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garbon

"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

mongers

"We have it in our power to begin the world over again"

Valmy

Quote from: Tyr on July 31, 2012, 09:19:01 AM
It turns out there is some sort of craft beer festival in my town this week. This makes me happy. :punk:

*high five*
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

garbon

"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Syt

Quote from: mongers on July 31, 2012, 01:28:00 PM


:bowler:

Protest against the IOC's over-vigilant protection of their brands?
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

MadImmortalMan

"Stability is destabilizing." --Hyman Minsky

"Complacency can be a self-denying prophecy."
"We have nothing to fear but lack of fear itself." --Larry Summers



garbon

Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 31, 2012, 03:22:06 PM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on July 31, 2012, 02:58:13 PM
http://www.statisticbrain.com/iq-estimates-by-intended-college-major/

Econ 128. :yeah:

No real shockers there except maybe philosophy.

I don't know. Most of the philosophy people I knew were rather bright if rather lazy in any sort of career driven way.

edit: Though most people at my school were bright...-_-
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Admiral Yi

Quote from: Zanza on July 31, 2012, 03:16:36 PM
Why is a list of average IQs sorted by the SAT score?  :huh:

The study was conducted by Educational Testing Service, who administers the SAT.  They want to reinforce the argument that the SAT is a good predictor of performance.

I personally find the argument compelling (1480).

katmai

Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 31, 2012, 04:16:38 PM
Quote from: Zanza on July 31, 2012, 03:16:36 PM
Why is a list of average IQs sorted by the SAT score?  :huh:

The study was conducted by Educational Testing Service, who administers the SAT.  They want to reinforce the argument that the SAT is a good predictor of performance.

I personally find the argument compelling (1480).

I clearly don't prove that (1520) :P
Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son

garbon

"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Admiral Yi

Quote from: katmai on July 31, 2012, 04:18:31 PM
I clearly don't prove that (1520) :P

:mad: Old System or New System?

Malthus

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane—Marcus Aurelius