Cats are to Intelligence as Kryptonite is to Superpowers

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Image: XKCD.

I am staying with a cat named Jack in Helsinki, and of course, this means I am redicovering something about cats I'd forgotten, but this phenomenon is well-established scientifically, as you can see from the graph above.

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Note: The following is a repost from some time ago. Today is the officially day to celebrate Dr. Seuss, so here is my Seuss-related post. Enjoy.
In the second Cat in the Hat book (I think it is the second one), the Cat reveals that he has more smaller cats under his hat. They are labeled A - Z with Z being so small you can't even see. Question: What is the sequence of sizes for successive cats? How big would Cat Z be?
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The image is from http://xkcd.com/231/
More on-topically, I live with two cats myself: I can confirm that as soon as they're within two feet, I find myself a gibbering idiot.

By Hexapodium (not verified) on 19 Nov 2008 #permalink

But they're so cute! And fluffy! And little putty wussums. Who's the widdle fuffy wuzzums. kitty. fuffn zzzzz.

Eh, it's only good for a max drop of about 40 points of IQ unless the cat has been surgically implanted into the human.

And hie yourself off to XKCD only at some point when you can afford to waste three hours going through the archives.

hahahahahaha...*blushes* i talk to my cats all the time as if they understand me. i don't even think my cats get as close to me as they do in the graph, does that mean my intelligence is lower to start with?? Hmmmmmm......