"Mental deficiency used to be divided into the following sub-classifications, but these labels began to be abused by the public and are now largely obsolete:
Borderline Deficiency (IQ 70-80),
Moron (IQ 50-69),
Imbecile (IQ 20-49)
Idiot (below 20)."
It seems perfectly fair to me for the public, and especially for the press, to use or to abuse these ostensibly obsolete so called labels (but actually real expermentally determined categories) at will and without let or hindrance from any social science arbiters whatsoever.
I fully intend to keep using these terms, and I hope Krugman will too.
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