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To: Tired of Taxes

“There’s no solid evidence that IQ (in a healthy person who has no disability) is inherent.”

Your post is nonsense.

This is a fact that is accepted by most professionals who study it.

They just prefer not to discuss it publicly — for obvious reasons.


198 posted on 11/09/2010 9:14:34 PM PST by Grumplestiltskin (I may look new, but it's only deja vu!)
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To: Grumplestiltskin
Your post is nonsense. This is a fact that is accepted by most professionals who study it.

What you posted above is called an appeal to authority: "The professionals say so, so it must be true." You didn't even bother to name the "professionals".

With regard to your other post #197:

Consider these two opposing statements:

The most important asset “instilled” by Asians to their children is their genetic heritage. . . . That intellectual gift bestowed upon Asians (properly nurtured, of course) is the unspeakable “elephant in the room” for their success as a group.

On the one hand, you're saying Asians are bestowed genetically with an intellectual gift, and that gift is their key to success, as long as it is properly nurtured.

We can dream all we want about “everyone” being “equal” and capable of the same things, “if only we give them the chances they deserve”, etc., etc.

But, here you're saying nurture makes no difference. Those statements are conflicting.

the baseline for true conservatism is being able to see the reality of the human condition for what it is.

No, conservatism is about natural law, individualism, and free will. Conservatives judge what people do as individuals, not as members of a group. Grouping people is what the Left does. And conservatism is about taking responsibility, not making excuses.

200 posted on 11/09/2010 11:04:21 PM PST by Tired of Taxes
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