Re: Here's why its not random... - Edit 1
Before modification by Tor at 30/10/2012 02:26:44 PM
He has not contradicted himself. The 62.5% is a global average. Every minuscule subset doesn't have to adhere to it. This fact allowed him to reduce the AS intake of the Rebels, to ramp up tension without sacrificing the rules he built up.
1000 people isn't a miniscule subset, and repeatedly saying it is won't make it so. I'm afraid there is very little purpose to the discussion if we can't even agree on basic stuff like how statistics works.
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In any case, it is perfecly reasonable that high IQ is correlated with wanting to go to university. It is not perfecly reasonable that being a potentially strong channeler is correlated with wanting to become Aes Sedai, since most people don't know they can channel when they decide.
Why does high IQ tie in with wanting to go to university? Remember, I'm not talking about successfully entering university, or succeeding once in. I'm talking about the desire to go at all, and not because of social or financial pressures, but due to active curiosity and need to learn.
I'm not saying I know this is the case, but I think it sounds plausible that high IQ to some extent is correlated with doing well in school, which again I would think is correlated with the desire to go to university.
If you can come up with something that sounds like a reasonable explanation for the bias towards weaker channelers in the 1000 novices, I'm all ears.