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<p>That is one large logical fallacy. If drugs were bad for you, no one would use them, right?</p>
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<p>I suppose you subscribe to the idea that the US News rankings are infallible too, right? How do you account for people who are just poor test-takers but are actually very intelligent? What about different types of intelligence? Honestly, it really isn’t that good of a measure. You can get some very rough empirical data from it at time, but you can’t really draw too many strong conclusions like a lot of people do.</p>
<p>There is a pretty good book I once read about the attempt in the 19th and 20th centuries to quantify intelligence. It has some pretty cool stuff in there.</p>
<p>[Amazon.com:</a> The Mismeasure of Man (9780393314250): Stephen Jay Gould: Books](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Mismeasure-Man-Stephen-Jay-Gould/dp/0393314251/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1273020040&sr=8-1]Amazon.com:”>http://www.amazon.com/Mismeasure-Man-Stephen-Jay-Gould/dp/0393314251/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1273020040&sr=8-1)</p>