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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 01:38 PM Original message |
People with higher IQs are less likely to believe in God, according to a new study |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well, that's true in this household. |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
2. Not true in this House - a couple of 170's and other 5 not below 140 - all religious |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 01:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Well it's a correlation, and hardly surprising n/t |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 01:47 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. True - there are a lot of super ego obnoxious folks that publicly disdain religion and claim high IQ |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 01:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Lol that's true. Personally I think religion has it's place |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 05:14 PM Response to Reply #17 |
113. Its intent is not to explain the universe. |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 01:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
31. "super ego obnoxious folks" Wouldn't those be people with fishes and "got jesus?" stickers on their |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:02 PM Response to Reply #31 |
40. There is nothing wrong with *those* stickers |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:06 PM Response to Reply #31 |
48. Or, were it a Democratic bumper sticker... |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:11 PM Response to Reply #48 |
54. Yes, I really think so. Doesn't matter what the message is. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #54 |
84. So, if I'm reading your post correctly... |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:06 PM Response to Reply #12 |
45. Could you rephrase that in English? |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
44. Some believers really drive themselves to achieve and to further develop their intellects |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
105. Bet you feel stupid for not claiming a higher IQ |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
3. How does one's ability to think and reason have anything to do with faith? |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 01:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
34. UFOs, lucky numbers, WMDs... |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:50 PM Response to Reply #34 |
88. In much the same vein that accomplished scientists reconcile their "faith" |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 05:18 PM Response to Reply #88 |
114. Faith and reason are not correlative. |
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sellitman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
4. Makes sense to me. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
5. True in my observations. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
6. No kidding. I picked up a serious clue about this when I read |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
8. So how do they explain Sir Isaac Newton? Was he just a freak of nature? |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 01:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. It's not an absolute. |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 01:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Different time, different level of knowledge about nature and the universe. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 01:51 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Then Einstein came along and how do they explain him? |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 01:55 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Like this |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 01:58 PM Response to Reply #20 |
35. As in post 26. And, from one of his letter's |
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uberllama42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:36 PM Response to Reply #20 |
81. Who gives a shit about Einstein? |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #20 |
98. Einstein was not religious. |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
9. Doh! Isn't that pretty self-evident. |
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vharlow (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
11. He's right in his observations, but...... |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 01:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Don't believe in evolution, eh? |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 01:52 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. And because one could mix the two beliefs what then? |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 01:57 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. Since that specific poster referenced "the creator" I asked |
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vharlow (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:06 PM Response to Reply #13 |
46. Not as a religion, no. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:12 PM Response to Reply #46 |
56. You are mixing lay usage of "theory" with scientific usage of "theory." |
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vharlow (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:35 PM Response to Reply #56 |
80. Two theories? |
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uberllama42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 03:01 PM Response to Reply #80 |
90. Red herring |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 03:10 PM Response to Reply #80 |
92. Here you go Vharlow - question answered |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 06:02 PM Response to Reply #80 |
118. So, do you think an eohippus could cross breed with any modern |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 05:28 PM Response to Reply #13 |
116. Do you believe in evolution? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 01:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. LOL. |
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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
42. My 'creators' were my Mum and Dad. As for being a believer...I believe I'll have another Mojito. |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 04:27 PM Response to Reply #42 |
108. There's a belief system that works for me! |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
43. Isn't saying "the Creator" elitist? I think it is. It supposes you have the truth and someone else |
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vharlow (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:08 PM Response to Reply #43 |
