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What I'm saying is that IQ makes a difference in *why* a person likes a given movie. How likely do you think it is that a dumb person would like the book version of LOTR? They wouldn't be able to understand a good lot of the parts a smart person finds fascinating, so they'd give up on page 3 or something. (Not that all smart ppl necessarily like it either - my aunt never bothered to read past the first chapter. 
) Take a movie with a lot of cheesy action. Dumb Person X would like the movie because it had a lot of fights & stuff blowing up, and wouldn't even notice the cheesiness. Smart Person X, on the other hand, might like it because the cheesiness is so ridiculous it's funny, or else because when watching it he has no need to think and can just sit there relaxing for a change. Dumb Person X might think the movie was perfect, while Smart Person X might be perfectly aware of its faults but like it anyway. That's all I was really getting at with the IQ thing.
) Take a movie with a lot of cheesy action. Dumb Person X would like the movie because it had a lot of fights & stuff blowing up, and wouldn't even notice the cheesiness. Smart Person X, on the other hand, might like it because the cheesiness is so ridiculous it's funny, or else because when watching it he has no need to think and can just sit there relaxing for a change. Dumb Person X might think the movie was perfect, while Smart Person X might be perfectly aware of its faults but like it anyway. That's all I was really getting at with the IQ thing. 
My IQ is 165 and I read comics.
http://members.shaw.ca/delajara/IQBasics.html
I don't believe Vos Savant's score either.
http://members.shaw.ca/delajara/IQBasics.html
I don't believe Vos Savant's score either.
I think whether you like a movie or not has a lot more to do with culture and personality than IQ. It also has to do with your level of informedness (which has nothing to do with IQ) -- for instance, I'm already looking askance at Minority Report just because from what I know so far, there's no way the premise is remotely plausible.
Of course IQ isn't the only factor. I never meant to imply it was. But let's face it, there's probably a higher percentage of dumb ppl who like cheesy movies, or rather think cheesy movies have no flaws.
Arm yourselves with something heavy, boys, it's time to clean up America! ::hunts down all low-IQ people::
One more useless fact:
IQ test were developed initially not to test how smart a person was, but how retarded. I think that tiny bug still permeates the gestalt.
IQ test were developed initially not to test how smart a person was, but how retarded. I think that tiny bug still permeates the gestalt.
IQ is just a way of generating a normally distributed bell curve in how people perform on certain tests.
One of its most interesting precursors was a series of aptitude tests invented by someone whose name I forget in the service of public schooling in America. It was extremely popular for a while, and not totally ineffective, but in a fairly unAmerican trend, IQ tests came to substitute for vocational tests and IQ-defined intelligence, rather than personality or fitness, began to influence which vocation or "track" a child would be placed on.
Of course, maybe you're one of the people who thinks vocations shouldn't be taught in the public schools at all -- in that case, none of it works for you.
One of its most interesting precursors was a series of aptitude tests invented by someone whose name I forget in the service of public schooling in America. It was extremely popular for a while, and not totally ineffective, but in a fairly unAmerican trend, IQ tests came to substitute for vocational tests and IQ-defined intelligence, rather than personality or fitness, began to influence which vocation or "track" a child would be placed on.
Of course, maybe you're one of the people who thinks vocations shouldn't be taught in the public schools at all -- in that case, none of it works for you.
Since this is the music and movies forum, how's this for serendipity.
The "streaming" concept was introduced in Britain in the 60's. Meaning that starting at the age of 7 kids would be more or less gently shunted in the direction deemed most suitable-- the brains ultimately towards higher education and the yobbos towards the dole, I guess. Michael Apted made a documentary called "The Seven-Ups" about a group of seven year olds "streamed" towards their fates. He has made a follow-up doc every seven years since, and I guess "The 42-ups" is waiting in the wings, following the same group, or as many as he could find or are willing to keep participating. They're fascinating but hard to find, especially find them in the right order.
Apted is working on a series called (I think) Marriage in America for A&E which starts this fall. The plan is to document the beginning of a series of marriages (he includes gay couplings--take that, you breeding lesbians--oops, wrong forum) with a view to following them up for 10 years.
The "streaming" concept was introduced in Britain in the 60's. Meaning that starting at the age of 7 kids would be more or less gently shunted in the direction deemed most suitable-- the brains ultimately towards higher education and the yobbos towards the dole, I guess. Michael Apted made a documentary called "The Seven-Ups" about a group of seven year olds "streamed" towards their fates. He has made a follow-up doc every seven years since, and I guess "The 42-ups" is waiting in the wings, following the same group, or as many as he could find or are willing to keep participating. They're fascinating but hard to find, especially find them in the right order.
Apted is working on a series called (I think) Marriage in America for A&E which starts this fall. The plan is to document the beginning of a series of marriages (he includes gay couplings--take that, you breeding lesbians--oops, wrong forum) with a view to following them up for 10 years.
*grabs palm pc and bullit proof vest, calculates the possible projectory of STRMkirbys gun and hides behind stone wall in the predicted projectory* *sticks middle finger in air* you'll never take me alive copper.
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