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   Patrick Baldwin to Gerry Quinn   
   Re: Argument from authority [was: When i   
   01 Dec 08 23:40:29   
   
   From: pax@osmium.mv.net   
      
   Gerry Quinn  wrote:   
   >In article ,   
   >aqua@internode.on.net says...   
      
   >> [3] Note that I'm from the "IQ is probably a statistical artifact"   
   >> school   
      
   >Could you elaborate on this surprising notion?   
      
   >It is my understanding that IQ is more consistent between multiple   
   >measurements on the same person - as well as with other measureable   
   >quantities - than could reasonably be ascribed to chance.   
      
   	My results actually were higher each time I was tested.   
      
   	Of course, I think that might just have been me getting   
   	better at the testing process, at least in part because it   
   	became less intimidating with repetition.   
      
   ~P.   
      
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