Are Philosophers Stupid?

[drudman]

No, but I can only speak for myself. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[The Dude]

The philosophy class I took in college was the hardest one for me to sit through, by far. The only part of that class I enjoyed and appreciated was the discussion of ethical models. Not a single other issue brought up in that class was interesting to me.

[maurile]

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This site

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That's a ridiculous site and the "estimated" IQs aren't justified by anything.

The answer to your question is that some philosophers were pretty darn smart; others, not so much.

[maurile]

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Doesn't it seem likely to you that successful people, or those the estimator likes or respects, will have their IQs overestimated, at least relative to the others?


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I did say I don't give much weight to IQ. I also wonder how valid an estimate like this is. The reason for the post is DS seems to think philosophers aren't very smart. I can make an opposite case through other means, but since DS places such a high value on IQ I thought this little tidbit would have some interest.

Interesting to note the IQ winner is neither philosopher nor scientist. Goethe, the poet and novelist. Though he was certainly familiar with philosophy and dabbled a bit in science - something about research into color and the human jaw.

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Goethe is not "the IQ winner." He is the "estimated IQ winner." The two probably have very little correlation.