Path: csiph.com!xmission!news.alt.net From: "James Wilkinson Sword" Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.system,alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.cellular-phone-tech Subject: Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2017 17:22:10 +0100 Organization: ~ Lines: 51 Message-ID: References: <7699542da7f01f1304183cf9c297a669@dizum.com> <110420171637461709%nospam@nospam.invalid> <__pHA.4939$6Q7.182@fx01.iad> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Opera Mail/1.0 (Win32) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.advocacy:409894 comp.sys.mac.system:104736 alt.comp.os.windows-10:40190 alt.cellular-phone-tech:1162 On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 16:56:13 +0100, Wolf K wrote: > On 2017-04-20 11:22, Snit wrote: >> On 4/20/17, 8:11 AM, in article op.yyz1tx2pjs98qf@red.lan, "James Wilkinson >> Sword" wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 16:05:20 +0100, Snit wrote: >>> >>>> On 4/20/17, 6:26 AM, in article op.yyzwyhibjs98qf@red.lan, "James Wilkinson >>>> Sword" wrote: >>>> >>>>>>>>> JWS has a limited range of of perceptions, sensory, emotional, and >>>>>>>>> intellectual. He's unaware of how little he knows, but insists that his >>>>>>>>> superior intelligence validates all his opinions. I don't believe >>>>>>>>> anything >>>>>>>>> he says about his brain power, but even if he has a high IQ, it's >>>>>>>>> useless >>>>>>>>> if it has nothing to work with. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> IQ is correlated well with how well you will do on other IQ tests. Not >>>>>>>> much >>>>>>>> else. :) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> It's a damn good guide. >>>>>> >>>>>> To what? >>>>> >>>>> Intelligence - the clue is in the name "intelligence quota". >>>> >>>> And what do you think that correlates well with? >>> >>> Intelligence. I just told you. > > Just as a BQ test is a damn good guide to B, whatever it is. > > Give me an operational, non-circular definition of "intelligence" that > makes no reference to IQ. Try a dictionary. >> But you cannot think of what that correlates well with... job success, >> relationship happiness, happiness in general, ability to relate to others, >> wealth, independence, emotional security, etc. >> >> Or maybe you now can? > > -- There's a word you are misunderstanding or misinterpreting, whether explicitly or by necessary and inescapable implication.