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He can't be too smart if he thinks that phrases like "2 times smarter" or "3 times smarter" have any meaning. 2 standard deviations above the mean, yes, "2 time
by bumbledraven 17y ago
He can't be too smart if he thinks that phrases like "2 times smarter" or "3 times smarter" have any meaning. 2 standard deviations above the mean, yes, "2 times smarter" no.
- shalmanese 17y agoIt was meant to be somewhat facetious, obviously, there's no such thing as two times as smart. Incidentally, one of the parts I cut out of that piece was predictions as to what nitpicky points would be raised in the comments and this was, indeed one of them :).
- bumbledraven 17y agoRather than addressing such points in an addendum, you could also have simply rewritten your piece so it wasn't word salad in the first place. But I suppose you'd have to have been 4 times smarter to do that.