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Originally Posted by openeyes  |
Ok, so in the first part, the numbers show that 18 out of 516 men had severe social issues. 3.4% of the males in the test. What percentage of US males are in the prison system? What percentage are on anxiety meds or adhd meds or ... ? 3.4% does not seem out of whack with normal society. In fact, it might be lower.
The Prometheus people claim that the data/results/... were tainted, so they did their own lies, damn lies, and statistics on it.
The second part is more interesting. Let me put my lies, damn lies, and statistics spin on it. "Smart kids raised in high income homes turn out fine." "Smart kids raised in low income homes have social problems." hmm. Let's try that one again... with my spin, and see if it sounds correct. "Normal kids raosed in high income homes turn out fine." "Normal kids raised in low income homes have social problems." Yep. Still sounds correct. "But what about the rich high-iq people who turn out bad?" Hmm.. let's take a normal to idiot version... Yep. Paris Hilton turned out just fine, right? Ok, bad example. Nichole Richie?
And to answer the Shamou's point: Yes, he had problems. There will always be the exception to the rules.... that's why we say "in general"
I do appriciate the Prometheus link, however. And that was a topic that we discussed about five or so years ago... I had forgotten that article. My friends and I just cast it off as more of the 2b) class of people. I mean, seriously, how many high-IQ groups do you need?