Yes, that was my point. Note "really smart people". Minor variations to either side of the norm might produce measurable statistics. Once you get to the extremes, you can no longer make such generalizations.

So, if he wants to establish some equivalence between higher IQ scores and higher "liberalness" he fails because people that score higher than the stated 103 will not classify themselves in such a simple minded manner. This is probably why he did not include any stats about people that score 120, 130, or even more. Unfortunately for him, they don't fit his vision.

They don't associate themselves with or identify themselves as a member of some class. They make their own decisions.

Sorry, but stereotyping and other forms of generalization don't work very well when you are dealing with the long tail, on either side of the peak.

On the map.

I'm sure some of us couldn't find it before.

Really?
Somehow I am certain that I am thinking of a different game.

http://www.hockey.org.au/
http://www.auf.com.au/HTML/Photo_Gallery.htm

Did Anyone Look at the Exclusion Lists?

There's a veritable population of excluded 'entities' right here in town!

Many have odd looking names like MAJIDA, AL KAYALI, ABDULAH, FADWA, etc.

Then there's the innocuous MYNET.NET, SYNAPTIX.NET, ...

Means you'll be sucking up ... "fertilizer".

That you'll still have to eat something and eating like a plant means eating ... fertilizer.

Come on, it hasn't been *that* long! ;-)

I see you dropped the argument about insurance. That's progress.

As far as not understanding what a shelter is because I'm a modern pansy goes, I think you have the roles reversed. I do understand what the poll question is about. That's why I did not include the costs of my hunting lodge in my response. The hunting lodge has no plumbing, no electricity yet it does provide ... wait for it ... shelter. However it is almost entirely used for entertainment so it was not relevant. Catch that, "relevant".

Not being able to understand what is relevant to the context and what is not is what makes you confused.
From google/define:confused
"baffled: perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment"

"chaotic, jumbled or muddled; making no sense"

"confuse - mistake one thing for another"

Bingo!

You've never had a water pipe freeze during a power outage. That certainly can destroy your shelter. I repeat, electricity and water are vital.

You're funny: "the mortgage company puts you in foreclosure for not having it".

What happens then? You do not have shelter. You did not pay for insurance and now somehow do not have shelter. Same result as if you had never bought said shelter. Same result as if you had never bought the wood, shingles, nails, etc. that would form your shelter. Other than that, try to finance a house without insurance. You will discover that it is not possible. Same result as if you did not have enough money to purchase said shelter in the first place. Therefore, I repeat myself, insurance is vital to my shelter.

I'm sure you'd be further confused if we brought up the concept of "Maintenance".

An even bigger stretch would be grappling with the concept of "cost of living".

Without insurance, I would not have shelter. Therefore it is a vital component of said shelter. Just as taxes are.

Utilities might be a gray area. Do I *need* fiber-TV/internet as a component of my shelter? Somewhat, but not all of the cost can be considered so.

Do I *need* electricity, water, and gas? Absolutely, without them the *utility* of my shelter would be greatly reduced and in the proper combination, say water-yes, electricity-no, weather-cold, the lack of one utility could lead to the destruction of my shelter.

Firefox renders html ebooks just fine. It even does color, various fonts and sizes, a variety of pic formats, video, and even supports bookmarks too!

It's been a long time since I've seen grammar as good as yours in/on/around a /. FA.

By all means YES!, write documentation for your favorite project.

There's no reason to use M$/WinXXX on a convergent mobile device.

Same 'reasons' an iphone does not run an M$ OS.

Same 'reasons' most media players do not run an M$ OS. ...

There's no installed base of .doc oriented apps.

There's no overwhelming majority of users to provide any sort of peer pressure.

There's no library of existing apps/games/utils with which the population of potential users is already familiar.

None of the 'reasons' people use M$ products on PCs apply to the new field of devices.

Typically a "bath" is a complete immersion in a liquid. The result desired varies from chemical treatment to cleaning to coating. The idea is a complete, no exposed surface left untouched, coverage.