May 27, 2003

The moral tyranny of IQ.

"[I'm] reminded ... (for reasons you'll soon understand) of a car accident my wife and daughter were lucky to walk away from three years ago. A 16-year-old driving a new Lincoln coupe hit them at 70 mph--twice the speed limit--after careening off a hillside. Later that night the kid's mother told me how shocked she was by the witness reports of his reckless driving. "But he got 1550 on his SAT," she cried.

"What do you do for a living?" I asked.

"It was no surprise to hear that she's a college professor." - Joel Engel, Too Smart To Be So Dumb

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Great story. I plan to steal it.

Posted by: Mrs. du Toit on May 27, 2003 02:04 PM

Ditto.

Posted by: Kim du Toit on May 27, 2003 02:12 PM

HELP! Thief!

Posted by: Rodger Schultz on May 27, 2003 02:32 PM

Nice article

Posted by: Steven on October 23, 2003 08:30 AM
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