Cessna 172R from Telluride to Aspen

"Maxwell" luv2^fly99@cox.^net wrote in news:tGnWj.42286$KJ1.446
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"Tina" wrote in message
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I'm not sure what drives Max or Bertie, but there seems to be some
pathology there too.

Interesting. Feel free to take a whack at it. No foul, promise.


I can tell you, but of course you'd pay no more attention to it than my
explanation of how you're being played....


It's because you're stupid.



Bertie

"Maxwell" luv2^fly99@cox.^net wrote in
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"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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Tina writes:

As a matter of interest Mensa members who are not doing well in the
general
population seem to exhibit that same ego characteristic: we, the
general population, are at fault for not recognizing and rewarding
their worth ...

Almost all Mensa members are socially dysfunctional; that's why they
join Mensa. Only a very tiny fraction of the people who qualify for
Mensa actually
join the organization (65 million people are eligible, but the
organization
has only about 70,000 members). They are self-selected for social
maladjustment.

Sounds like you would fit right in, if you could only qualify.





Sounds like you could qulify if you squared your IQ.

Or cubed.


Bertie

"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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Most pilots who kill themselves have a long history of
incidents prior to the one that finally kills them.

This statement sounds like pure conjecture on your part.

I'm lucky enough to work with a few people who hang around the summit
of Maslow's little triangle most of the time. They, like kooks and
Nobel laureates, seem to tend to cluster.


On May 14, 1:11 am, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Tina wrote in news:0f926d2d-01bf-4877-9ef7-
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If you read the article carefully you will note it was NOT published
recently. Also, when 30 MDs are involved in accidents when if
accidents were random across the population the number would have been
a quarter of that is significant.

I think one might conclude certain professions are self selecting for
people with great self assurance and the ego to go with it. As a
matter of interest Mensa members who are not doing well in the general
population seem to exhibit that same ego characteristic: we, the
general population, are at fault for not recognizing and rewarding
their worth. I think, but cannot support the observation, that Anthony
is quite bright, so it's not a surprise that he, as a displaced
American living at the subsistence level in Paris, would have some of
those characteristics.

I'm not sure what drives Max or Bertie, but there seems to be some
pathology there too.

Ever actually met a self-actualised type? I think I can count them on
two fingers.

Who doesn't have a pathology?

Just a bit of a giggle, is all.

Bertie

Oh, this can be parsed to death. Are you ready for a Clintonization
along the lines of "It depends on what 'incidents' means"?

Unless you believe in reincarnation (going to come back as MX?) you
get to star in only one fatal accident.




On May 14, 7:11 am, "Steve Foley" wrote:
"Mxsmanic" wrote in message

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Most pilots who kill themselves have a long history of
incidents prior to the one that finally kills them.

This statement sounds like pure conjecture on your part.

Steve Foley writes:

My experience is exactly the opposite.

Where does your information regarding 'Almost all Mensa members' come from,
and how do you define socially dysfunctional?

I know many members of Mensa, and I've dealt with others indirectly. Almost
all of them have "issues" when it comes to human interaction. Very often they
have not been as successful as they'd like to be in one domain or another, and
joining Mensa seems to be an attempt at validating themselves in some way.
People who are smart and successful don't need to join Mensa to feel good
about themselves; people who are smart but have nothing else going for them
tend to be strongly attracted to organizations like Mensa.

There are normally adjusted Mensa members, but they are rare. Most of them
are geeks in some (negative) way.

The other high-IQ clubs are much the same.

Steve Foley writes:

This statement sounds like pure conjecture on your part.

Perhaps, but it is based on NTSB and JAMA special reports that I have read. I
don't think they engage in conjecture.

Buster Hymen writes:

Instrument procedures are NOT the only way to fly, you moron.

Nobody said otherwise. I simply pointed out that the design criteria for
airways are discussed in the Instrument Procedures Handbook. It explains the
type of terrain and obstacle clearance that airways nominally provide. Even
someone who doesn't want an IR would still be well advised to read this book.

Steve Foley writes:

The Instrument Procedures Handbook does not address Visual Flight Rules.

But it does explain airways and the type of terrain and obstacle clearance
they provide (because this is very important for IFR flight).

Essentially, if you correctly fly along an airway, you can be assured of a
certain margin of clearance over obstacles and terrain. That's one of the
reasons for having airways in the first place.

"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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Steve Foley writes:

My experience is exactly the opposite.

Where does your information regarding 'Almost all Mensa members' come
from,
and how do you define socially dysfunctional?

I know many members of Mensa

So you feel comfortable extrapolating your experience with 'many' members of
Mensa to 'Almost all Mensa members'. Personally, I consider the sample
inadequate.

Almost all of them have "issues" when it comes to human interaction.

You've substituted one vague definition for another.