tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post5728697515318024818..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Quora QuestionsAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-2614649459916812492018-11-19T22:03:06.507-05:002018-11-19T22:03:06.507-05:00The Chinese have five elements (earth, air, fire, ...The Chinese have five elements (earth, air, fire, water, metal). Not sure why. But I always found their Zodiac to be a better fit than the Western one, which never struck me as even slightly insightful. Maybe it's just older, and thus has a wider field of data about human nature from which to work. Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-7327328468211697512018-11-19T12:43:39.373-05:002018-11-19T12:43:39.373-05:00IQ turns out to be something you can usefully assi...IQ turns out to be something you can usefully assign a number to, because it's a fairly straightforward capability along an identifiable spectrum with concrete relevance to a certain kind of performance with high social value. EQ isn't. It's like the difference between measuring the speed of a baseball pitch and trying to quantify what makes a superb ballet dancer or composer. Not everything important can usefully be assigned a numerical score, which doesn't mean that things which can be assigned a numerical score are meaningless.<br /><br />It's an intelligence quotient. It's not a moral superiority quotient or a human value quotient or even a number that tells you whether you'll be successful selling industrial plumbing supplies or happy in your marriage or blessed with clever children who adore you.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-58206462346410517742018-11-18T18:41:11.843-05:002018-11-18T18:41:11.843-05:00It's good to know I shouldn't answer any Q...It's good to know I shouldn't answer any Quora questions.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-6514504151526071432018-11-18T15:59:04.000-05:002018-11-18T15:59:04.000-05:00EQ probably isn't well defined, but what would...EQ probably isn't well defined, but what would you call the difficulty in reading people that Aspies have?jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.com