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JustJohn

Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Location: Your computer screen

Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 9:13 pm Post subject:

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.

You're British, aren't you?

Ilsanman

Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Bucheon, Korea

Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 6:22 am Post subject:

Funny. So many geniuses and so few asians. Koreans told me they have the 2nd highest IQ in the world.

butlerian

Joined: 04 Sep 2006
Location: Korea

Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 6:24 am Post subject:

Ilsanman wrote:

Funny. So many geniuses and so few asians.

Koreans told me they have the 2nd highest IQ in the world.

The two don't necessarily relate to each other. IQ tests are far from perfect, and even someone with a relatively low IQ can have a moment of inspiration that will lead to them being classed as a genius.

Bryan

Joined: 29 Oct 2007

Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:39 pm Post subject:

safeblad wrote:

Top 100 living geniuses
43= Mohammed Ali (American) Boxer

Hmm

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43= Osama Bin Laden (Saudi) Islamicist

Hmmmmmmmm

safeblad

Joined: 17 Jul 2006

Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 1:16 pm Post subject:

Bryan wrote:

safeblad wrote:

Top 100 living geniuses
43= Mohammed Ali (American) Boxer

Hmm

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43= Osama Bin Laden (Saudi) Islamicist

Hmmmmmmmm

yeah obviously there are a few strange entries. Dont see any reason why USAma cant be a genius though. Maybe it takes a special kind of genius to be the most wanted man on the planet for nearly 10 years and keep the USA looking foolish again and again. Some would say Hitler was a genius. I would probably agree with that too. Being a sick *beep* doesnt stop you being a genius. The strangest thing is that Bin Laden was voted in a no.43 by 4000 Britons.

crusher_of_heads

Joined: 23 Feb 2007
Location: kimbop and kimchi for kimberly!!!!

Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 4:55 pm Post subject:

If 24% of the geniuses are from Britain, why can't they learn to use dental floss and toothpaste properly?

safeblad

Joined: 17 Jul 2006

Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 5:02 pm Post subject:

crusher_of_heads wrote:

If 24% of the geniuses are from Britain, why can't they learn to use dental floss and toothpaste properly?

i am sure all of the british geniuses can use dental floss and toothpaste properly...

...apart from Steven Hawking Smile

BS.Dos.

Joined: 29 Mar 2007

Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 5:09 pm Post subject:

We love our rotten teeth, in much the same way that North American men love their big saggy man boobs.

Dome Vans
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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 5:10 pm Post subject:

safeblad wrote:

crusher_of_heads wrote:

If 24% of the geniuses are from Britain, why can't they learn to use dental floss and toothpaste properly?

i am sure all of the british geniuses can use dental floss and toothpaste properly...

...apart from Steven Hawking Smile

or this guy.

SPINOZA

Joined: 10 Jun 2005
Location: $eoul

Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 5:16 pm Post subject:

JustJohn wrote:

SPINOZA wrote:

You're British, aren't you?

A claim is not negated or supported by the nationality of the claimer. The claim "Britain has the most geniuses per capita" is negated or supported solely by the number of geniuses in Britain.

pest2

Joined: 01 Jun 2005
Location: Vancouver, Canada

Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 5:48 pm Post subject:

SPINOZA wrote:

JustJohn wrote:

SPINOZA wrote:

You're British, aren't you?

A claim is not negated or supported by the nationality of the claimer. The claim "Britain has the most geniuses per capita" is negated or supported solely by the number of geniuses in Britain.

Not "solely" the number of geniuses in Britain, but also the number of geniuses in the entire world... And like I said before, we dont know how many geniuses there are in the world.. because the rest of the world just doesnt care about doing an intra-national study to find out whereas British people seem bent on discovering each and every genius in existence in Britain.. why do brits care so much about finding geniuses whereas the rest of the world doesnt give a rat's ass?

venus

Joined: 25 Oct 2006
Location: Near Seoul

Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 5:56 pm Post subject:

Dolly Parton??? WTF????

As for Albert hoffman well, if the writer's claims that

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Many people argue that a genius can be defined by their contribution, where it turns conventional thinking on its head.

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in their own way, turned the world that we live in upside down. And it may be that alone that accounts for their acclamation as the world's greatest living geniuses."

define genius - then I reckon they might be on to something there... for those that have had the experience of lsd anyhow... Very Happy

Anyway didn't That ex US vice president invent the internet...?

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