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These questions are indeed atrocious. The author's point would have been better served with these real examples. Over-exaggerating is like jumping the shark, an
by markisus 10y ago
These questions are indeed atrocious. The author's point would have been better served with these real examples. Over-exaggerating is like jumping the shark, and makes it difficult to entertain the premise.
- Turing_Machine 10y agoAnother point of difference in the Gould version of the...I'm just going to go ahead and call it an "urban legend"...and the Shaw version is that in the Gould version the Native American character is in the text of the question "An Indian who had come to town for the first time in his life...", while in the Shaw version the Native American character is the person being given the test, "...a young Native American boy..." Also Gould's version does not mention age or sex. Shaw's does. Neither gives a source. Both assume an incredible amount of naïveté on the part of the Native Americans by stating that they were unfamiliar with bicycles. Until someone provides an actual citation to a first-hand witness, I'm going to go ahead and call this myth busted.