50. Well, the only true elite is the creator. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:19 PM Response to Reply #50 |
64. and who might that be? |
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uberllama42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 03:02 PM Response to Reply #64 |
91. Chuck Norris. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
59. you're fun. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:19 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. "Halleluliah (sic) and Thanks to Freerepublic." (sick) |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:20 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. indeed, i looked her up on google after she said Al-Quaeda targeted puppies, it's been hella fun |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:27 PM Response to Reply #66 |
74. Oh noes! Not the puppies! |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 03:20 PM Response to Reply #65 |
94. Bwahahahah well done Mr. Watson well done n/t |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
76. "When it's all over, there will only be believers." |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #11 |
86. oh I seriously doubt any believers will survive. |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
14. sigh. This reminds me of the years I tried to become a Christian |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 01:55 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. I am in absolute agreement with you about the teachings of Jesus. |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:06 PM Response to Reply #28 |
47. "I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians" |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
16. HELLO! 220 here. There is a God and Physics tends to prove that. |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 01:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. How does physics "prove" a belief in god? n/t |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:09 PM Response to Reply #21 |
52. It proves His existence. At least in the alchemical interpretations of what constitutes God. |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:13 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. Physics Proves This? |
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cbc5g (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:14 PM Response to Reply #52 |
58. Wow.... LoLz |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:23 PM Response to Reply #58 |
71. Extend it infinitely. You'll see. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 09:06 AM Response to Reply #71 |
156. Turtles all the way down! |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 08:30 PM Response to Reply #71 |
174. Been there, done that, realised what a null hypothesis was, stopped. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:17 PM Response to Reply #52 |
61. Ahhh, so god is who/whatever you want it to be? |
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cbc5g (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:22 PM Response to Reply #52 |
70. And you know that this God is a male, how? |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:33 PM Response to Reply #52 |
79. The first movement of what? |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:39 PM Response to Reply #52 |
82. The idea that the universe is "one" doesn't "prove" anything other than |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 06:22 PM Response to Reply #82 |
120. Actually, that is exactly what we do - |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 08:24 PM Response to Reply #52 |
124. Harry, I was kinda hoping you knew more physics than a high school junior. |
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John Gauger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 09:18 PM Response to Reply #52 |
128. Thank you for a good laugh. nt |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 07:20 PM Response to Reply #52 |
171. That does indeed prove, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that you aren't very good at physics. |
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cbc5g (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 01:54 PM Original message |
Lol, that has got to be a joke. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 01:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
32. 220 what? SAT score?...nt |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:10 PM Response to Reply #32 |
53. No IQ. I'm considered to be a theoretical genius. |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:39 PM Response to Reply #53 |
83. You disguise it well. nt |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #83 |
96. *SNORT* |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 08:21 PM Response to Reply #53 |
123. You reached way, way too high, buddy. When you lie, make it believable. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 09:06 PM Response to Reply #123 |
126. I know |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 08:24 AM Response to Reply #126 |
153. Okay... |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 08:24 AM Response to Reply #123 |
152. No joke... |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 01:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
33. please elaborate |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:11 PM Response to Reply #33 |
55. See above |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 01:58 PM Response to Reply #16 |
37. .... |
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Systematic Chaos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:20 PM Response to Reply #16 |
68. 220? Just EIGHT measly standard deviations above the mean? |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 03:33 PM Response to Reply #68 |
99. Thanks for that. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #99 |
100. ... |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 04:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
103. You are saying you have an IQ of 220? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 10:35 AM Response to Reply #103 |
160. IIRC, Marilyn vos Savant clocks in at 190. nt |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 07:38 PM Response to Reply #160 |
172. No, I thought it was 218 - the highest ever recorded. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 12:56 PM Response to Reply #172 |
183. Depends on the test used. Different dests score differently. |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:03 PM Response to Reply #183 |
185. Yeah, (after posting) I kinda realised that. n/t |
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John Gauger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 09:29 PM Response to Reply #16 |
