On 21/02/2005, at 1:44 AM, Jay Reeve wrote:

> On Feb 20, 2005, at 7:12 AM, Ted Spencer wrote:
>
>> Being a tiny bit smarter, I've pondered on the chap living at the 
>> equator whose intelligence is, mathematically, infinite. He - or she 
>> - would be a handy addition to this list, among other things.
>
> I'm not convinced the curve is hyperbolic. In  fact, it doesn't seem 
> to be related to polar proximity. Observation tells me that the 
> further south one lives,  the more brilliant one becomes, all the way 
> to Australia--No?

So does that mean that I'm the second brightest person on the list 
after "AJ"
(He's south of me)
Pete... the other one ?




>
> I'm clearly a northerner, but like to think the phenomenon is tempered 
> in my case by the "South" in South Dakota. Of course, when I consider 
> what my fellow South Dakotans did in the last election (replacing the 
> most powerful Democrat in the country with a Republican also-ran), I 
> may need to reconsider. :-)
>
>  e-e
>  =J= a  y
>   "
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