Two New Categories

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Which brings us to a new feature which I have just now invented: The 300 Club. The 300 Club is intended to honor those 'persons of the week' who present themselves (to me as I watch tv) as the 'dumbest people of the week.' 300 kelvin corresponds roughly to room temperature, and that value was selected by me on the basis that an IQ which corresponded to roughly 300k was the defining IQ. This week's winner is none other than Pat Robertson (of The 700 Club).

I was also minded to create the opposite pole - so to speak - which would be reflective of the smartest person of the week. But it seems to me that the Kelvin Scale would not be appropriate. So I have resorted to The Einstein Club as title for this new feature. This weeks winner in that regard is, Ray Kurzwiel, author of The Singularity is Near, and The Age of Spiritual Machines, neither of which I have read.

I love the title, The Age of Spiritual Machines! What shutzpah!

By way of attribution I should mention that I saw the guy on Charlie Rose.