131. Good job. |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 08:21 AM Response to Reply #16 |
151. 220 |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 01:29 AM Response to Reply #16 |
179. According to Mensa, the bottom margin of the top two percent is 132 |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 12:55 PM Response to Reply #179 |
182. Only if he's applied for membership and paid dues. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 01:39 PM Response to Reply #182 |
184. He seems awfully proud of his score; certainly, he has a card to prove it |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
18. Ahh, reading comprehension. What a wonderful thing. |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 01:58 PM Response to Reply #18 |
36. but that's what makes this thread so entertaining ;) |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:00 PM Response to Reply #18 |
38. LOL--I know. Some are definitely proving the point. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:29 PM Response to Reply #18 |
75. Its a flamebait topic. |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
19. What God? |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 03:39 AM Response to Reply #19 |
148. That one over there! |
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ORDagnabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
23. Its cause we know how to read and avoid scams. n/t |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
24. My experience doesn't bear this out |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 12:57 PM Response to Reply #24 |
164. I absolutely agree. |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
25. This gets my DUH! award. Hello! believe in superstitions anyone! |
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cbc5g (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
30. Depends on reasoning, critical thinking skills and upbringing |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #30 |
60. Some of us aspire to be Vulcans; others aspire to be Klingons, |
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pork medley (262 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
39. i'm sure faith or lack thereof has nothing to do w/ standard of living |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #39 |
85. Actually IQ is highly correlated with a number of things |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #85 |
169. I think the wealth thing is more nurture than nature |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
41. Gee, no bias there at all. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 09:25 PM Response to Reply #41 |
130. Please elaborate. n/t |
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sshan2525 (311 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
49. Well, good for me...... |
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cbc5g (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
51. What proof exists that there is only one God or many Gods or no Gods at all? |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
62. Right, just look at Thom Hartmann. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:23 PM Response to Reply #62 |
72. See Post #18. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
63. Duh!!!!! |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
67. Well no shit... |
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Lifetimedem (652 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
69. I do not believe that |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:24 PM Response to Reply #69 |
73. I believe the article said "less likely" -- not "in all instances." |
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cbc5g (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:33 PM Response to Reply #69 |
78. One does not need to be an intellectual to understand... |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 01:01 PM Response to Reply #78 |
165. Much like the writing's of Plato and Aristotle |
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enki23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
77. cue the people claiming IQ scores well above 150 |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #77 |
87. Seriously though |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 03:10 PM Response to Reply #77 |
93. I think it's those "free on-line IQ tests." |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #93 |
95. I've taken a couple and they gave me the same scores as in childhool/adolescence |
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moggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 08:43 AM Response to Reply #77 |
154. In my experience, highly intelligent people rarely tell you their IQ |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
89. People with higher IQs are less likely to believe in IQ tests n/t |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 03:24 PM Response to Reply #89 |
97. Funny. nt |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
101. I find it oddly ironic... |
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enki23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 03:55 PM Response to Reply #101 |
102. i guess they're a bit intellectually lazy for ultra-geniuses |
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heidler1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 05:22 PM Response to Reply #101 |
115. I noticed that too. |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 06:50 PM Response to Reply #101 |
122. Shush! I'm dying here. This thread is A-grade freaking hilarious. |
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heidler1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
104. "Birds of a feather flock together." IMO is true. If Atheists can lay claim to the peak of the IQ |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 04:08 PM Response to Reply #104 |
106. Well, I have an IQ of 294 |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 04:24 PM Response to Reply #106 |
107. My sister scored 294...her nickname in our family is dimbulb. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 09:45 PM Response to Reply #107 |
132. Two problems with your score |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 12:42 AM Response to Reply #132 |
136. Actually, if I remember correctly, Canadian IQ is worth more at the moment that American. |
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moggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 08:46 AM Response to Reply #136 |
155. Don't you find a high IQ a hindrance in Canada? |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 12:01 PM Response to Reply #155 |
161. Of course. Which is why I'm only one of a small elite select that can't stand watching hockey. |
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moggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:10 PM Response to Reply #161 |
