People like linear status orderings. They exist in every culture and get reinvented when there's no culture present at all.
That's why we're prepared to believe things about IQ that we'd never believe about processor or compiler benchmarks.
That's why we're prepared to believe things about IQ that we'd never believe about processor or compiler benchmarks.
You're right, I think I was just letting my cynicism towards the United states bleed through with that comment.
>That's why we're prepared to believe things about IQ that we'd never believe about processor or compiler benchmarks.
That's a brilliant parallel, but also a stunningly-accurate one.