[internetworkers] US Election results sorted by average state IQ

Sil Greene quack at ibiblio.org
Thu Nov 4 21:57:24 EST 2004



Phillip Rhodes wrote:
.:Michael Czeiszperger wrote:
.:> 
.:> http://www.nielsbuus.dk/rod/2004election_by_iq.png
.:> 
.:> Very, very interesting....
.:
.:Not really.  The site says clearly that the data may not be
.:fact in the first place.  And even if it is, it's debatable
.:if the concept of "IQ" really means anything.  And even if it
.:does - "correlation does not equal causation."
.:
.:That graphic is essentially meaningless, IMHO.
.:

agreed.  i saw it earlier and didn't find it very compelling, precisely 
for those reasons.  (the version i saw first didn't mention sources, so i 
took it with an even bigger grain of salt.)

--s




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