"Come on in, George."

Bob (this one) wrote:
|| Einstein dies and goes to heaven. At the Pearly Gates, Saint Peter
|| tells him, "You look like Einstein, but you have NO idea what some
|| people will do to sneak into Heaven. Can you prove who you really
|| are?"
||
|| Einstein ponders for a few seconds and asks, "Could I have a
|| blackboard and some chalk?"
||
|| Saint Peter snaps his fingers and a blackboard and chalk instantly
|| appear. Einstein proceeds to describe with arcane mathematics and
|| symbols his theory of relativity.
||
|| Saint Peter is suitably impressed. "You really ARE Einstein!" he
|| says. "Welcome to heaven!"
||
|| The next to arrive is Picasso. Once again, Saint Peter asks for
|| credentials.
||
|| Picasso asks, "Mind if I use that blackboard and chalk?"
||
|| Saint Peter says, "Go ahead."
||
|| Picasso erases Einstein's equations and sketches a truly stunning
|| mural with just a few strokes of chalk.
||
|| Saint Peter claps. "Surely you are the great artist you claim to be!"
|| he says. "Come on in!"
||
|| Then Saint Peter looks up and sees George W. Bush. Saint Peter
|| scratches his head and says, "Einstein and Picasso both managed to
|| prove their identity. How can you prove yours?"
||
|| George W. looks bewildered and says, "Who are Einstein and Picasso?"
||
|| Saint Peter sighs and says, "Come on in, George."

BWAHAHAHAHA

THE BUSHES IN NEW ORLEANS: THE PICTURE FOX NEWS
WOULDN'T LET US SEE:

http://users.thelink.net/marengo/bush

In article <[email hidden]>,

Bob (this one) said:

Einstein dies and goes to heaven. At the Pearly Gates, Saint Peter
tells him, "You look like Einstein, but you have NO idea what some
people will do to sneak into Heaven. Can you prove who you really
are?"

Einstein ponders for a few seconds and asks, "Could I have a
blackboard and some chalk?"

Saint Peter snaps his fingers and a blackboard and chalk instantly
appear. Einstein proceeds to describe with arcane mathematics and
symbols his theory of relativity.

Saint Peter is suitably impressed. "You really ARE Einstein!" he says.
"Welcome to heaven!"

The next to arrive is Picasso. Once again, Saint Peter asks for
credentials.

Picasso asks, "Mind if I use that blackboard and chalk?"

Saint Peter says, "Go ahead."

Picasso erases Einstein's equations and sketches a truly stunning
mural with just a few strokes of chalk.

Saint Peter claps. "Surely you are the great artist you claim to be!"
he says. "Come on in!"

Then Saint Peter looks up and sees George W. Bush. Saint Peter
scratches his head and says, "Einstein and Picasso both managed to
prove their identity. How can you prove yours?"

George W. looks bewildered and says, "Who are Einstein and Picasso?"

Saint Peter sighs and says, "Come on in, George."

Heheheheh!!!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Bob (this one) said:

Einstein dies and goes to heaven. At the Pearly Gates, Saint Peter
tells him, "You look like Einstein, but you have NO idea what some
people will do to sneak into Heaven. Can you prove who you really
are?"

Einstein ponders for a few seconds and asks, "Could I have a
blackboard and some chalk?"

Saint Peter snaps his fingers and a blackboard and chalk instantly
appear. Einstein proceeds to describe with arcane mathematics and
symbols his theory of relativity.

Saint Peter is suitably impressed. "You really ARE Einstein!" he says.
"Welcome to heaven!"

The next to arrive is Picasso. Once again, Saint Peter asks for
credentials.

Picasso asks, "Mind if I use that blackboard and chalk?"

Saint Peter says, "Go ahead."

Picasso erases Einstein's equations and sketches a truly stunning
mural with just a few strokes of chalk.

Saint Peter claps. "Surely you are the great artist you claim to be!"
he says. "Come on in!"

Then Saint Peter looks up and sees George W. Bush. Saint Peter
scratches his head and says, "Einstein and Picasso both managed to
prove their identity. How can you prove yours?"

George W. looks bewildered and says, "Who are Einstein and Picasso?"

