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Finally, are you smarter than a member of Congress?
posted by Mr. Carlisle at 1:59 PM
5 Comments:
It seems like judging the education levels of congress members by the lengths of their sentences is something a freshman would do. This study seems irrelevant.
4:26 PM
Sentence length and the number of syllables doesn't seem like a very good way to judge intellect level. It shouldn't really matter how long the sentence is, but the meaning of it and if there is true substance. I think the politician's should realize who their audience is, and it's better to be concise and easily understandable than to lose the listeners halfway through the speech.
6:30 PM
How about the most important aspect of congressional debate- what you actually say and making it clear?
11:39 AM
I'm skeptical about how they are measuring this. What algorithm did they use, and is it even valid. The article implies that sentence length plays a part in determining the grade-level a congressman speaks at, and any reasonably literate person will know that the number of words you speak does not determine the quality of your speaking.
8:53 PM
Oh I've heard of this type of stuff before on the Phill Defranco show i watch.
9:28 PM
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