[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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