Bill Alsobrook <balsobrook@houston.rr.com> wrote in message
news:WdBte.74777$PR6.23719@tornado.texas.rr.com...
> Nutt,
> No need to appoligize to me at all my friend. I would just like to
> point out that if IQ was simply based on ones ability to be verbally adept
> and engageing then possibly Albert Eienstien would still be considered
less
> than average. As it appears that some of the posters on this Group love
to
> research every last minute detail of the establisment or AA. Try and do
> some research on what IQ is. I know that my vocabulary and verbal skills
> are one of my short coming, and that I can live with. But if it makes you
> feel that you are some how more intelligent based on your vocabulary
skills
> or gramitical comprehension so be it. But if you ever want to come down
to
> Houston and sit in my office and discuss the Thixotropic properties of
> fluids, fluids hydraulic flow potential and maybe even delve into the
> Thermodynamic properties of Liquid Gasses and Polymeric Non-Newtonian
fluids
> my door is open. Maybe in that conversation I will be able to communicate
a
> level of intelligence that would suffice for your approval. On second
> thought, don't sweat it, as I am an Alcoholic brainwashed by Bill W. and
Dr.
> Bob It probably wouldn't do much for your opinion of me, and just end up
> wasting yours and my time.
>
> Taken from Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Introduction.
>
> One of the most serious criticisms of using a single number to assess
> intelligence is that people may be stronger in certain areas such as
verbal
> skills, logical aptitude or spatial visualization than in others. Drs.
> Richard Feynman and Albert Einstein would be examples of geniuses who were
> reputed to be extremely strong mathematically while being relatively weak
> verbally. More commonly, though, purely intellectual abilities tend to be
> uniformly high or uniformly low in a given individual, consistent with the
> concept of an underlying "g" or "general intelligence" that powers all the
> specialized intellectual aptitudes. In addition, there are several
> sub-factors such as verbal, spatial, Still, this doesn't happen with
> everyone, and the exceptions, like Richard Feynman and Albert Einstein,
are
> very important. Tests like the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)
> consist of a number of subtests that are scored separately and can measure
> the profile for an individual. (Dr. Howard Gardner has defined seven types
> of intelligence, while Dr. Robert Sternberg has identified three.)
> It's also easier to make an IQ score that's lower than your true IQ
than
> it is to make a score that's higher. Taking a test on a bad day, or
spending
> too much time on a few difficult items could artificially lower one's
score.
> The best results are obtained when more than one test is administered.
>
> <NutSoFast@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1Hyte.4230$fV.2829@okepread06...
> >
> >
> > On 19-Jun-2005, "Bill Alsobrook" <balsobrook@houston.rr.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Ken you seem to be a tad bit more educated than me, after all after I
got
> >> out of engineering school I moved under a bridge and decided to
> >> completely
> >> forget that I had a 155 IQ.
> >
> > I don't mean to embarass you Bill but a 155 IQ? The quality of your
> > writing would indicate an average intelligence at best...

Stupid is as stupid does...
Forrest Gump



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> >
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> >
> > "That credulity is the mark of a feeble mind will not be disputed."
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> > NutSo (aka CW aka C Dub)
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