Re: Little design mistakes that can be easily avoided (2): Listenning to CELKO (and CELKO alikes)

On 27 May 2007 08:42:16 -0700, -CELKO- <jcelko212_at_earthlink.net> wrote:

>>> That Celko is an idiot is a factual matter and not opinion at all. <<
>
>As long as you are being soooo factual and would never ever ever
>engage in slander, let's get a definition, an instrument, and a
>measurement for this fact, so we can verify it in the real world
>(Reber, A.S. (1995). The Penguin Dictionary of Psychology, 2nd ed.
>Toronto: Penguin Books.)
>
>IQ Range Classification
>==============================
>70-80 Borderline deficiency
>50-69 Moron
>20-49 Imbecile
> < 20 Idiot
>
>Now I look in my wallet and find a current Mensa Membership card!
>Validation from an external, trusted source! Known and accepted
>instruments and measurements.
>
>In fact, if you had bothered to research me, you would have found that
>I have been the Atlanta Chapter President in 1974 and that I test no
>lower than the top 1% of the population on three different
>instruments.
>
>Now, would you mind presenting your trusted external source for your
>statement? The instrument? The measurement? :)
>

A perfect example, I think, of argument by misdirection - attack a word usage that everyone understands (whether they agree or not) by referring to the technicalities of a specialised usage. Then use it as a springboard for a bit of irrelevant boasting. Received on Sun May 27 2007 - 22:33:46 CEST