In message <uMDfj.6464$EA5.5081@pd7urf2no>, Luna <lunajean@gmail.com>
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"Alan Harding" <Alan@harding.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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In message <YpAfj.5048$EA5.2523@pd7urf2no>, Luna
<lunajean@gmail.com> writes

One report that struck me as particularly tragic in a bizarre way
was that when the paparazzi were swarming her as she was being
loaded into the ambulance she tried to open her legs - the
paramedics had to stop her. She's pretty much submitted to the
idea that she's meat fodder. Of course,
having a fucked up upbringing and an IQ that probably doesn't
crack 90 is going to make things awfully tough for her.

I've never been convinced that I understood what it would be like
to have an IQ like that.

I think it might make it tougher to access the tools you need to be
better, but that's pure opinion.

I think you're probably right. I can't put myself in their shoes,
though.

"CyberDroog" <CyberDroog@ClockworkOrange.com> wrote:

99 is about the average IQ, with 85-99 being the low average,
and 100-114 being the high average.

Only for those very rare correctly calibrated IQ tests.
With most existing IQ tests, the average IQ is something
like 116. :->

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CyberDroog wrote:

On Sat, 5 Jan 2008 01:24:32 +0000, Alan Harding
<Alan@harding.demon.co.uk> wrote:

In message <YpAfj.5048$EA5.2523@pd7urf2no>, Luna <lunajean@gmail.com>
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One report that struck me as particularly tragic in a bizarre way was
that when the paparazzi were swarming her as she was being loaded into
the ambulance she tried to open her legs - the paramedics had to stop
her. She's pretty much submitted to the idea that she's meat fodder.
Of course, having a fucked up upbringing and an IQ that probably
doesn't crack 90 is going to make things awfully tough for her.

I've never been convinced that I understood what it would be like to
have an IQ like that.

99 is about the average IQ, with 85-99 being the low average, and
100-114 being the high average.

So 90 isn't really all that low. It's more like "ditzy".

There are different factors when it comes to IQ anyway. The ability to
sing and understand music is a relatively high-level brain function,
yet some people who are well below average IQ can sing and understand
music perfectly well. Maybe it's a kind of non-autistic savantism.

The same goes for "dumb" jocks. If you think about it, any seemingly
dim-witted quarter-back who can quickly choose between three possible
receivers and launch a ball in a perfect spiral and land it in the
hands of a moving target is actually deciphering and solving a
real-time calculus equation without knowing it.

I think good dancers are also displaying a very high-level brain
function, even if they have trouble tying their pointe shoes before the
performance.

There's more to life than just book learnin' after all.

I used to pride myself on being relatively smart. Then a friend
challenged me, and said if I'm so smart, then why can't I solve my own
problems? I think he had a very good point, it was one of those
catalyst moments for me I think, where I started to learn to depend on
myself more than others.

I used to pride myself on being relatively smart. Then a friend
challenged me, and said if I'm so smart, then why can't I solve my own
problems? I think he had a very good point, it was one of those
catalyst moments for me I think, where I started to learn to depend on
myself more than others.