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Can’t get over the sentence “Finally some folks with IQs in the triple digits got into the act”. I think the author’s point was “finally some [geniuses]”, but a
by riwsky 3y ago
Can’t get over the sentence “Finally some folks with IQs in the triple digits got into the act”. I think the author’s point was “finally some [geniuses]”, but average IQ is 100 by definition. It’s even funnier though if their point indeed is “finally some [people of not-worse-than-average IQ]”.
- PhasmaFelis 3y agoYeah, I think he was going for "Finally some people who weren't completely clueless" (i.e. willing to claim that hepatitis, pancreatitis, and bone rot could be caused by nausea/hysteria).
- spenczar5 3y agoThis is classic Cecil Adams snark. Having read a bunch of his pieces, I am totally certain he meant “finally, some people who weren’t idiots.”
- andrewflnr 3y agoAs someone who has read none of his pieces (that I remember?), that was my read as well.
- avgcorrection 3y agoWhat’s the opposite of the “room-temperature” insult? Maybe “Death Valley temperature” would be at least one standard deviation above average.
- BobaFloutist 3y agoDeath Valley would be a hilariously poor metaphor, since it's known for both very high and very low temperatures.
- avgcorrection 3y agoYeah well no one talks about Death Valley as in “woah the diurnal variation” though.
- BobaFloutist 3y agoThat's always been my association, but maybe I'm just weird like that!
- avgcorrection 3y agoThanks for you input.