RE: (TFT) Wizard mods - out of balance?

[Brad Long <brad@longbrothers.net>]

Refresh my memory ... IQ does not equal Education - right?

Studying something doesn't make you smarter - correct?

You may learn more stuff - but isn't that where talents come in?

Any thoughts?

Quoting David Michael Grouchy II <david_michael_grouchy_ii@hotmail.com>:

> > > In more real-world terms, anyone who got through high school calculus
> > > has the Mathematician talent (IQ 14), unless they subsequently forgot
> > > it.
>
> > From: Jay_Carlisle@charter.net
> >
> > ???
> >
> > Poor old Archimedies might be somewhat suprised to learn that he lacks
> > Talent in Mathmatics...
> > "Let none but geometers enter here".
> >
> > I'd say that a Mathematician with Geometery and Calculus has a 2pt
> > Mathematician Talent.
>
>
> /Mike hems and haws a little bit
>
> Calculus is just a simplified easier to perform form of geometry.
> Calculus is not possible with Roman numerals, but requires a decimal system.
>
> Consider this famous Calculus 4 problem, which still has not been completely
> solved to satisfaction.
>
> "Determine the perimeter of an ellipsis."
>
> Further the Egyptian math system used recursive fractions and never had to
> face Trancendental Numbers.  This can actually be a huge advantage over our
> decimal based system of math.
>
> /end hemming and hawing.
>
> Wow, I could have taken you on a great adventure over this subject.
>
> :)
> David Michael Grouchy II
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