HOW our Mandarin-speaking Prime Minister reacts to what China is doing to (in contrast to saying about) the people of Tibet can be considered as an item on a human rights IQ (HRIQ) test.

So far, in terms of the older and more traditional IQ classification, the PM is scoring at approximately the moronic level (that is, in the 50-70 range), but he still has a chance to boost his HRIQ score on Tibet to a level that is closer to his cognitive IQ, which I think is arguably greater than 140 points, especially if one considers performance on linguistic IQ items.

Emeritus Professor John Furedy
Darling Point, NSW