, in the 91st percentile, according to Mr. Sailer's extrapolation of his score at age 22 on the Navy Officer Qualification Test."
Judging someone's IQ by their score on one test is pretty worthless is you ask me. Also, even if Bush was kinda intelligent back in like 1970, that was before 15 years of alcohol and alleged drug abuse! JA, I know you just posted this to get us riled up, but this some serious bullshit!
Sailer's analysis was called credible by Linda Gottfredson, an I.Q. expert at the University of Delaware. She told the Times she wasn't surprised at the results or that so many people had assumed that Mr. Kerry was smarter.
"credible", as opposed to "accurate".
"People will often be misled into thinking someone is brighter if he says something complicated they can't understand," she said.
We won't hold our breath waiting for the president's detractors to apologize.
Please do
Link: here
The Times quoted Steve Sailer, a columnist for immigration reform Web magazine Vdare.com, who is also adept at estimating a person's I.Q., and has done so for many presidents in the past.
Wow! A columnist in a web magazine, making guesses! Great source there!!!
Reports the Times: "Mr. Bush's score on the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test at age 22 again suggests that his I.Q was the mid-120's, putting Mr. Bush in about the 95th percentile of the population, according to Mr. Sailer. Mr. Kerry's I.Q. was about 120, in the 91st percentile, according to Mr. Sailer's extrapolation of his score at age 22 on the Navy Officer Qualification Test."
Judging someone's IQ by their score on one test is pretty worthless is you ask me. Also, even if Bush was kinda intelligent back in like 1970, that was before 15 years of alcohol and alleged drug abuse! JA, I know you just posted this to get us riled up, but this some serious bullshit!
Sailer's analysis was called credible by Linda Gottfredson, an I.Q. expert at the University of Delaware. She told the Times she wasn't surprised at the results or that so many people had assumed that Mr. Kerry was smarter.
"credible", as opposed to "accurate".
"People will often be misled into thinking someone is brighter if he says something complicated they can't understand," she said.
We won't hold our breath waiting for the president's detractors to apologize.
Please do
Link: here
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