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  • #5,321
  • Jun 20, 2017 12:25pm Jun 20, 2017 12:25pm
Quoting Magog
On a completely different subject close to our hearts, I'm gonna tell you a short story. When I was a boy(5yrs old) I used to wlk to school and on Saturday I'd go to the local cinema, sometimes I even went scrumping - mostly alone sometimes with mates. The area I used to do that in was Bury Park, where I was born - a predominantly working class and exclusively white area of Bedfordshire, well known by Tommy R Look at it now. Muslims (https://www.intellihub.com/muslims-tell-christians-in-england-that-they-have-taken-over-the-entire-country/)...
to be fair they have been saying this since i was at school i left in 2004
  • #5,322
  • Jun 20, 2017 12:32pm Jun 20, 2017 12:32pm
Quoting Exodus
{quote} Wiktionary (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page) has only one definition for phobia - "Psychological term for an irrational (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/irrational) or obsessive (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/obsessive) fear (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fear) of..." The focus on 'irrational' is an interesting aspect. I didn't bother digging for the 'Oxford' dictionary.
It's from the Greek word of phobos which just means fear. No other qualifying adjectives. Which makes sense,

Aracnphobia Fear of spiders. Simple.

Islamaphobia Fear of islam. Simple.

No need for irrational or unreasonable in my opinion.
Once You See, You Can't Unsee But You Will Get The Odd Poke In The Eye
  • #5,323
  • Jun 20, 2017 12:42pm Jun 20, 2017 12:42pm
Quoting jmn5611
{quote} No, government know that the dollar is worth nothing since Nixon pulled us off the gold standard
Gold is only worth anything because people are prepared to pay for it. It is the same with the US$, or any other currency. It has value because people consider that it has value. Therefore being backed by gold is irrelevant, I see a time when 50 rounds of 7.26mm would be a useful backing....

Quote
{quote} He is probably a younger man and need to Google up a bit. Have you noticed that all neoliberals become conservatives as they get older?
I have noticed how socialists become conservatives as their bank balances grow....
Carbon-Dioxide: the gas of life! https://youtu.be/ttJBdr6eBuo
  • #5,324
  • Jun 20, 2017 12:48pm Jun 20, 2017 12:48pm
Quoting DrManhatten
{quote} In other words people who argue as such would rather go back to the hunter gathering ways as an alternative. Not realistic is it? Unless of course we end up annihilating each other to oblivion then maybe that is a possibility.
The reality is that hunter-gatherer has never changed. Only the scenery has changed.
Carbon-Dioxide: the gas of life! https://youtu.be/ttJBdr6eBuo
  • #5,325
  • Jun 20, 2017 1:06pm Jun 20, 2017 1:06pm
Sometimes I wish this place would just slow down a bit. One good lunch and a snooze and I'm 3 pages behind!

Quoting Ross88
...they will have similar IQ to there biological parents...
I have direct evidence that your statement is incorrect. At the very least it should be modified. I know of three children, born to a woman with IQ a bit below 90, who are all capable and unhindered in their day-to-day performance. The oldest is about to qualify for BA, the middle one is smart and has the most acute/productive/high-efficacy problem-solving skills you can imagine, the youngest has a different skill-set and also suffers from dyslexia. Therefore the link from parentage is not clear-cut. However having two smart parents does seem to give the children an advantage....

People who succeed despite dyslexia are hugely gifted. They develop tremendous powers for lateral thinking. Kudos!
Carbon-Dioxide: the gas of life! https://youtu.be/ttJBdr6eBuo
  • #5,326
  • Jun 20, 2017 1:09pm Jun 20, 2017 1:09pm
Quoting Stu Effex
I really want to reply to more stuff but can't be bothered typing and feel a couple of lines just doesn't cut it or express what I want to say so...............any of you really intelligent people have a solution for me to dictate into FF post ? Tried the windows dictate and spend more time correcting.
...take the cigar out of your mouth
Carbon-Dioxide: the gas of life! https://youtu.be/ttJBdr6eBuo
  • #5,327
  • Edited 3:21pm Jun 20, 2017 1:13pm | Edited 3:21pm
Quoting Ross88
{quote} thanks for the link i will read it as i find this a interesting topic why do you think poor east Asian people score higher than European people? even if they are staving hungry and ill educated? what do you think about the Ashkenazi jews with a average score of 115 and why do you think the Jews in general score so well in verbal tests do you not think that the Jews have had a very hard history and the Jews of Average intelligence with poor verbal communication did not producers as many children and this is why we are now seeing differences...

