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Forum Name: Early math
Topic ID: 33
Message ID: 2
#2, RE: how come...
Posted by Amy on Nov-24-01 at 00:24 AM
In response to message #1
>Do you know that, according to the Guinness book of records, Marylin
>vos Savant, an author and the most famous Parade magazine columnist,
>has the world highest IQ?

She was a writer, and had an IQ of 228. I have an older sister(14) and she took an IQ test few weeks ago and she got 156(her first try). How many times do you think Marylin vos Savant took the test before she scored that high? I don't really think that IQ could tell you how smart the person is, you can get better at it just by practicing. My sister is just 14 and in few years when she learns more don't you think she'll score much higher than just 156(now she knows what the test is like).

As for women in math fields, even now at school you can notice that guys think better than girls do, even though most girls try harder. Not many women go into math and science fields just cause they're not good at it, not cause they don't want to or are affraid of it. I don't see why it is that way.

Amy