[kj] Wikipedia entry on Jaz Coleman

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English Wikipedia incorrectly suggests that Jaz's father is still alive.
I don't know how the things are with his mother... anyone?




2008/6/27 Bette Dillinger <bettedillinger at live.com>:


>  LOL, yeah, and also take into consideration that the stats of 1% have this

> IQ number are horribly skewed.  There are MANY people who have not taken an

> IQ test, and they thus are not in the cohort.  The armed forces are big

> sources for these statistics, at least they were in the beginning, to set a

> "baseline".

>

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> Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:06:46 -0400

> From: killingjoke at theimmortalfool.com

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Subject: Re: [kj] Wikipedia entry on Jaz Coleman

>

>

> I've got 141

>

> I just come here to associate with the lowly mortals and see how you all

> are. :)

>

> At 05:08 PM 6/26/2008, B. Oliver Sheppard wrote:

>

> "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

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