[Vision2020] The Economist offers a correction
Joan Opyr
auntiestablishment@hotmail.com
Fri, 21 May 2004 12:21:03 -0700
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Dear Visionaries:
I'm forwarding a correction to last week's IQ silliness from The Economis=
t's web-site. I won't bother to attach a link because you need a very ex=
pensive subscription to access it. You'll just have to trust that I'm cu=
tting and pasting accurately, and that The Economist has gotten its act t=
ogether. =20
Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment
PS: If this is accurate (and I've done my best to verify that it is) what=
does Idaho's #45 ranking in terms of percentage of the population holdin=
g a bachelor's degree or above say about our willingness or the lack ther=
eof to make education a priority in this state?
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Clueless in St James's
Last week we published a list that purported to show the IQs of states vo=
ting for George Bush and Al Gore in 2000. Alas, we were the victim of a h=
oax: no such data exists. By way of apology, here are two very crude rati=
ngs of states' intelligence=E2=80=94and how they voted.Get more from the =
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ze=3D-1>I'm forwarding a correction to last week's IQ silliness from The =
Economist's web-site. I won't bother to attach a link because you n=
eed a very expensive subscription to access it. You'll just have to=
trust that I'm cutting and pasting accurately, and that The Economist ha=
s gotten its act together. </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DI=
V>Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>PS: If this=
is accurate (and I've done my best to verify that it is) what does Idaho=
's #45 ranking in terms of percentage of the population holding a bachelo=
r's degree or above say about our willingness or the lack thereof to make=
education a priority in this state?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT f=
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<DIV><FONT face=3D"verdana,geneva,arial,sans serif" size=3D-1><B>Clueless=
in St James's</B></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"verd=
ana,geneva,arial,sans serif" size=3D-1>Last week we published a list that=
purported to show the <FONT size=3D-1>IQ</FONT>s of states voting for Ge=
orge Bush and Al Gore in 2000. Alas, we were the victim of a hoax: no suc=
h data exists. By way of apology, here are two very crude ratings of stat=
es' intelligence=E2=80=94and how they voted.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DI=
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r=3Dall><hr>Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : <a href=3D=
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