I remember an educational psychologist telling me that IQ was a measure of how good people were at taking IQ tests. I think one would have to admit, on balance, that there's a strong correlation between IQ and intelligence. But evidence of Bush's intelligence is manifest: one simply cannot become President of a major Western country with below-par brains. Bush is one of the most US successful politicians of his era. To state that this indicates a pretty sharp mind is to invite howls of disbelief from certain quarters. To many on the Left, holding Right-wing or Libertarian views is seen as an aberration. I've actually had someone say to me, on learning of my Libertarian leanings, "but you seem so intelligent!" I was simultaneously flattered and appalled.

I've read an article by Michael Novak which points out that Bush's SAT score is higher than JFK's.

So Stephen Pollard obviously doesn't believe the 80 years of evidence from IQ tests that Ashkenazi Jews are 15-20% more intelligent than the goyim, with particularly superior skills in verbalisation;-)?

Nice to see Luddism about mental capacities lurking in unexpected places.

Gillies: "I remember an educational psychologist telling me that IQ was a measure of how good people were at taking IQ tests."

Right, and driving tests only measure your ability to pass them, not motoring in the real world. Who needs L plates?

Why don't you believe in IQ, Stephen? The figures I have seen make clear that people with IQs in the top quartile are 28 times more likely to graduate from university than those with IQs in the bottom quartile. Is that incredible difference a mere coincidence?

Given that IQ is invariably measured by test, then it isn't too surprising that those who do best at the tests are more likely to graduate from university. But it is possible to school yourself for certain types of test, especially IQ ones, and that is where they become unreliable.

being in the top 5% isn't all that, either. A small town of 20,000 people would have 1,000 people there, you would assume the elected representatives would all be 125 or greater, along with the entire professional class in the otherwise unremarkable town. It's slightly higher than the university average, and lower than the IQ of most undergraduates in the sciences ( although IQ is biased towards science, I think). Would expect the president of the Us to be a standard deviation, or 2, higher. - 140 - 155. At least.

The only thing the "Bush is a moron" meme proves is how childish and idiotic his opponents are in the end. Every time someone calls Bush a moron it must make Rove smile even more broadly.

A startlingly large percentage of Democrats has generalized the slur to include all their political opponents. According to a Rasmussen poll cited by the Powerline gents, a full 41% of Democrats disagree that Americans are "generally fair and decent." The "no" figure can fairly be construed as a proxy for thinking the general public is stupid.

One can already visualize the 2008 campaign ads.

"You're an idiot, so vote for me!"

LS: my educational psychologist friend was not being entirely flippant, and neither was I. Read my second sentence. But IQ tests fail at the extremes. For what it's worth (eoin), IQ is considered to be a normal distribution with mean 100 and standard deviation 15. IQ of 155 (3.67 SD's) occurs under this distribution at 122 per million (1/2 erfc(11/(3 Sqrt[2])) if you want to be picky). If the statistics hold, there's fewer than 750,000 people on the planet this smart, and only 35,000 in the US. Statistically, I measure in the top two thousand people in the UK (which is ludicrous). I don't believe that IQ is a particularly useful metric at this level. There's abundant testimony concerning people who are geniuses in one field while being barely functional in others (Paul Erdös springs to mind).

The fact remains: to become the most senior executive in the government of the most powerful nation the world has ever seen is utterly incompatible with being stupid. I think a lot of the purported justification for the 'Bush is stupid' meme derives from the academy and the Leftist commentariat where a premium is placed on linguistic skills. But verbal facility is only one facet of intelligence, and not necessarily the most important one for a politician.

I for one love George Bush's way of speaking. It may be eccentric and highly personal, but there's a weird clarity about it. For sheer effectiveness, no one should misunderestimate George Bush.

Verity, I agree. One of the things I have always admired about Bush is that when he says something, it is always incredibly clear what his intention is. No wonder he was such a contrast with the verbose style of Kerry.

Instead of asking learned people about IQ tests perhaps some of you guys should try doing one. IQ tests indicate an individuals problem solving skills. Face facts GW is as thick as a brick.

to Verity:
I don't know about Bush's IQ, but whatever aptitude he has, it obviously does not include a basic knowledge of the English language. Unfortunately I must conclude the same about you, given your use of a non-word "misunderestimate". On the other hand, maybe, both George and you are trying to enrich and "embetter" our vocabulary. In that case - good luck.

You can't be serious, everybody who has a brain in their skull knows that Bush's I.Q. is lower then that, I know 5 websites that will prove it is a 91 which is one point above retarded, and most of all why would I believe some painfully obvious biased conservitive columnist who says Bush's I.Q. is between a 125 and 130. Which FYI is no where near being a genius because I took the test at 8 and got a 126 so obviusly he's not that smart otherwise i'm the next einstein.

Ike:
Verity was kidding.

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Alex Nelson, you were fooled by a hoax that would only fool those who had let their emotions guide their judgment. Do you have any idea how low an IQ of 91 is? Do you really think that Bush's IQ was that low? Gary Trudeau showed similar folly. Bush stumbles his way through the english language but his grasp of the issues, while being inadequate, in my opinion, is still well beyond what a person with an IQ of 91 could ever hope to attain.