Saint Peter sighs and says, "Come on in, George."

Heheheheh!!!

Could Einstein or Picasso fly an F-102 ?

bmcky

Boston, MA

bmcky mentioned in passing :

Quoted message said:

Could Einstein or Picasso fly an F-102 ?

Or best Kerry on an IQ test?

Bill DeWitt mentioned in passing :

Quoted message said:

bmcky mentioned in passing :

Quoted message said:

Could Einstein or Picasso fly an F-102 ?

Or best Kerry on an IQ test?

OK... maybe Einstein could do that... since Bush could.

bmcky wrote:
|| On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 20:49:24 -0500, OmManiPadmeOmelet
|| <[email hidden]> wrote:
||
||| In article <[email hidden]>,
||| "Bob (this one)" <[email hidden]> wrote:
|||
|||| Einstein dies and goes to heaven. At the Pearly Gates, Saint Peter
|||| tells him, "You look like Einstein, but you have NO idea what some
|||| people will do to sneak into Heaven. Can you prove who you really
|||| are?"
||||
|||| Einstein ponders for a few seconds and asks, "Could I have a
|||| blackboard and some chalk?"
||||
|||| Saint Peter snaps his fingers and a blackboard and chalk instantly
|||| appear. Einstein proceeds to describe with arcane mathematics and
|||| symbols his theory of relativity.
||||
|||| Saint Peter is suitably impressed. "You really ARE Einstein!" he
|||| says. "Welcome to heaven!"
||||
|||| The next to arrive is Picasso. Once again, Saint Peter asks for
|||| credentials.
||||
|||| Picasso asks, "Mind if I use that blackboard and chalk?"
||||
|||| Saint Peter says, "Go ahead."
||||
|||| Picasso erases Einstein's equations and sketches a truly stunning
|||| mural with just a few strokes of chalk.
||||
|||| Saint Peter claps. "Surely you are the great artist you claim to
|||| be!" he says. "Come on in!"
||||
|||| Then Saint Peter looks up and sees George W. Bush. Saint Peter
|||| scratches his head and says, "Einstein and Picasso both managed to
|||| prove their identity. How can you prove yours?"
||||
|||| George W. looks bewildered and says, "Who are Einstein and
|||| Picasso?"
||||
|||| Saint Peter sighs and says, "Come on in, George."
|||
||| Heheheheh!!!
||
|| Could Einstein or Picasso fly an F-102 ?
||
|| bmcky
||
|| Boston, MA

My guess is that with equal training on both sides, both Einstein and
Picasso could fly an F-102 better than George Bush could paint a picture or
expound on the mathematical proof of the theory of relativity.

