This post relates directly to the following news item on the BBC website.
Girl `filmed parental murder bid`
I hear people being called highly intelligent all the time nowadays. Seeing this just broke the camel's back in my opinion. She sounds like someone with an IQ under 70 who thinks they have an IQ above 160.
Bah I can't be bothered to write about this recent trend. Some points to be considered:
Is this just some kind of flattery by the prosecution to get the girl to reveal more of her evil plans? As she is probably somebody who likes to talk about themselves anyway.
As for recent trends, what do we make of concepts like emotional intelligence, musical intelligence, and other branches like footballing intelligence (Beckham and Zidane)? Do we consider Ronnie O'Sullivan to be highly intelligent too?
What is the relation between self-perception of intelligence and "emo"?
What would Gabriel, Critelli and Ee make of this trend?
menhir
From one H.I. to another H.I. what interviewee is being referred to, which BBC programme committed the multiple sins on inappropriate reference? As you know there are so many sine qua non, it is hard to keep up with the humbug.
I wonder if we would make the grade...