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Excerpts from netnews.rec.arts.sf.science: 16-Jul-92 How do computers
fare on sc.. Nick Szabo@techbook.com (1745)

> How about let's consider a practical measure of intelligence, eg the
> SAT tests?  These are used not only as a practical measure of scholastic 
> achievement, but also for membership into MENSA as an alternative to IQ 
> tests.  This constitutes a pragmatic, if not philosophically rigorous,
definition of intelligence.

>Choke<, *gasp*

Ah, no. The SAT doesn't measure intelligence in *humans*.

SAT math scores measure knowledge of basic mathematics. The math program
Mathematica could probably get a good score if the problems were fed in
in the right format.
SAT english scores measure vocabulary and comprehension of written
English. There are thesaurus / grammar checkers that can do respectably
at the former. The latter is almost reasonable as a test -- it requires
intelligence of some sort.

None of these is sufficient to show intelligence -- look at any active
four-year-old. 

--Z

"And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these were the borogoves..."


