Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: IQ ramblings
From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com>
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 11:00:28 -0700
References: <4.1.20000516085604.02668f10@gateway.photoaccess.com>

Jim Brick wrote:
> 
> At 09:49 AM 5/16/00 -0500, Birkey, Duane wrote:
> >
> ><snip>
> >
> >And while a high IQ can be good for certain careers, it is a poor measure of
> >ability and worth.
> >
> ><snip>
> >
> >Duane (rambling again) Birkey
> 
> Not long ago, here in the US, a person was not allowed to become a police
> officer because his IQ was too high. He sued for discrimination and lost.
> The reason he was denied the job, even though he aced all of the exams and
> tests, was that (according to the city/state management) folks with too
> high an IQ don't follow orders very well and they "think" too much.
> 
> Jim

I read that there are over 200 different ways of being intelligent and the IQ
test measures the 3 or 4 ways LEAST NECESSARY FOR SURVIVAL.
Mark Rabiner

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