[kj] Wikipedia entry on Jaz Coleman

[Bette Dillinger]

LOL.  Yes I have read that entry. Oh man.  
    
First, using the standard bell curve that the MMPI and other IQ tests use, it is impossible to have an IQ of 190, as it would be to have an IQ of 10.  
 
But the most important thing is that J. Coleman is invoking a standardized test, created by the wealthy white men he purports to detest.  Thus, he is solidly perpetuating the status quo.  
 
Also, I could not see him sitting his butt down for one and a half to three hours, which is the typical time that it takes to administer something like the MMPI, the most popular test in the US.  He never appeared to have a great attention span, yeah?
 
I am surprised he hasn't heard of the debate about the discriminatory nature of the IQ test, in that it favors the children of wealth to such a nauseating extent.  In fact, many universities are rejecting it due to the many studies that show there is no relationship between IQ scores and performance, since schooling is not a timed test.     
 
-Bette

> Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:08:34 -0500> From: bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net> To: gathering at misera.net> Subject: [kj] Wikipedia entry on Jaz Coleman> > "He has been married twice and has children. He claims that he has an IQ > of over 190." -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaz_Coleman> > Note that only 2% of people on earth have an IQ over 130. Only 1% have > an IQ over 135. From then it's really, really slim pickings.> > Of course, I have never met anyone online who claims to have an IQ lower > than 140, which is preposterous.> > -Oliver> _______________________________________________> Gathering mailing list> Gathering at misera.net> http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering

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