Re: if this is true .... (fwd)

From: Maria Tillmanns (mtillman@weber.ucsd.edu)
Date: Sat Feb 22 2003 - 19:20:31 PST


Phil,

Maybe in some way all intelligence testing is contrived, in some way at
least. But I get your point.

On another level, a hoax or not, it feels like there some truth to it..
maybe?

Maria

On Sun, 23 Feb 2003, Phil Chappell wrote:

> Maria,
> A colleague of mine was sent this the other day, and discovered a day later
> that it is contrived - a hoax- (I'm not sure of her sources). Standardised
> testing taking a new route!!
>
> Phil
>
> It's still good for a laugh...
> At 19:10 22/2/03 -0800, you wrote:
>
>
> >Talk about intelligence testing.......
> >
> >
> >i wonder if this is true. if so ....
> >
> >WHY ARE WE NOT SURPRISED????
> >Presidential Iqs - As if we didn't already know...
> >
> >President Bush Ranks Lowest IQ in 50 Years of US Presidents
> >
> >In a report published Monday, the Lovenstein Institute of Scranton,
> >Pennsylvania, detailed its findings of a four-month study of the
> >intelligence quotient of President George W. Bush. Since 1973, the
> >Lovenstein Institute has published its research to the educational
> >community on each new president, which includes the famous "IQ" report
> >among others.
> >
> >There have been twelve presidents over the past 50 years, from F.D.
> >Roosevelt to G.W. Bush, who were rated based on scholarly achievements,
> >writings that they produced without aid of staff, their ability to speak
> >with clarity, and several other psychological factors, which were then
> >scored using the Swanson/Crain system of intelligence ranking.
> >
> >The study determined the following IQs of each president as accurate to
> >within five percentage points:
> >
> >147 .. Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
> >132 .. Harry Truman (D)
> >122 .. Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)
> >174 .. John F. Kennedy (D)
> >126 .. Lyndon B. Johnson (D)
> >155.. Richard M. Nixon (R)
> >121 .. Gerald Ford (R)
> >175 .. James E. Carter (D)
> >105 .. Ronald Reagan (R)
> >098 .. George Bush (R)
> >182 .. William J. Clinton (D)
> >091 .. George W. Bush (R)
> >
> >In IQ order:
> >
> >182 .. William J. Clinton (D)
> >175 .. James E. Carter (D)
> >174 .. John F. Kennedy (D)
> >155 .. Richard M. Nixon (R)
> >147 .. Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
> >132 .. Harry Truman (D)
> >126 .. Lyndon B. Johnson (D)
> >122 .. Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)
> >121 .. Gerald Ford (R)
> >105 .. Ronald Reagan (R)
> >098 ..George Bush (R)
> >091 .. George W. Bush (R)
> >
> >The six Republican presidents of the past 50 years had an average IQ of
> >115.5, with President Nixon having the highest at 155. President G.W.
> >Bush rated the lowest of all the Republicans with an IQ of 91. The six
> >Democrat presidents had IQs with an average of 156, with President
> >Clinton having the highest IQ, at 182. President Lyndon B. Johnson was
> >rated the lowest of all the Democrats with an IQ of 126. No president other
> >than Carter (D) has released his actual IQ, 176.
> >
> >Among comments made concerning the specific testing of President GW Bush,
> >his low ratings are due to his apparently difficult command of the
> >English language in public statements, his limited use of vocabulary
> >(6,500 words for Bush versus an average of 11,000 words for other
> >presidents), his lack of scholarly achievements other than a basic MBA,
> >and an absence of any body of work which could be studied on an
> >intellectual basis.
> >
> >The complete report documents the methods and procedures used to arrive at
> >these ratings, including depth of sentence structure and voice stress
> >confidence analysis. "All the Presidents prior to George W. Bush had a
> >least one book under their belt, and most had written several white papers
> >during their education or early careers. Not so with President Bush," Dr.
> >Lovenstein said. "He has no published works or writings, which made it more
> >difficult to arrive at an assessment. We relied more heavily on
> >transcripts of his unscripted public speaking."
> >
> >The Lovenstein Institute of Scranton Pennsylvania think tank includes high
> >caliber historians, psychiatrists, sociologists, scientists in human
> >behavior, and psychologists. Among their ranks are Dr. Werner R.
> >Lovenstein, world-renowned sociologist, and Professor Patricia F.
> >Dilliams, a world-respected psychiatrist.
> >
> >This study was commissioned on February 13, 2001 and released on July 9,
> >2001 to subscribing member universities and organizations within the
> >educational community.
>
>
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