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27 Sep 2009, 3:00 am

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Resume (after 80 replies): yes, it is taboo on wrongplanet.

It is taboo in the same sense that Holocaust denial, 9/11 conspiracies, homeopathy, vaccine-autism theories, and other assorted quackery is taboo: it is dismissively rejected by the overwhelming majority of marginally intelligent people because it is obvious nonsense.

People are led to believe that, Orwell. But if you look into it, clearly that's not the case. In this thread I've provided evidence with regard to Ashkenazi Jews that specific groups of people can have an average IQ significantly removed from 100. As these different groups of people are usually represented in different proportions in different nations, it seems reasonable to propose that different nations may exhibit different average IQs. So, yes, it may be taboo to discuss these things, but that's not because it's unreasonable in the way 9/11 conspiracy is.

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27 Sep 2009, 3:14 am

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....because IQ isn't a terribly good indicator of intellectual ability...

It is widely used and the best measure we have. Of course it's fashionable to say what you've just stated, especially amongst leftist and liberals who don't like the idea that one person can be better at something than another, but it's not an accurate statement. Moreover, IQ tests are split into sections that measure different areas of ability. Having that data, too, gives a fairly good indication of a persons strengths and weaknesses.

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27 Sep 2009, 5:16 am

Ascan and Carlofirst: only two with gutts.

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27 Sep 2009, 5:22 am

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Ascan and Carlofirst: only two with gutts.

And you know what guts produces.

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27 Sep 2009, 5:27 am

Tell me.

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27 Sep 2009, 5:32 am

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Tell me.

Don't flush. Just look.

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27 Sep 2009, 5:36 am

You were rather quiet in the discussion sand. Remarkable....

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27 Sep 2009, 5:36 am

At this point I'd like to run into the middle of a field and scream. Having gone through all that, your next turn in the debate is....go back to the beginning?

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amongst leftist and liberals who don't like the idea that one person can be better at something than another, but it's not an accurate statement.

god job i've never said that then isn't it? I'm yet to meet a single person who is one pace to the left of centre or beyond ever to claim there aren't differences in ability between individuals. This is also fairly inconsistent with your own position surely? you're talking about IQ differences between nations and/or races - they tend to come in groups of two or more yes? - not differences between one person and another. At the individual level IQ testing is a very limited and flawed measure of intellectual ability - as an average of abitrarily defined groups it's not something I'd like to think a government was basing policy on. At all.

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27 Sep 2009, 5:39 am

Ah the bishop of rome has arrived again.

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27 Sep 2009, 5:49 am

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You were rather quiet in the discussion sand. Remarkable....

Most of the other posters were quite eloquent as to the worth of your output and I became disturbed when you started to substitute guts for brains as qualification for submissions.

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27 Sep 2009, 5:55 am

@ carlofist - Pontifex vere. Beatus vestri penuriosus animus pro sequax talis stultus informatio. Amplitudo Inquisitor est hic quoque , sententia EGO reputo is may tantum exsisto mihi dico him ut.

yeah my latin is a little sketchy even with an online translator

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27 Sep 2009, 6:01 am

Yeah your latin s***s pontifex maximus.

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27 Sep 2009, 6:07 am

is there something constructive you actually have to offer? Unless there's something else to actually be said on the topic then perhaps we can leave it rather than continuing with these petty little snipes you're taking at others?

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27 Sep 2009, 6:22 am

Dont make me laugh! The views you offered were lies and denials.

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27 Sep 2009, 6:27 am

that's a no then

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