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From: woods@hao.UUCP (Greg Woods)
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Subject: Re: Intelligence
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Date: Sat, 8-Jun-85 20:08:49 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jun  8 20:08:49 1985
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> >          It seems to me that *any* selection criteria that eliminates 98%
> >of the candidates is self-defeating.
> 
> 	I must disagree, Greg; I would say that I am probably just as fussy
> as the person (I don't know who that was) in the first quote.  Sure enough,
> that makes it hard to find people, but bad experiences with the wrong people
> can make it even harder.

   Well, I suppose my statement is also a bit too generalized, because 
ultimately most of us want to eliminate 99.9999999% of the population (i.e.
all but one). But scores on an IQ test seems like such an *arbitrary* criterion
for eliminating 98% of the available possibilities before even *meeting* them.
I still think that's taking the "selection" process a long way overboard.
Essentially, it is a case of making up one's mind about someone without
even giving them a chance. It is quite likely to lead to passing over some
very good potential mates, and for what? So he can be right about how smart
he is? Seems dumb to me.

> I have found that
> most of the truly intelligent women I meet are at work, since there are a lot
> of women who go into atmospheric sciences.  But that is not a good place to be
> looking for romance, so I am at a loss.  

  Why not, Jon? I know two people who are getting married this summer who met
at NCAR. Sounds like yet another arbitrary advanced elimination criteria to me.
At least consider the possibility that you are closing yourself off from some
potentially rewarding relationships.

--Greg
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