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From: db@cbosgd.UUCP (Dave Bursik)
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Subject: Re: Intelligence
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Date: Wed, 29-May-85 23:09:05 EDT
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In article <371@h-sc1.UUCP> desjardins@h-sc1.UUCP (marie desjardins) writes:

>Why do we judge people on the basis of their intelligence?  Why do intelligent
>people often have it so much better than unintelligent people?

Those of you who grew up in a small town as "the smartest kid in the class"
may want to dispute the comment that intelligent people have it so much better.
While it's true that intelligence may be more highly valued among many adults,
it's also true that the kids at the fringes of the group (both ends of the
normal curve) often get treated rather shabbily.

Meanwhile, it takes a lot of years (most of them formative) to get to the
stage where intelligence is regarded as an asset by people other than your
parents (and even they weren't too sure sometimes :-)).

I suspect that the more intelligent one is, the more one uses intelligence
as a measure of worth (that has a nice, self-fulfilling prophetic ring to it).