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endo
Joined: 14 Mar 2004
Location: Seoul...my home
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Why did so many people select Albery Hoffman?
I mean LSD is a hell of a drug and all, but it seems a little strange 
And he died recently. God bless him.... |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 2:49 am Post subject: |
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I'm curious. I went through the list and counted how many names I recognized. I came up with 44. A few of them I only vaguely recognized.
How many names do you know? |
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manlyboy
Joined: 01 Aug 2004
Location: Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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| Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 3:04 am Post subject: |
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Good news: 24% of people on list are British geniuses
Bad news: 100% of people surveyed to compile list are British gene-asses |
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Big_Bird
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: Sometimes here sometimes there...
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| Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 3:07 am Post subject: |
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| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
I'm curious. I went through the list and counted how many names I recognized. I came up with 44. A few of them I only vaguely recognized.
How many names do you know? |
I decided to answer your question, so I counted down the list and came up with 44 - the same as you. I wonder if they are the same 44? |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 3:07 am Post subject: |
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Almost half of all geniuses are American. That seems like a bigger headline.
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| 94=Dolly Parton (American) Singer |
Well we knew it wouldn't be 69. She couldn't reach that position.  |
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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 4:27 am Post subject: |
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| IncognitoHFX wrote: |
'I heard that about New Found Land, because people eat so much Omega 3...
I don't really buy that though. Either way, I love New Found Land and I think the best people in the world live there. |
Surely, old chap, you must mean Newfoundland.
Where was Bob Dylan on that list? |
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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 4:33 am Post subject: |
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| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
I'm curious. I went through the list and counted how many names I recognized. I came up with 44. A few of them I only vaguely recognized.
How many names do you know? |
Less than 40 for me, and about 10 of those only vaguely. I'd say about 20 or so everyone will know. |
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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 4:37 am Post subject: |
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| SPINOZA wrote: |
Before we get too smug having a right old chuckle at silly Britons, the claim "Britain has the most geniuses per capita" is not negated by the fact that Britons made the claim.
Once we've settled on a definition of genius, Britain having the highest number per capita of such individuals is either true or false. The fact that Britons themselves made the claim has no contribution whatsoever to this truth or falsehood. |
My old thread: "What is genius?" can be found here:
http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=74640&highlight=genius |
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pest2
Joined: 01 Jun 2005
Location: Vancouver, Canada
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| Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 4:47 am Post subject: |
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| SPINOZA wrote: |
Before we get too smug having a right old chuckle at silly Britons, the claim "Britain has the most geniuses per capita" is not negated by the fact that Britons made the claim.
Once we've settled on a definition of genius, Britain having the highest number per capita of such individuals is either true or false. The fact that Britons themselves made the claim has no contribution whatsoever to this truth or falsehood. |
Thats true, it's either true or false. But the claim has to be about reported geniuses or known geniuses, only. Do you think people in Congo take the IQ test to find out whether they are geniuses? Even in the USA, most people dont take it because it has become quite controversial. It is either true or false that 24% of people in the world who are geniuses are from the UK, but at the present time, we have no way of knowing it. And since people from the UK comprise much less than 24% of the world population, a claim like this has to be in part on the basis of some kind of fascist/racist belief.
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Privateer
Joined: 31 Aug 2005
Location: Easy Street.
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| Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 5:21 am Post subject: |
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| That list is screwed up on so many levels it's laughable. Can't believe it made it into a newspaper. |
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Treefarmer
Joined: 29 May 2007
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| Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 5:28 am Post subject: |
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that list sucks
how the *beep* is Meryl Streep a genius???????
and they left out the guy who invented Mario |
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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 6:24 am Post subject: |
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and they left out the guy who invented Mario |
Strangely, I was thinking the same thing. I saw that guy interviewed on TV. Can't remember his name. Was interesting though. He said it just entered his imagination as a kid wandering about, wondering what worlds possibly existed beyond his sight. |
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BS.Dos.
Joined: 29 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 7:14 am Post subject: |
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Just for the record, I'm British and I don't like Geniuses.
Everyone knows that they were 5hit once Phil Collins started singing. |
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anyway
Joined: 22 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 7:22 am Post subject: |
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| pest2 wrote: |
| yeah, i was thinking they should rename this thread to, "24% of people who believe they are geniuses are british". |
Brilliant!! |
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Tony_Balony
Joined: 12 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 7:26 am Post subject: |
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| Leonard Cohen (American) Poet & musician |
Ha Ha. Dummies. |
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