11 Jun 05
Originally posted by dfm65You sure about that? Here's an experiment: pick posts (written by native English speakers) that are littered with spelling mistakes and then check the rating of the poster. Then do the same for posts containing no spelling mistakes. Do this a few times and average the results. What do you get?
good spelling does NOT equal intelligence anyway...
You'll get a relationship between rating and spelling errors - the higher the rating, the lower number of spelling errors.
Draw your own conclusions.
11 Jun 05
sunbeam...as you grow older you will find out that embarassing moments or situations are not that important of a thing to fret about...you will also find out that you will learn to laugh at yourself and enjoy life a lot more....
we tend to take life very serious in the early stages of our life but then as we grow older we find out that life should not be that serious, rather, it should be fun and enjoyable....so the next time your mom does some crazy thing, roll your eyes BUT enjoy the fact that your mom loves you and is enjoying life...
11 Jun 05
Originally posted by D43M0Nplease forgiv me but i hav that thing calld dislexya, and thats spelt wrong i no.
You're 23 and can't spell properly? Please tell me truthfully you have a intellectual impairment, or something...
so yer that wud explain the spellin thing...😕
11 Jun 05
Originally posted by ivangriceIf what you are saying is true:
You sure about that? Here's an experiment: pick posts (written by native English speakers) that are littered with spelling mistakes and then check the rating of the poster. Then do the same for posts containing no spelling mistakes. Do this a few times and average the results. What do you get?
You'll get a relationship between rating and spelling ...[text shortened]... rors - the higher the rating, the lower number of spelling errors.
Draw your own conclusions.
If I improve my spelling my rating should rise!
Somehow I do not believe you!
11 Jun 05
Originally posted by jimslyp69The link you provide simply references other uses of the word 'pedantism', which is not a recognised word.
Blooming pedant. 😛
Check this link out dooooooood.
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=pedantism
Like 'dooooooooood' - just because people use it, it does not mean the word exists in Engliah.
Type 'define: pedantism' into Google and please let the forum know what the result is, dude.
11 Jun 05
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Originally posted by ivangriceso what if there is a correlation between chess ability and spelling ability (and i am not conceding that there is)? still doesn't equal intelligence. Fritz 8 would have a high rating here and the MS Word spell checker can spell as well as any of us, but few would call either intelligent. but programs apart - you seem to be confusing chess ability with general intelligence. Einstein, whom i thinkmost would concede was very intelligent, was apparently a duffer when it came to chess.
You sure about that? Here's an experiment: pick posts (written by native English speakers) that are littered with spelling mistakes and then check the rating of the poster. Then do the same for posts containing no spelling mistakes. D ...[text shortened]... the lower number of spelling errors.
Draw your own conclusions.
EDIT: ...and in this very case, Sundream is apparently dyslexic - and as far as i know there is no evidence to support the conclusion that dyslexics are lower in intelligence as a group than the population as a whole, even though they are notoriously bad spellers.
11 Jun 05
Originally posted by dfm65I'm talking about a general relationship; there will always be individuals who fall outside this. And I'm talking about humans, not machines.
so what if there is a correlation between chess ability and spelling ability (and i am not conceding that there is)? still doesn't equal intelligence. Fritz 8 would have a high rating here and the MS Word spell checker can spell as well as any of us, but few would call either intelligent. but programs apart - you seem to be confusing chess ability with genera ...[text shortened]... igence as a group than the population as a whole, even though they are notoriously bad spellers.
The point about dyslexia notwithstanding, do the experiment and draw your own conclusions.
11 Jun 05
Originally posted by ivangricePedantism \Ped"ant*ism\, n.
The link you provide simply references other uses of the word 'pedantism', which is not a recognised word.
Like 'dooooooooood' - just because people use it, it does not mean the word exists in Engliah.
Type 'define: pedantism' into Google and please let the forum know what the result is, dude.
The office, disposition, or act of a pedant; pedantry. [Obs.]
And........................?
11 Jun 05
Originally posted by ivangricebut again: so what if the correlation you suggest does exist?
I'm talking about a general relationship; there will always be individuals who fall outside this. And I'm talking about humans, not machines.
The point about dyslexia notwithstanding, do the experiment and draw your own conclusions.
all it means is that there is a correlelation between spelling ability and chess ability. you have yet to establish a link to intelligence.
i might note in passing that people who want to establish a correlation between intelligence ad some other measure always seem to pick a measure that they themselves rate reasonably highly in.
i think it would be a big mistake to draw the conclusion that the highest-rated players are the most intelligent, or tend to be more intelligent than lower-rated players.
11 Jun 05
ANYWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BACK TO THE TOPIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AT what age do parents stop playing with your hair in front of other peole. You know, you meet some people you know, and as you stand there talking your mom starts straightening your bangs.
And when does your mom stop saying "Is that what you are going to wear?"