kozmic
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I blew thru the test quickly, but it appears I am polio ignorant and went 11-12.
Science Knowledge Quiz
- Thread starter Jack Flash
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Salk shots....
Salk shots came out first. Then Sabin developed the oral vaccine which we took on sugar cubes. Dr. Sabin worked at the Medical University here in Charleston. The Salk shots came out, but didn't get to this area until too late for a friend of mine, who got polio as a toddler and is on crutches and braces 60 years later. When it got REALLY bad, people had to be put in iron lungs because there breathing muscles were paralyzed. It was a terror disease because it was epidemic with no prevention or cure.
The history is fascinating because it isn't as straightforward as described above, there were doubts about using kids as guinea pigs and all batches of the early vaccines weren't up to scratch, which made people think they were worthless. But once they got it right, polio practically disappeared. Nobody made much of a deal about refusing their kids the vaccine like they've been doing lately. We were standing in LONG lines.
PS: If you like this stuff read up on the history of insulin development. It was a roller coaster ride. One guy learned how to purify the insulin, but he was careless and didn't take good notes, therefore it couldn't be reproduced. It took a lot of effort to 'rediscover' what had been lost. I'd probably be that guy. I'm lousy at taking notes.
Salk shots came out first. Then Sabin developed the oral vaccine which we took on sugar cubes. Dr. Sabin worked at the Medical University here in Charleston. The Salk shots came out, but didn't get to this area until too late for a friend of mine, who got polio as a toddler and is on crutches and braces 60 years later. When it got REALLY bad, people had to be put in iron lungs because there breathing muscles were paralyzed. It was a terror disease because it was epidemic with no prevention or cure.
The history is fascinating because it isn't as straightforward as described above, there were doubts about using kids as guinea pigs and all batches of the early vaccines weren't up to scratch, which made people think they were worthless. But once they got it right, polio practically disappeared. Nobody made much of a deal about refusing their kids the vaccine like they've been doing lately. We were standing in LONG lines.
PS: If you like this stuff read up on the history of insulin development. It was a roller coaster ride. One guy learned how to purify the insulin, but he was careless and didn't take good notes, therefore it couldn't be reproduced. It took a lot of effort to 'rediscover' what had been lost. I'd probably be that guy. I'm lousy at taking notes.
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Big Cholla
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12 of 12, then 13 of 13, then 130=top 3%...............But, I'm not convinced that any were a true intelligence test. I believe it is more a test of good prior training in just how to think thru a problem and then eliminate the answers with the least probability of being right. I was fortunate to go to college just when all this sort of 'how to think thru a problem' was becoming a big deal. We engineering students got lots of drill in these very sorts of problems. .............
Rastoff
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12 of 12 and 132 on the other. The first wasn't challenging. I didn't know who invented the polio vaccine, but I was sure the other three didn't do it.
I have always done well on IQ tests, but have never understood their value.
I have always done well on IQ tests, but have never understood their value.
RJJ 1971
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10/12. Best news I got today.
I got a 12 and a 130 and I don't have a high school diploma.
I was kicked out of English Lit. But, I have never need to know Chaucer wrote Canterbury Tales, need to explain Beowulf or Macbeth.
I was kicked out of English Lit. But, I have never need to know Chaucer wrote Canterbury Tales, need to explain Beowulf or Macbeth.
Sea level boy here blew the boiling water question.
132 stunned me with the Memerado.
Pretty sure I skewed the overall results.
132 stunned me with the Memerado.
Pretty sure I skewed the overall results.
Comrad
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piece of cake, aced it. Was a little worried about the water boil question but made a good guess.
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Jack Flash
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I thought the test was worth taking and was fun to boot. No need to overanalyze it, IMHO.
It's not like anybody is claiming that getting 12/12 qualifies you for a PhD.
It's not like anybody is claiming that getting 12/12 qualifies you for a PhD.
rw-l got my first Polio shot in 1952 at Midland Park Grammar School in first grade Charleston SC.. That was the biggest needle l had ever seen. Marching us to execution on the stage where they were giving them was bad too.. l can still hear the cries of those in front and behind me. The only thing that looked even similar to that rack of needles was years later when l saw my first Lewis Machine Gun. Those needles looked just like the magazine of a Lewis. And hurt just as bad for a skinny 6 YO.
btw. 12 for 12 too. Have not taken the second test
btw. 12 for 12 too. Have not taken the second test
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Jack Flash
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On the cooking at altitude question.....
Simple explanation. With less air pressure at higher altitude water boils at a lower temperature because the heated molecules aren't held as tightly by the air pressure. The water never gets hotter than the temperature it boils at, therefore you are cooking at a lower temperature which, naturally, takes longer.
Simple explanation. With less air pressure at higher altitude water boils at a lower temperature because the heated molecules aren't held as tightly by the air pressure. The water never gets hotter than the temperature it boils at, therefore you are cooking at a lower temperature which, naturally, takes longer.
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Black_Sheep
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12 for 12 and I'm not all that smart...
"Watched pot means someone goes to jail."
jlrhiner
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Me too......
Pre 29
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11/12 Missed the boiling water. Hey, I'm old and I'm pretty sure they changed that since I was in school. haha