I have posted in full a chapter from a book I own by Thomas Sowell, the chapter is called Race and Intelligence.

Page 1-10:
http://imgur.com/a/7eEgF

Pages 11-16:
http://imgur.com/a/99FVd

Pages 17-24:
http://imgur.com/a/nvFRv

Pages 25-27:
http://imgur.com/a/k7Xp5

Lets actually read and understand what the arguments are before we start making ridiculous claims.

This is clearly a topic that is a lot more complicated than many in here are giving credit.
  • #5,328
  • Jun 20, 2017 1:18pm Jun 20, 2017 1:18pm
Quoting Exodus
Sometimes I wish this place would just slow down a bit. One good lunch and a snooze and I'm 3 pages behind! {quote} I have direct evidence that your statement is incorrect. At the very least it should be modified. I know of three children, born to a woman with IQ a bit below 90, who are all capable and unhindered in their day-to-day performance. The oldest is about to qualify for BA, the middle one is smart and has the most acute/productive/high-efficacy problem-solving skills you can imagine, the youngest has a different skill-set and also suffers...
people are more likely to inherit IQ from there mum but it's not a 100% fact men are more likely to inherit their mums her dad's hairline/male baldness but i have the some hairline as my dad this just means i have gone against the odds also dyslexia normally get it from their dad with sons having odds at about 66% to be dyslexia and girls being about 33% likely to be dyslexia this example you have given is just one case it's not normal
  • #5,329
  • Jun 20, 2017 1:22pm Jun 20, 2017 1:22pm
Quoting verv
{quote} I have posted in full a chapter from a book I own by Thomas Sowell, the chapter is called Race and Intelligence. Page 1-10: http://imgur.com/a/7eEgF Pages 11-16: http://imgur.com/a/99FVd Pages 17-24: http://imgur.com/a/nvFRv Pages 25-27: http://imgur.com/a/k7Xp5 Leta actually read and understand what the arguments are before we start making ridiculous claims. This is clearly a topic that is a lot more complicated than many in here are giving credit.
great i will read it

why do you think poor east Asian people score higher than European people? even if they are staving hungry and ill educated?

what do you think about the Ashkenazi jews with a average score of 115 and why do you think the Jews in general score so well in verbal tests do you not think that the Jews have had a very hard history and the Jews of Average intelligence with poor verbal communication did not producers as many children and this is why we are now seeing differences in there ethnic group also what is your opinion on the Aborigine with their visual ability scoring do you not think these differences my be natural selection?

do you think humans are above natural selection?
  • #5,330
  • Jun 20, 2017 1:29pm Jun 20, 2017 1:29pm
Quoting Stu Effex
{quote} Ok I'm really going to show my intelligence now. When I type I "TOUCH" the keys, so am I not already doing that ? I had that years ago and it was crap but perhaps it has come a long way, thanks I will look into it. It used to be mediocre even with the best BBC accents.
I bought the 'Nuance' product for my SO a few years ago.

There is an off-putting requirement to spend some time talking to your machine 'so that it gets to know you'.
Having just watched "Why Him" I can see a need for the Caley Cuoco voice....

