Taking pride in your progeny has at least has some merit, in my eyes at least. It certainly can be taken to extremely noxious or even toxic levels, sure, but sadly yes, the fact you properly whelped and trained your squaller (without letting it die somewhere along the way -.-’) IS at least somewhat noteworthy, these days.
Plus, I simply like smart kids; feel free to boast a little about 'em =).
I wonder if this points to variances between different IQ tests (could your friend have had access to standardized and non-standard IQ tests?) and/or how measured IQ appears to change over time (e.g. everyone has a ‘bad day’; age related; fatigue). Or is it merely the IQ tests’ variances that explain the resulting “change over time”?
Reminds me of that thing High School football coaches used to say to players who celebrated too much in the end zone after a touchdown : “act like you’ve been there before.”
Not a good look. Especially since Trump’s petard hoisting appears to be endless. It’s a wonder that his feet ever touch the ground.
Sorry, but the ambiguity is eating me up. 140 what – points or pounds?
Given that Trump hasn’t been bragging about being a member of MENSA, and that he’s totally the kind of dickbag that would brag about such things, I think we’re safe to assume his IQ is not that high and put to the challenge he will conveniently back out. MENSA struck me as a kind of magnet for people who need an excuse to hide behind “smarts” as an excuse for their failure to connect to others so that instead as to provide an elitist club while typically ignoring the underlying social deficiency. I recall being awarded some kind creativity kind of award, and also thinking it was bullshit, so maybe I’m just a cynic. Maybe I’m just upset because I didn’t make it into the gigantic penis club.
I haven’t seen some of the newer seasons, but Sandi Toksvig was always a great guest on the show, so I can see her being a great fit for host.
It deals with more complex concepts, but it doesn’t assume a lot of prior knowledge. Ian Stewart is an approachable writer with a good mix of light humor. As long as you survived basic secondary school geometry, even if you don’t remember the exact equations, it shouldn’t prevent you from understanding most of all of what’s in the book. It’s somewhat episodic, so I would recommend reading a chapter and then giving yourself time to think about it, rather than reading the book in a single go.
When you draw lines in the sand, first make sure you’re not standing in a tidal flat at ebb tide.
Conversely, I was less impressed by her as a guest, but think she’s a great host.
She wasn’t a terrible guest, but (as happens to many performers) she didn’t seem to reach the heights she used to, often falling back into shtick that we’ve heard many times before. Becoming host has revivified her and her shtick. (Randy Scandies, anyone?)
I’m not going to point out that I saw what you did there, but then my humility is of the charts.
Lol, 300, represent! This is SPARTAAAAAA!
I have spent too much time researching this. I really just wanted to check my own memory.
I am pretty sure that it is a quote from 1998’s Baulder’s gate, v.s. a similar quote from episode 84 (1993) of the Simpsons, “Homer Goes to College”.
A charcter named Quayle says, “I am so smart! S M R T! I—I mean S M A R T!” Quote with audio here.
Homer sings, “I am so smart. I am so smart. I am so smart. S-M-R-T… Uh, I mean S-M-A-R-T.” Quote found here, video here
Nothing is in a vacuum, and perhaps the Simpsons influenced the Baulder’s Gate writers, but more likely it was low hanging comedy fruit.
Real Genius’s remember to “always… never… forget to check your references” I should have provided links.
Alright, it’s going on the list!
You should look up the origin of the word genius. It comes from jinni, or genie as we say in the West. The Latin word genius was used by the Romans to refer to a guardian spirit that everybody had. (Everybody? Really?).
According to this, it’s sort of the other way round: English genie is derived (via French) from Latin genius, which as you say was a sort of guardian spirit/divine alter ego. The resemblance to the Arabic jinn is coincidental, but led to the French word being used in a translation of The Arabian Nights.
Well (extreme pedantry follows):
But same basic idea in both cases.
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