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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.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   
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