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To: koan who wrote (29022)	1/5/2007 11:54:04 PM
From: E. Charters	Respond to of 78422

But in a statistically simple sense everyone knows college graduates make more during their life than those with only high school degrees. That is the bottom line EC! That is simply not true. The facts state otherwise. The richest man ever in Canada, Bud MacDougall, never went past grade eight. He was famous for speculation how much further he could have got (than simply becoming the president of Argus Corp.) if he had quit school earlier. Dumber definitely does equal richer, more powerful and more influential. It is vital to teach That, always, sans breach, On the slow pulse of dumb, One must firmly by thumb, A clod-sense there plumb. Or the top one shan't reach And the riches won't come EC:<-}

To: koan who wrote (29022)	1/5/2007 11:56:31 PM
From: CusterInvestor	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 78422

Just for you koan; glad my Polish ancestors were well endowed: see link for country chart timesonline.co.uk The Times March 27, 2006 Germans are brainiest (but at least we're smarter than the French) By Helen Nugent BRITAIN and France have experienced long periods of conflict and rivalry but now victory in one area can be claimed: Britons are more intelligent than the French. A new European league of IQ scores has ranked the British in eighth place, well above the French, who were 19th. According to Richard Lynn of the University of Ulster, Britons have an average IQ of 100. The French scored 94. But it is not all good news. Top of the table were the Germans, with an IQ of 107. The British were also beaten by the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Italy, Austria and Switzerland. Professor Lynn, who caused controversy last year by claiming that men were more intelligent than women by about five IQ points on average, said that populations in the colder, more challenging environments of Northern Europe had developed larger brains than those in warmer climates further south. The average brain size in Northern and Central Europe is 1,320cc and in southeast Europe it is 1,312cc. “The early human beings in northerly areas had to survive during cold winters when there were no plant foods and they were forced to hunt big game,” he said. “The main environmental influence on IQ is diet, and people in southeast Europe would have had less of the proteins, minerals and vitamins provided by meat which are essential for brain development.” He added that differences in intelligence across Britain could be attributed to bright people moving to London over hundreds of years. Adults in England and Wales have an IQ of 100.5, higher than Ireland and Scotland, both with 97. People living in London and the South East average 102. “Once in the capital they have settled and reared children, and these children have inherited their high intelligence and transmitted it to further generations.” The pattern is repeated in other countries, Professor Lynn claimed. In France, IQ scores in Paris were much higher than those in rural areas. Professor Lynn has spent three decades analysing thousands of test results to scrutinise the role of evolution in IQ. He has published his findings in a new book. Britons excel in another area of Professor Lynn’s research. He found that university students had, at 109, the second-highest undergraduate IQs in the world, beaten only by their US counterparts on 110. Professor Lynn ascribes the differences between British and French intelligence levels to the results of military conflict. He described it as “a hitherto unrecognised law of history” that “the side with the higher IQ normally wins, unless they are hugely outnumbered, as Germany was after 1942”. A “normal” IQ ranges from 85 to 115 but exceptionally gifted people have scores starting at 145.

To: koan who wrote (29022)	1/5/2007 11:58:33 PM
From: CusterInvestor	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 78422

Exactly: People who can develop their minds to an adequate degree usually make out just fine. members.shaw.ca Books all intelligent people should have: Critical Thinking: An Introduction I am quite convinced that learning how to think critically is much more important than having a high IQ. Critical thinking can boost success in nearly every area of a person's life since nearly every area needs decision making. However, most people think critically only in their area of expertise and don't apply it anywhere else. Having a high IQ without critical thinking skills may just mean you'll jump to wrong conclusions faster than other people.