[comp.edu] CAN WE KNOW SO LITTLE? Old: Re:

gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu (08/04/88)

Sometimes the "intelligence tests" are designed to National-Enquirer
standards.  My favorite one:

(1972)  How many days does it take to get to the moon?
	(answer: 3, 80% knew)

(1988)  How many days does it take to get to the moon?
	(almost no one knows)

Gee, wonder if current events ever influence these test questions and
answers???????


Don Gillies, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Illinois
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