However, once you are passed that it is really quite a useful tool.
...there is a bit to learn.
Carbon-Dioxide: the gas of life! https://youtu.be/ttJBdr6eBuo
  • #5,331
  • Jun 20, 2017 1:32pm Jun 20, 2017 1:32pm
Quoting Ross88
{quote} great i will read it why do you think poor east Asian people score higher than European people? even if they are staving hungry and ill educated? what do you think about the Ashkenazi jews with a average score of 115 and why do you think the Jews in general score so well in verbal tests do you not think that the Jews have had a very hard history and the Jews of Average intelligence with poor verbal communication did not producers as many children and this is why we are now seeing differences in there ethnic group also what is your opinion...
Why do you think I would know the answer to any of the specific questions you asked?

Do you have those answers?

I can guarantee that if you read that chapter I just posted you wouldn't be asking those questions assuming that there is an easy answer.
  • #5,332
  • Jun 20, 2017 1:39pm Jun 20, 2017 1:39pm
Quoting Ross88
... do you think humans are above natural selection?
Some doctor-type on R4 a few months back very precisely summed up a few concerns I have. He said that humans have defeated the natural selection process.

Superficially I thought he was spot-on but it is occurring to me that, as with the global climate change fiasco, the time frame that needs to be considered is much greater than the cognitive scope of people. So let us see in another half-century (I'm unlikely to be here).
Carbon-Dioxide: the gas of life! https://youtu.be/ttJBdr6eBuo
  • #5,333
  • Jun 20, 2017 1:40pm Jun 20, 2017 1:40pm
Quoting verv
{quote} Why do you think I would know the answer to any of the specific questions you asked? Do you have those answers? I can guarantee that if you read that chapter I just posted you wouldn't be asking those questions assuming that there is an easy answer.
thanks for the link i will read it over the week
  • #5,334
  • Jun 20, 2017 1:49pm Jun 20, 2017 1:49pm
Quoting Ross88
{quote} thanks for the link i will read it over the week
Have a cup of water beside you, it's a dry read.
  • #5,335
  • Jun 20, 2017 1:53pm Jun 20, 2017 1:53pm
Quoting Magog
So the US is fighting ISIS. The US is also shooting down Syrian warplanes Syria is fighting ISIS Israel is arming/paying ISIS fighters So US and Syria are fighting the same enemy so they are allies? But US is also fighting Syria - an ally? Israel is arming the ISIS the enemy of Syria and US So Israel is fighting Syria and US??? Does this sound like a rational foreign policy to you???? https://theuglytruth.wordpress.com/2017/06/19/israel-providing-direct-aid-and-funding-to-syrian-rebels/#more-174020
Looks like McCain, Hitlery and O'Bomber got their wish - No fly zone over Syria.

http://theduran.com/us-backs-down-russia-targets-us-aircraft-syria/
Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence
  • #5,336
  • Jun 20, 2017 1:57pm Jun 20, 2017 1:57pm
Quoting Exodus
{quote} ...take the cigar out of your mouth
Phew I'm glad you never said plum !
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  • #5,337
  • Jun 20, 2017 1:59pm Jun 20, 2017 1:59pm
Quoting Exodus
{quote} I bought the 'Nuance' product for my SO a few years ago. There is an off-putting requirement to spend some time talking to your machine 'so that it gets to know you'. Having just watched "Why Him" I can see a need for the Caley Cuoco voice.... However, once you are passed that it is really quite a useful tool. ...there is a bit to learn.
Thanks for the heads up Ex. I really have to consider how much in the future I would like to express any views other than you patient people are already well aware of.
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  • #5,338
  • Jun 20, 2017 2:00pm Jun 20, 2017 2:00pm
Quoting Stu Effex
{quote} Phew I'm glad you never said plum !
I didn't know teabagging was your thing....
  • #5,339
  • Jun 20, 2017 2:06pm Jun 20, 2017 2:06pm
https://youtu.be/2EkI-r-JzkU
Once You See, You Can't Unsee But You Will Get The Odd Poke In The Eye
  • #5,340
  • Jun 20, 2017 2:08pm Jun 20, 2017 2:08pm
Quoting jen101
{quote} I didn't know teabagging was your thing....

Nooooo... well not exactly if I'm honest I am rather partial to a Tetley.
Once You See, You Can't Unsee But You Will Get The Odd Poke In The Eye
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