A Measure of Bush's Intelligence

Wolfman

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How does one go about measuring Bush's intelligence? It may well be an impossible task...just as impossible as the question of "How Much Does a Meme Weigh?".

For those of you who may have missed it, this particular thread, started by a rather non-sensical post by T'ai Chi, has gone on to produce some amazing works of both prose and poetry. In fact, this single thread has, all by itself, produced more potential finalists for The Language Award than all other forums combined.

As a result, there is a run-off vote to determine the best of the submissions from the meme thread, before having the final TLA award this month. Please go and check them out, I'm sure you'll enjoy it...and we only have two more days in which to vote on which of the meme posts will go on to the final TLA competition.
 
Wolfman said:
How does one go about measuring Bush's intelligence? It may well be an impossible task...just as impossible as the question of "How Much Does a Meme Weigh?".

For those of you who may have missed it, this particular thread, started by a rather non-sensical post by T'ai Chi, has gone on to produce some amazing works of both prose and poetry. In fact, this single thread has, all by itself, produced more potential finalists for The Language Award than all other forums combined.

As a result, there is a run-off vote to determine the best of the submissions from the meme thread, before having the final TLA award this month. Please go and check them out, I'm sure you'll enjoy it...and we only have two more days in which to vote on which of the meme posts will go on to the final TLA competition.
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Bush is a genius - there is no other explanation for his second term:

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Wolfman said:
How does one go about measuring Bush's intelligence? It may well be an impossible task...
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...as opposed to the intelligence of Bush bashing that my 5-yr old niece would find childish and tedious? :rolleyes:

Have fun kids.

PS I am far from Bush's biggest fan.
 
bigred said:
...as opposed to the intelligence of Bush bashing that my 5-yr old niece would find childish and tedious? :rolleyes:

Have fun kids.

PS I am far from Bush's biggest fan.
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I appreciate your point; however, it should be obvious that this post is not really intended as a discussion of Bush's intelligence, but rather using Bush as an excuse for a shameless plug to get people to vote for their favorite "How Much Does a Meme Weigh?" post.
 
Wolfman said:
I appreciate your point; however, it should be obvious that this post is not really intended as a discussion of Bush's intelligence, but rather using Bush as an excuse for a shameless plug to get people to vote for their favorite "How Much Does a Meme Weigh?" post.
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What on god's green earth is a "Meme"? :confused:
 
BTW, Bush scored 1250 on his SAT's, back when they were basically IQ tests. That should answer the topic.
 
Oliver said:
What on god's green earth is a "Meme"? :confused:
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As I understand it, it's an analogy of a gene, passed down through generations by social means. Like religion or frottage.
A silly idea proposed by Dawkins, who is enamored of anthropomorphising things like "selfish genes".
 
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Jeff Corey said:
As I understand it, it's analogy of a gene, passed down through generations by social means. Like religion or frottage.
A silly idea proposed by Dawkins, who is enamored of anthropomorphising things like "selfish genes".
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Thank you, Jeff Corey. :)
 
shemp said:
So I beat him by 110 points. I don't consider myself a genius. And I didn't spend 25 years snorting coke and drinking heavily. He's an idiot.
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I didn't say he was a genius, did I? But that score is significantly above average.

Also, doing drugs and drinking are not necessarily signs of stupidity. Edgar Allan Poe and Paul Morphy both did drugs and/or drank heavily. And that's just off the top of my head...
 
EGarrett said:
I didn't say he was a genius, did I? But that score is significantly above average.

Also, doing drugs and drinking are not necessarily signs of stupidity. Edgar Allan Poe and Paul Morphy both did drugs and/or drank heavily. And that's just off the top of my head...
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Right. W might have written a poem somewhat like "The Pretzel."

Once an autumn afternoon
Watching football in my room
Sipping soda, feet on stool
Needing bread to soak up drool

Quick, I grapped the bag of plastic
Knowing not my glottis spastic
Would soon render breathing drastic
While I squirmed upon the floor

Just a pretzel
Nothing more.

DR
 
That's more than high enuf for Mensa, e'en if not technically genius level.
 
Jeff Corey said:
I CFLarsen you on that. Evidence?
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I double-checked and I did in fact make a mistake. When Bush took the SAT it was pre-1974, so the conversion was different...so he had the same equivalent IQ (125), but the equivalent score on the test was lower (1206).

So to clarify, Bush's IQ equivalent on the test was still 125, but it was back when the test was harder, and he scored a 1206 which was about the same as scoring 1250 on the 1974-1994 version.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/01/20/timep.affirm.action.tm/
 
EGarrett said:
I double-checked and I did in fact make a mistake. When Bush took the SAT it was pre-1974, so the conversion was different...so he had the same equivalent IQ (125), but the equivalent score on the test was lower (1206).

So to clarify, Bush's IQ equivalent on the test was still 125, but it was back when the test was harder, and he scored a 1206 which was about the same as scoring 1250 on the 1974-1994 version.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/01/20/timep.affirm.action.tm/
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Are you defending Bush's intelligence (a joke of itself) or merely being pedantic?
 
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