And lo on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:59:35 -0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> did  
spake, saying:

> 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/

Indeed

>>> 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...

Correct, but in the case of IQ it's an artifical measurement system. So  
what was the basis of creating it? What, if any, problem was it designed  
to solve?

-- 
Phil Cook

--
I once tried to be apathetic, but I just couldn't be bothered
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