About Marilyn vos Savant:
Marilyn vos Savant is an American who is known for previously having the highest recorded IQ according to the Guinness Book of Records, a competitive category the publication has since retired. [V]os Savant is a magazine columnist, author, lecturer, and playwright." Since 1986 she has written "Ask Marilyn," a Parade magazine Sunday column where she solves puzzles and answers questions on various subjects.
Be able to live alone, even if you don't want to and think you will never find it necessary.
Marilyn vos SavantKnow why certain foods, such as truffles, are expensive. It's not because they taste best.
Marilyn vos SavantBeing defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
Marilyn vos SavantAvoid using cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs as alternatives to being an interesting person.
Marilyn vos SavantBe able to analyze statistics, which can be used to support or undercut almost any argument.
Marilyn vos SavantBe able to confide your innermost secrets to your mother and your innermost fears to your father.
Marilyn vos SavantBe able to correctly pronounce the words you would like to speak and have excellent spoken grammar.
Marilyn vos SavantBe able to defend your arguments in a rational way. Otherwise, all you have is an opinion.
Marilyn vos SavantBe able to draw an illustration as least well enough to get your point across to another person.
Marilyn vos SavantBe able to notice all the confusion between fact and opinion that appears in the news.
Marilyn vos SavantBe able to recognize when you're reading or hearing material biased to your own side.
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