From: laelth@yabbs
To: maedhros@yabbs
Subject: re: I.Q. test
Date: Tue May 24 04:36:42 1994


Although I'm tempted to agree with the basic premise of Maedhros' argument 
(that the smart people should run things), I don't think that his I.Q. 
test can accomplish that goal.  Only 50% of the voting age people in this 
country vote in a presidential election, and I'd bet that most (over 90%) 
could pass his test.  Let's face it, it's the smart people (the educated 
people) who are more likely to vote.  The less-smart people (the
less-educated, often mostly poor people) are far less likely to vote.

I think that things would pretty much stay the same, unless he made the 
I.Q. cutoff very high, say around 140, where only the REALLY smart people 
can vote.  But this, of course, is beyond the realm of possibility.  
Besides, I'm not sure that the benifits of having the smart people run 
things outweighs the cost of losing our pseudo-democratic ideals.

-laelth