--
Peter
~~~~
THE BUSHES IN NEW ORLEANS: THE PICTURE FOX NEWS WOULDN'T LET US SEE:
http://users.thelink.net/marengo/bush

George Bush is not Low Carb.
"Bob (this one)" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Einstein dies and goes to heaven. At the Pearly Gates, Saint Peter
tells him, "You look like Einstein, but you have NO idea what some
people will do to sneak into Heaven. Can you prove who you really
are?"

Einstein ponders for a few seconds and asks, "Could I have a
blackboard and some chalk?"

Saint Peter snaps his fingers and a blackboard and chalk instantly
appear. Einstein proceeds to describe with arcane mathematics and
symbols his theory of relativity.

Saint Peter is suitably impressed. "You really ARE Einstein!" he says.
"Welcome to heaven!"

The next to arrive is Picasso. Once again, Saint Peter asks for
credentials.

Picasso asks, "Mind if I use that blackboard and chalk?"

Saint Peter says, "Go ahead."

Picasso erases Einstein's equations and sketches a truly stunning
mural with just a few strokes of chalk.

Saint Peter claps. "Surely you are the great artist you claim to be!"
he says. "Come on in!"

Then Saint Peter looks up and sees George W. Bush. Saint Peter
scratches his head and says, "Einstein and Picasso both managed to
prove their identity. How can you prove yours?"

George W. looks bewildered and says, "Who are Einstein and Picasso?"

Saint Peter sighs and says, "Come on in, George."

A.D.C said:

George Bush is not Low Carb.

I suspect he is (like most animals) mostly fat and protein, so he
probably would be low carb, if a bit tough and chewy. I recommend
smoking him whole for 20 hrs, after a rubdown with a nice cumin, chile,
salt, pepper rub, Texas style, with LC bbq sauce in the serving. Think
brisket.

-Hollywood.

bmcky said:

OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Bob (this one) said:

Einstein dies and goes to heaven. At the Pearly Gates, Saint Peter
tells him, "You look like Einstein, but you have NO idea what some
people will do to sneak into Heaven. Can you prove who you really
are?"

Einstein ponders for a few seconds and asks, "Could I have a
blackboard and some chalk?"

Saint Peter snaps his fingers and a blackboard and chalk instantly
appear. Einstein proceeds to describe with arcane mathematics and
symbols his theory of relativity.

Saint Peter is suitably impressed. "You really ARE Einstein!" he says.
"Welcome to heaven!"

The next to arrive is Picasso. Once again, Saint Peter asks for
credentials.

Picasso asks, "Mind if I use that blackboard and chalk?"

Saint Peter says, "Go ahead."

Picasso erases Einstein's equations and sketches a truly stunning
mural with just a few strokes of chalk.

Saint Peter claps. "Surely you are the great artist you claim to be!"
he says. "Come on in!"

Then Saint Peter looks up and sees George W. Bush. Saint Peter
scratches his head and says, "Einstein and Picasso both managed to
prove their identity. How can you prove yours?"

George W. looks bewildered and says, "Who are Einstein and Picasso?"

Saint Peter sighs and says, "Come on in, George."

Heheheheh!!!

Could Einstein or Picasso fly an F-102 ?

bmcky

Boston, MA

Any american high school drop out can be trained to fly an F-102. They
just make the controls similiar to a japanese Sony Play Station game
controller.

TC

"Bill DeWitt" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

bmcky mentioned in passing :

Quoted message said:

Could Einstein or Picasso fly an F-102 ?

Or best Kerry on an IQ test?

Most IQ tests really only test how good the subject in question is at taking
that particular IQ test.

Max Hollywood Harris said:

In my Seminar on International Political Economy, we looked at a study
that tried to ennumerate the conceptual complexity of top central
bankers (Alan Greenspan, and his opposite numbers around the world) and
contrast that with their bank's independance as measured another way.
Being in the fall of last year, we naturally looked at the candidates,
and Bush came up very far behind in Conceptual Complexity. Using a Bill
DeWitt debate tactic, I will not cite any work on Conceptual
Complexity, but will affirm that it's a better measure than IQ for a
politician's skill. And not allow any argument of that point.

-Hollywood, who beats both candidates if they are 5-to-10-in-a-hundred

I have got to give you this Hollywood. How can anyone argue with you
when you made up the scale. :-)

Pan Ohco

Marengo said:

My guess is that with equal training on both sides, both Einstein and
Picasso could fly an F-102 better than George Bush could paint a picture or
expound on the mathematical proof of the theory of relativity.

I think I have to disagree with you on this. Einstein was all mental
talent, no coordination or physical talent.
And as to Picasso, I believe George Bush and anyone else could paint a
better picture. But that just my dislike of Picasso.
But I must admit that Picasso did have better PR the George Bush.

Pan Ohco

Quoted message said:

Any american high school drop out can be trained to fly an F-102. They
just make the controls similiar to a japanese Sony Play Station game
controller.

TC

Cool, when are you going to take me for a ride TC.

Pan Ohco

Pan Ohco mentioned in passing :

Quoted message said:

But I must admit that Picasso did have better PR the George Bush.

True.

GWB is smarter than the average, seems to out-think the Democrats coming
