[__ Science __ ] Intelligence Quotient and weight

[Barbarian]

So you are minimum 132 on Stanford–Binet

Well, yes. Not that it's much to brag about. Like boasting about being tall, it's pure vanity, unless you do something meaningful with it. While intelligence is largely the result of environment, it's my parents, teachers, and coaches who deserve the credit for that.

Interestingly enough, every once in awhile someone invites me to join a club for tall people.

Sounds as boring as Mensa, unless they have a discounted source for larger clothes.

Exercise is good for the brain. Athletes also tend to eat healthy, which is also good.

True.

 

[Barbarian]

I just realized that I didn't give a link to the "smartest man" in America, who is quite large and has a large head.
Here's the link:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Langan

Sorry about that.

 

[Michael74]

"You can prove the existence of God, the soul and an afterlife, using mathematics." Christopher Langan.

Interesting.

 

[Barbarian]

That is interesting. It sort of runs against most modern philosophy, but it fits nicely into the Thomist tradition of the Catholic Church.

The Quinque viæ (Latin "Five Ways") (sometimes called "five proofs") are five logical arguments regarding the existence of God summarized by the 13th-century Catholic philosopher and theologian St. Thomas Aquinas in his book Summa Theologica. They are:

1. the argument from "motion";
2. the argument from causation;
3. the argument from contingency;
4. the argument from degree;
5. the argument from final cause or ends ("teleological argument").

If you're interested, you can find this in Summa Theologica by St. Thomas Aquinas.

 

[Michael74]

Tom is a smart man. His arguments make sense.

 

[Barbarian]

He was smarter than most people know. He developed all these sound and logical theological ideas, but at the end of his life, he said that none of it was as good as loving and trusting God.

 

[Michael74]

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1 KJV

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:13 NIV

 

[Barbarian]

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:13 NIV

This has a special meaning for me. It's the way I concluded the prayer I offered at my daughter's wedding reception.