After 20 years of evaluations, none of which put his IQ over 70 — and some that put his IQ in the 50s — there is no doubt he is mentally retarded.

We're just stunned, but we're overjoyed. It's not often that the Court of Criminal Appeals grants new trials in felony capital murder cases.

Whilst much attention has been given to UK companies outsourcing jobs to India, the fact is that successful Indian businesses – notably in the technology sector – are expanding rapidly in the global market and bringing new jobs to London.

Because IQ tests favor memory skills and logic, overlooking artistic creativity, insight, resiliency, emotional reserves, sensory gifts, and life experience, they can't really predict success, let alone satisfaction.

Studies show that the IQ range of most creative people is surprisingly narrow, around 120 to 130. Higher IQs can perform certain kinds of tasks better--logic, feats of memory, and so on. But if the IQ is much higher or lower than that, the window of creativity closes. Nonetheless, for some reason we believe more is better, so people yearn for tip-top IQs, and that calls for bigger memories. A fast, retentive memory is handy, but no skeleton key for survival.

I have an ulcer. It has an IQ of 185.