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There. Now you not sidestepping... In fact, you are dancing around in the spot light. I guess you do not wish to give an absolute opinion as to what "you" think about Intelligence being an innate quality (maybe you are taking a neutral approach to the matter?). The Chomsky and Piaget debate...

As true as it is... It only took me the better half of a physics class (1h15 total) to come to my conclusion. I understood that fiction is also a force and it acts on the opposite direction of the applied force. Base on this point, I could deduct that the relation between the Applied Force and...

What I meant was math - when in its purest form - is eternal. However, we cannot "teach" this concept to our children. Which is why we invented the mathematical system that we knew today. My point was, math (itself) is not something that can NEEDS to be learnt; however the human representation...

Sadly, I understand that all too well... I broke up with my long term ex partly because of this (the other part was that she's a high maintance bitch :D). She accused me of being too mean to her at times. I was shocked cause I never even raised my voice with her in all these time that I...

I answered it in the post above you. :-)

I agree. Just look at Paris Hilton... or anyone in hollywood. Hell, look at 50 cent ! You don't need IQ to succeed at ALL; but it helps. Personality probably plays a role in getting nice jobs as well. After all, who doesn't want a nice cheerily person to work with? Please tell traveler how...

You meant it passively. I said why are some kids dumb? You said oh, well... they aren't "dumb" they are just poor... (you showed the correlatin between social-economic standing vs academic success). However, being poor is a REASON. It doesn't change who they are. They can be DUMB and POOR. Thus...

Logic can be plural... please look it up yourself before posting laughable points. Multiple sets of logic is known as LOGICS (if you noticed, I only used logics when I referred to them in general). Like I said before, kids can figure out X*2 = 4 if they understood it in its essense. If they knew...

Like I said before... You can't LEARN to be better at IQ tests. Sigh, read the link I posted... IT'S GENETICS. Why are you arguing agaisnt statistics? Poverty does nothing to IQ tests. Seriously, have you taken many IQ test? Some of them (the newer ones) show you a serie of pictures and asks you...

Ok. So is 15% in relative poverty enough to alter the correlation between IQ and doing well in school? I agree that extreme poverty WILL affect how one does in school, IQ notwithstanding. Because like you said, they could be hungry or whatnot. But I don't think it's significant enough to altar...

lol. Yes, it means you have a different view point than the Omegas... You are entitled to it. Lots of great ideas were considered "drivel" before they were proven. People are quick to judge what they are not comfortable with. Seriously, what do you people have against IQ?

http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/intelligence.html There... I spent like 2 seconds on the web and here it is... An university professor's view on Intelligence. Note his sentence: All of these are important and cannot be ignored -- especially when these are the things we can most easily do...

Omega, actually. I took an IQ test from a psychologist and she told me that I have to take another one (because the one I took cannot accurately measure my IQ). After that, I didn't just aim at Mensa, I wanted to get into Omega. I emailed them and they said they would welcome me in after I...

"Children who come from poor socio-economic backgrounds tend to be less successful in school than those who come from richer (socially and economically) backgrounds." Read above, then read my post on the ARML. I am telling you that people who do well in school have NOTHING to do with their...

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I don't get why people are arguing against "A person with a higher IQ is more likely to be successful." A higher IQ is a positive thing, of course a person with a higher IQ is more likely to be successful." That's like saying (no other information), if someone had a head start in a race, he's...

... Geniuses on the street? Due to a lack of Knowledge prehaps? That's the whole point, you need both. Show me how many MIT graduate, IQ 180 geniuses, are on the street. Remember their EXISTANCE means nothing, there have to be enough of them (out of the whole geniuses population) for the data...

Sigh... I don't believe we are arguing on point anymore. Let me restate what I believe: IQ is the measurement of one's logical skills (logicS: different sets of logic; look it up, logic can be plural because there are different schools of logic). Since IQ measures logical skills, I am...