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Old Jul 02, 2012, 04:41 PM
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Yeah, I think IQ is overrated. And it used to irritate me when my sister called me a genius, because there's more to being a genius that scoring high on a test. You actually have to do some genius-like thing - which I never have. I just have some decent reasoning skills and an excellent memory. Frankly I'd have traded some of that for artistic and people skills.
You can also be trained to do well the kinds of things that IQ tests test. So yeah. Totally useless. I'd rather be happy and good with people, neither of which things I am.
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Old Jul 02, 2012, 04:41 PM
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Yeah, I've read her book. She's an amazing person. I've emailed her too. She told me her husband is a law librarian - like me!
I wrote her a thank-you card. She's the only nutters lawyer out there who is speaking out, as much as I hate her MH policy stuff. I kind of hope she doesn't write back though
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