And lo on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:24:31 -0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> did  
spake, saying:

> Stephen wrote:
>
>> The critical question is, “What is IQ and why so people believe it can  
>> be of
>> use?”
>
> Well, it is self-evident that some people are much more intelligent than  
> others.

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.

> 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?"

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Phil Cook

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