Friday, August 26, 2005

'Men cleverer than women' claim

From BBC NEWS Education 'Men cleverer than women' claim

A study to be published later this year in the British Journal of Psychology says that men are on average five points ahead on IQ tests.
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There were twice as many men with IQ scores of 125, for example, a level said to correspond with people getting first-class degrees.
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At scores of 155, associated with genius, there were 5.5 men for every woman.


Well, she is just smart enough to know how to control him. :)

You see, one doesn't have to have all the knowledge stored in their brain all the time. You can however know how to locate useful information quickly. With the Internet becoming more ubiquitous, it is better to know how to locate needed information faster. Similarly, other sources of information are more readily available today.

Thus it's better to not _be_ the encyclopedia but to know how to use it best for your purpose.