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-hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> writes:

> On Wednesday, October 31, 2018 at 3:07:52 PM UTC-4, chrisv wrote:
>> -hh wrote:
>> 
>> > (snipped, unread)
>> 
>> If you are too stupid to figure it out, -highhorse, it's not my
>> problem.
>> 
>> Would you also bicker and demand proof, if I claimed that dullards
>> generally don't become doctors, or engineers, or chess players?
>
> Well, it depends on just how dumb your statement was, and also
> assessed by how poor your track record is for veracity.  
>
> Now for this one, studies have found that medical doctors have IQ's 
> that are 20+ points above the average ...
>
> <https://www.iq-test.net/what-is-the-average-iq-of-a-doctor-139.html>
> <https://www.healthpam.com/medical-doctors-ranked-first-highest-iq-amongst-job-professions/>
>
> And the same intelligence trend is also present in Engineering too...
>
> <https://qz.com/334926/your-college-major-is-a-pretty-good-indication-of-how-smart-you-are/>
>
> As well as in chess...
>
> <https://www.acsh.org/news/2017/05/31/do-chess-players-have-higher-iqs-11366>
>
> So it looks like you _finally_ avoided making a stupid statement 
> this time ... congratulations!  
>

Broken clocks come to mind. But in fairness even they are right more
often than the turd.

-- 
chrisv alias turdv is a turd