Men are more intelligent than women?!

[civman2000]

Well, we know that men have more OT posts than women...

[Elok]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
Which is lower, an Idiot or a Moron? I feel we need a poll.

IIRC, idiot technically means someone a good deal dumber than a moron. Morons are exasperatingly slow and clumsy, but functional in society. Idiots can't do much more than drool and slobber out badly-formed words. As a result, "idiot" got bandied about as an insult much more and lost its potency, so now people tend to think of "moron" as the worse label. That's just what I remember from a psych class years ago though.

EDIT: Yep, I was right.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moron_%28psychology%29

[Dauphin]

Morans are worst of all though.

[Q Classic]

Well, duh.

Men have two heads, women do not.

[SlowwHand]

I had investigated Morons vs. Idiots at one time. Wanted to be sure I was insulting at a level that was appropriate. Finally dawned on me that both are too stupid to feel insulted.

[Japher]

and everyone is insulted when you call them a jackass

[SlowwHand]

Who rattled your cage?

[Japher]

no one... why?

[Straybow]

Yes. Men are morons, whereas women are imbeciles.

The old "ranks" of mental retardation are something like:

moron = marginally functional
imbecile = capable of emotional interaction and few basic tasks
idiot = responsive to stimuli but little real interaction
stupid = marginally responsive to stimuli

[Q Classic]

imbecile.

[Straybow]

Like I said, men are morons.