Phil Cook wrote:

> While it is self-evident that some people are more intelligent than 
> others, it is also self-evident that some people are dumber then others; 
> what is not commonly understood is that these facts often involves the 
> same people merely at different times and in different situations.

Well, the guys at XKCD know about it at least:

http://www.xkcd.com/231/

>> IQ is one attempt to measure this in some kind of objective way (with 
>> varying degrees of success).
> 
> Although that simply shifts the question to the next level of "So why 
> are bothering to measure this?"

Well, if you're going to put it that way... why are we bothering to be 
live? It's not like there's any point to it...

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