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From: shadowrn@*********.com (Mikko V. I. Parviainen)
Subject: Yourself as a contact
Date: Fri Mar 8 07:05:04 2002
On Fri, 8 Mar 2002, Lone Eagle wrote:
> It isn't a bad way to work it, IQ represents your potential ability to
> learn, yes it's abstract but so's a character's int score.

Actually, no. IQ represents most accurately the skill to score high on IQ
tests, and little else.

Learning ability is much harder to measure.

One friend of me said just last week that the real test is done by
counting who takes the test and who doesn't. B-)

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