tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22861867.post116847025162705630..comments2007-04-12T05:11:47.689-07:00Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11536734331366279894noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22861867.post-1168773455096578642007-01-14T03:17:00.000-08:002007-01-14T03:17:00.000-08:00HCN: "Any guesses how many standard deviations and on which side of the norm of a normal distribution that John Best and Common Sue would be located?"<BR/><BR/>Well...<BR/><BR/>Dunno about Common Stupidity herself, but as for JBJr... I filled in an Adorno F-scale on his behalf, using the material he has put out there for everyone to see of his attitudes and his personality (purely as a research exercise... NOT!*) and found that his score was rather high... 5.6! Maximum is 6.<BR/><BR/>Best's a fascist who can't abide white lint on his black shirts... but then... we all knew that, right?!<BR/><BR/>* Actually, I wanted to find out how different me and that imbecile are, because my score was 1.David N. Andrews MEd (Distinction)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10361832306977383560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22861867.post-1168742716252346672007-01-13T18:45:00.000-08:002007-01-13T18:45:00.000-08:00Snarky comment: Any guesses how many standard deviations and on which side of the norm of a normal distribution that John Best and Common Sue would be located?HCNnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22861867.post-1168549344649080162007-01-11T13:02:00.000-08:002007-01-11T13:02:00.000-08:00I found a study from the 20s which I might post about sometime. They survey the whole population of children in a city and find I think about 60% have some health or mental problem. About 6% score below 80 in a Binet IQ test (which I think is what would be expected).Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11624845176861980009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22861867.post-1168546356957380982007-01-11T12:12:00.000-08:002007-01-11T12:12:00.000-08:00HCN: "Of course this does not mean any anything unless you know what was being tested!!!"<BR/><BR/>Exactly.<BR/><BR/>And how the score was got has to be factored into it too.David N. Andrews MEd (Distinction)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10361832306977383560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22861867.post-1168544174315797832007-01-11T11:36:00.000-08:002007-01-11T11:36:00.000-08:00No, no, no... they are taking basic statistics and warping it beyond what is resonable.<BR/><BR/>The 1 in 6 refers to the 16% of children who fall below the one deviation of the norm in a normal distribution of a bell curve. Of course this does not mean any anything unless you know what was being tested!!!<BR/><BR/>My son received special ed. services when he fell below one standard deviation in at least two tests... And when he was three years old that meant producing speech (over 2 standard deviations), gross motor skills (barely one standard deviation... but that turned out to be false because he had just released from the hospital due to croup the day before), fine motor skills (within the norm), and something else having to do with language (sorry, it was over 15 years ago and I am not going to dig up the documents!). So he received services, and he is not even autistic.<BR/><BR/>For more information check out:<BR/>http://www.wrightslaw.com/advoc/articles/tests_measurements.html#anchor827554HCNnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22861867.post-1168524605644331712007-01-11T06:10:00.000-08:002007-01-11T06:10:00.000-08:00I'd estimate that at least 5 in 6 of our children experience significant social prejudice of one sort or another, when you add up all the females, the racial minorities, the religious minorities, those with disabilities, those who speak with ethnic accents, etc.<BR/><BR/>A tragedy, indeed.<BR/><BR/>And if (when) the mercury conspiracists and other assorted bigots whine more, it's only going to get worse.abfhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01228622726560993968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22861867.post-1168488664863157732007-01-10T20:11:00.000-08:002007-01-10T20:11:00.000-08:00Considering the number of UK residents who drink, smoke and recreational drugs, never mind the rates of obesity... :-) What about all that greasy fish and chips, and beer! No telling what they put in their "tea." <BR/><BR/>No wonder they are suffering from a tidal wave of train spotters....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22861867.post-1168479973632423542007-01-10T17:46:00.000-08:002007-01-10T17:46:00.000-08:00Been thinking, considering the number of toxins in the average cigarette, how many of the mercurians are smokers I wonder, and if they are had they better not be chelating all that nastiness out of themselves?laurentius rexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05074432718592268750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22861867.post-1168477485703004842007-01-10T17:04:00.000-08:002007-01-10T17:04:00.000-08:00They do specify children, however. And I doubt they have real stats on brain damage.Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11624845176861980009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22861867.post-1168475960809290652007-01-10T16:39:00.000-08:002007-01-10T16:39:00.000-08:00Considering the number of Americans who drink, smoke and use recreational drugs, never mind rates of obesity I am surprised the number with brain damage is that low.laurentius rexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05074432718592268750noreply@blogger.com