Thursday 21 July 2016

Why Is Terence So Smart?




He may well be the smartest person in the world.

With an IQ of 230, Terence Tao was taking college maths courses at 9 and received a PhD from Princeton at the age of 20.

Results, from IQ testing the world's population:
  • One percent had an IQ above 135
  • Five percent had an IQ between 125 and 135
  • Sixty-six percent had an IQ between 85 and 115
  • Five percent had an IQ between 65 and 75
  • One percent had an IQ under 65
  • Twenty-two percent either never showed up or were the folk with IQs between 115 and 125; and between 85 and 75.

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Questions

Someone asked the question:
"Oh yes ... so like 4.875 billion people did this test?"


My reply:
A sample would have been taken of the human population. For example, let's say invitations were sent out to a sample size of 100,000 people to appear for IQ testing; and as a result, only 78,000 bothered to show. Thus I wrote: "Twenty-two percent either never showed up or were the folk with IQs between 115 and 125; and between 85 and 75."

If anyone else has a question, please feel free to ask.


photo credit: Wikipedia

Monday 4 April 2016

Halting World Population



With almost 7.5 billion inhabitants on the planet, one in eight (nearly a billion people) don't have enough to eat.[2] 
Those with a procreation inclination, may wish to consider adopting a starving child. 
Rather than adding to the existing population situation.
 
 
Ref:
worldometers.info/world-population (3Apr16).
[2] news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/09/140920-population-11billion-demographics-anthropocene
 

Wednesday 5 November 2014

Tranquility Beach




I have posted this picture because sometimes we need a little stillness and tranquility... A moment or two, an hour or three, a month or ten away from the hurly burly... A spell of peace and quiet... A season of silence... A break... Time-out... Relaxation, recharge and rejuvenation...


Image credit: Microsoft