168. Oh, I had to give that up |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 04:33 PM Response to Reply #106 |
109. Mine's at least triple that |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 04:58 PM Response to Reply #109 |
112. You lie. Nobody can outhink a plate of beans. Nobody. |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 01:09 AM Response to Reply #112 |
141. I once saw a man do it on teevee! His name was John Edwerds. |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 01:55 AM Response to Reply #141 |
145. Which John Edwards? "The Hair" or "The Psychic"? |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 03:34 AM Response to Reply #145 |
147. True, a plate of beans was better at chess than me. But I beat them at kickboxing. |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 04:36 PM Response to Reply #106 |
110. My IQ requires scientific notation. n/t |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 04:57 PM Response to Reply #110 |
111. It sure does. |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 06:18 PM Response to Reply #111 |
119. THAT'S IT! |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 08:57 PM Response to Reply #111 |
125. LMAO |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 06:38 PM Response to Reply #106 |
121. Hah! Do you know why they invented graham's number? |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 10:01 AM Response to Reply #121 |
159. Now, think about a typical fundamentalist Christian view of an afterlife... |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
117. So, what's the corollary? |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 07:43 PM Response to Reply #117 |
173. Eh? And last I looked, psych says that there are indeed a statistical measure |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 09:45 AM Response to Reply #173 |
177. There's the problem, though: if the test itself is questionable . . . |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 01:14 AM Response to Reply #177 |
178. Ah, right, sorry. I assumed it was the same as the old ones, that showed in a single |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 04:21 AM Response to Reply #177 |
180. Which is one of the reasons that IQ tests are revised regularly. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 12:35 PM Response to Reply #180 |
181. Even still, shouldn't that make us question the test? |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 10:26 PM Response to Reply #181 |
186. Those are valid concerns. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 10:55 AM Response to Reply #186 |
187. Maybe our psych wasn't that good at it, then. |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 12:29 PM Response to Reply #187 |
189. IIRC, the Stanford Binet... |
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Zebedeo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
127. Hey, I have an idea! |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 12:45 AM Response to Reply #127 |
137. I have a better one! |
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Zebedeo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 12:54 AM Response to Reply #137 |
138. Washed in the blood |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 01:02 AM Response to Reply #138 |
139. Your karma ran over my dogma |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 01:06 AM Response to Reply #139 |
140. IF you can read this, you're too damn close. |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 01:09 AM Response to Reply #140 |
142. My other car is a Mercedes |
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Zebedeo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 01:38 AM Response to Reply #139 |
143. Read it; |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 01:46 AM Response to Reply #143 |
144. One that made me laugh |
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Zebedeo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 02:05 AM Response to Reply #144 |
146. Dyslexics of the world |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 03:42 AM Response to Reply #146 |
149. Or the terrible joke about the insomniac agnostic dyslexic, |
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John Gauger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 12:18 PM Response to Reply #143 |
162. That's right Zeb. |
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Zebedeo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 04:30 PM Response to Reply #162 |
166. You don't understand the bumper sticker |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #166 |
167. No. Not even. |
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John Gauger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 09:21 PM Response to Reply #167 |
176. Actually, I think it's more aimed towards Spanish speakers. |
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John Gauger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 09:18 PM Response to Reply #166 |
175. Neither the Japanese nor the Germans ever attempted to invade the United States. |
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Zebedeo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 11:39 AM Response to Reply #175 |
188. The Axis powers |
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John Gauger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
129. Who gives a shit about IQ? |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 09:47 PM Response to Reply #129 |
133. You're just jealous |
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John Gauger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 09:59 PM Response to Reply #133 |
134. Yeah, but I do have a sixteen inch dick. |
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uberllama42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 10:00 PM Response to Reply #133 |
135. Man, eight fucking standard deviations |
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moggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 06:44 AM Response to Original message |
150. You know Richard Lynn's history? |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 09:43 AM Response to Reply #150 |
158. The important thing is that people be judged as individuals, however... |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 12:26 PM Response to Reply #150 |
163. I knew it. The way his use of the word "intellectual elite" made me think of eugenics. |
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regularguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
157. I don't believe in IQ......nt |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
170. was musing more about the idea that IQ means wealth and my editing period expired |
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