and going, and is forthright... which is not true of many people who claim
to be smarter than him.

Most of the insults about his intelligence can be boiled down to either
a bias against southern accents or a critisim of his dysphasia. Both
hallmarks of a liberal democrat, to pick on people because of their origins
or handicaps.

Rox said:

Bill DeWitt said:

bmcky mentioned in passing :

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Could Einstein or Picasso fly an F-102 ?

Quoted message said:

Or best Kerry on an IQ test?

Most IQ tests really only test how good the subject in
question is at taking that particular IQ test.

IQ tests are a best effort at measuring intelligence.
Since intelligence is hard to define, it is even harder
to measure. But step back and think about it - Once you
know someone for a while you end up with a good idea how
intelligent they are. Intelligence is a very real idea
and it is measured by people automatically. No matter that
it is hard to measure folks do so anyways. IQ tests do
better than some think, and there is constant effort to
improve them to get in line with the type of judgement
that people make anyways.

IQ tests are limited and they do make mistakes, but just
try collecting 50 people who scored 140+ and see if you
fail to call almost all of them smart once you get to
know them. Try collecting 50 people who scored 60- and
see if you find any geniuses. Do not mistake falibility
with worthlessness.

On folks calling Bush stupid, go right ahead. It's clear
he's one of the worst public speakers ever elected to the
office (apparently nearly as bad as George Washington).
If you make the mistake that poor public speaking equals
stupid, just try getting up in public and making a good
speech some time. Doing that causes you to underestimate
your opponent. He won re-election thanks to that sort of
underestimate. I'm neither pro-Bush nor anti-Bush but I
respect the way he parlays his weakness in public speaking
into his strength in getting folks to underestimate him.

In article <[email hidden]>,

bmcky said:

Could Einstein or Picasso fly an F-102 ?

Neither can Bush.
--
D.F. Manno | [email hidden]
The worst government is the most moral. One composed of cynics is often
very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit
to oppression.--H.L. Mencken, "Minority Report" (1956)

In article <[email hidden]>,

Bill DeWitt said:

Or best Kerry on an IQ test?

When did the Shrub and Kerry ever take the same test, so their scores could be
directly compared?
--
D.F. Manno | [email hidden]
The worst government is the most moral. One composed of cynics is often
very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit
to oppression.--H.L. Mencken, "Minority Report" (1956)

Pan Ohco said:

Max Hollywood Harris said:

In my Seminar on International Political Economy, we looked at a study
that tried to ennumerate the conceptual complexity of top central
bankers (Alan Greenspan, and his opposite numbers around the world) and
contrast that with their bank's independance as measured another way.
Being in the fall of last year, we naturally looked at the candidates,
and Bush came up very far behind in Conceptual Complexity. Using a Bill
DeWitt debate tactic, I will not cite any work on Conceptual
Complexity, but will affirm that it's a better measure than IQ for a
politician's skill. And not allow any argument of that point.

-Hollywood, who beats both candidates if they are 5-to-10-in-a-hundred

I have got to give you this Hollywood. How can anyone argue with you
when you made up the scale. :-)

You so funny. So funny I'm forgetting to laugh as I write this.

I did not make up the scale.

The ennumerating scale was created by a political economy/sociology
professor.

Conceptual Complexity is widely used in studies like psychology and
sociology. Not very used in political economy, which is what made the
study interesting and discussion worthy.

Googling "Conceptual Complexity" (in quotes) returns "about 28,900"
pages. Three were on my harddrive. The rest must be figments of my
imagination. Get out, live and learn Pan.

-Hollywood, who reminds that IQ is a measure of capacity, not
achievement. Think Gattica. Loren Dean has the capacity to do amazing
things, but Ethan Hawke is the one who actually goes into space.

Doug Freyburger said:

On folks calling Bush stupid, go right ahead. It's clear
he's one of the worst public speakers ever elected to the
office (apparently nearly as bad as George Washington).
If you make the mistake that poor public speaking equals
stupid, just try getting up in public and making a good
speech some time. Doing that causes you to underestimate
your opponent. He won re-election thanks to that sort of
underestimate. I'm neither pro-Bush nor anti-Bush but I
respect the way he parlays his weakness in public speaking
into his strength in getting folks to underestimate him.

That's "misunderestimate" him, to use his own phrase. One that I really
really like.

The thing that is so hard for people to get about Bush is that a lack
of curiosity doesn't make him a moron. It just makes him smart in his
own yard. Again, high IQ should not be mistaken with very smart. High
IQ is ability to handle complex concepts, it does not include a
predisposition to do so. That is one of the more frustrating things
about Bush from where I sit.

Hollywood