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Cal33

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5. There are people with high IQs who have poor judgment, yes. But if you were to test

Reply to IowaGuy (Reply #4)

Fri Dec 5, 2014, 04:47 PM

Dec 2014

any 1,000 people from the general population with an IQ of 100 and compare
with 1,000 people with an IQ of 110, you'd find that those with the higher IQ
would average out to having better judgment. Judgment, after all, depends
on several factors, and thinking ability is one of the more important ones.

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Your headline reminds me of a Neil deGrasse Tyson quote... Electric Monk Dec 2014 #1

The headline has just been edited. :) Cal33 Dec 2014 #2

Here's your original headline, to put my post back into context: Electric Monk Dec 2014 #3

good intentions, but.... IowaGuy Dec 2014 #4

There are people with high IQs who have poor judgment, yes. But if you were to test Cal33 Dec 2014 #5

It's deliberate Man from Pickens Dec 2014 #6

If so, it looks like psychopaths are holding the top positions in police departments, too. They Cal33 Dec 2014 #7

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