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  • From: Sil Greene <quack AT ibiblio.org>
  • To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] US Election results sorted by average state IQ
  • Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 21:57:24 -0500 (EST)



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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