btw i always thought the definition of IQ (assuming that your group satifies the central limit theorem and we can treat it as a normally distributed sample) was that it was normally distributed with a mean of 100 and standard distribution of 10, simple right..

Problem: It really did come from the Native Americans. Two centuries ago.

In conclusion, .... the phrase seems to have been crafted in relatively modern times [1970s], and thus does not have the deep historical resonance provided by age.

I was wondering when we'd reach the point where the accumulation of knowledge available in any given field exceeded the ability of the human mind to completely grasp in a useful manner.

"To estimate the time that it might take a new entrant to the subspecialty [echocardiography] to read all the previous literature, we assumed that he or she could read five papers an hour (one every 10 minutes, followed by a break of 10 minutes) for eight hours a day, five days a week, and 50 weeks a year; this gives a capacity of 10 000 papers in one year. Reading all papers referring to echocardiography (search 1) would take 11 years and 124 days, by which time at least 82142 more papers would have been added, accounting for another eight years and 78 days. Before our recruit could catch up and start to read new manuscripts published the same day, he or she would - if still alive and even remotely interested - have read 408 049 papers and devoted (or served a sentence of) 40 years and 295 days. On the positive side, our recruit would finish just in time to retire."

You do understand that he will lose all those thousands of free bodyguards once he is out of office, don't you?

neil armstrong's 1st wife ditched him because he didn't offer her enough support when 2yo karen armstrong died

Armstrong's first wife, Janet, divorced him in 1994, after 38 years of marriage.

Every time I see someone say we need to take our freely elected government back, I always ask "from who?".

A substantial portion of the NSA, FBI, and CIA's budget is dedicated towards the very simple task of translating. As in, converting say, islamic into english.

The human ear/brain is indeed capable of hearing the difference between a pure sine wave at 440 Hz and a middle C tone played on a piano.

as for you being as Scottish as anyone here... YOU ARE HAVING A LAUGH!!!..

His favorite was an 8 x 10 view. I know this because I was very privileged to meet the master in 1980 and actually asked him.