03-07-2018, 09:19 AM | #91 | |
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Re: Defining IQ
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03-07-2018, 10:59 AM | #92 |
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Re: Defining IQ
Yes. They don't break the law. They know how to use it to get exactly what they want.
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03-07-2018, 11:59 AM | #93 |
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Re: Defining IQ
Not only to use it, but to make it to favor their own interests. Though being a powerful politician gets you a lot of immunity if you do break the law.
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03-07-2018, 12:26 PM | #94 | |
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And I would like to add: they (people with a very high IQ, not necessarily politician ones) don't have to risk their life to rob a bank or to deal illegal drugs in order to get thousands of dollars because they can earn far much more with legal business or stock exchange. |
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03-07-2018, 02:06 PM | #96 | |
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Re: Defining IQ
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They failed their criminal cost/benefit analysis is what I'm saying, though I suppose that backs up the notion that GURPS Disadvantages can be horribly crippling. |
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03-07-2018, 02:41 PM | #97 |
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Re: Defining IQ
Mental disadvantages are practically designed to overwhelm IQ. It does not really matter if you have an IQ of 5 or an IQ of 15, you will still fail Berserk (12) 25% of the time.
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03-07-2018, 02:53 PM | #98 |
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Re: Defining IQ
They weren't attempting to make money via crime, though. It's perfectly possible to be smart, wealthy, and a horrible person, but you're likely to be smart enough to avoid going around robbing liquor stores.
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03-07-2018, 05:09 PM | #99 | |
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And I don't think they were inexorably closing in on him due to mistakes he'd made at the time either! |
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03-07-2018, 06:00 PM | #100 | |
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Also, when looking into scientific journals for evidence for or against anything it's worth noting that most results are not replicated (whether they could be or not) and most studies are done to get funding, not do science. Last edited by VonKatzen; 03-07-2018 at 06:05 PM. |
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