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Subject: Re: Bobby Fischer comeback?

Author: Pallav Nawani

Date: 19:53:53 05/27/05

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On May 27, 2005 at 18:49:10, Robert Hollay wrote:

>On May 27, 2005 at 18:12:43, Daniel Pineo wrote:
>
>>On May 27, 2005 at 15:00:42, adam wilks wrote:
>>
>>>I think his behaviour is normal for someone with an iq of 180.
>>
>>It's also normal for a person with an iq of 30, which I think is probably
>>closer.  Being good at chess doesn't necessarily mean he's a genius, it doesn't
>>even mean he's average.
>>
>>- Dan Pineo
>
>Right. Kasparov isn't a genius too (except in chess). AFAIK he scored about 125
>in a classical IQ test several years ago. Geniuses are above 140 ...

I can't understand why you would give so much importance to IQ tests. The
assumption that you can determine a person's intelligence with a test is highly
inaccurate.

Pallav



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