Nobelists Crick left, Watson right---discoverers of the double helix.
It was Crick who postulated that newborns not be issued birth certificates until they've passed a "quality evaluation test."
Posted on 01/12/2019 5:23:13 AM PST by reaganaut1
The question is "how much"? It appears that genetics is above 50% of the mix.
Genetics probably determines maximum IQ for an individual, and environment determines how close they come to reaching that level.
Being a Mensa member (as I have been) should teach you one thing, IQ is a measure of intelligence. It is not a measure of sanity, of decency or of common sense. It doesn’t measure initiative, nor determination.
The anti-science totalitarian fascists cannot allow anyone to question their religious dogma.
BINGO!
And, as noted above, these are two things an IQ test doesn't measure!
IQ tests give a rough estimate of your ability to navigate and prosper in a Western civilization.
It may not give a rough estimate of your ability to navigate and prosper on the Serengeti plains, but if you are living in a Western civilization, survival on the Serengeti plains is not an issue you will probably have to deal with.
A good way to stretch your already prodigious virtue-signalling muscles would be to design an IQ test which gives a rough estimate of ability to navigate and prosper on the Serengeti plains so we can know who should be sent there.
Always has been, ask Bruno or Galileo.
“If we don’t play God, who will?”
-James Watson
The man is a moral monster who advocates aborting the gentically unfit. He may not directly hate the religious as individuals, but he hates the idea that religion would have any influence on society.
Hard to imagine how a genetic trait can be passed on by a group that, by definition, doesn't reproduce...
...unless you're a liberal, then it makes perfect sense!
Huckster and mooch at the same time. Break that glass ceiling.
Same thought here. Dog races vary significantly in intellect. Some can herd sheep, others bark at their own shadow.
Truth is truth. Deal with it.
I have a longish list of people I’d like to send to the Seregeti plains.
It simply never occurred to me to pre-test their ability to navigate and prosper on the Serengeti plains...
I dare say I'd be curious to know the absolute argument for equality besides what one thinks one thinks.
Of course their dogma will be rebuffed when one points out that homosexuality (and it’s sortof sister, transgenderism) are not genetically based in any demonstrable way; it’s a choice.
Sociopath Tests of the BrainHow well would your favorite (or least favorite) politician score on such a test?The cluster of traits and behaviors displayed by a sociopath, the symptoms of a sociopath, happen to be associated with certain patterns of activity in the brain. Brain scans can test for sociopathy.
• Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scans show that sociopaths don't have the same patterns in response to emotional stimuli (either verbal or visual) that non-sociopaths do (Babiak & Hare, 2006).
• Scans indicate that the brain of a sociopath shows the same response pattern for every stimulus while reaction patterns in a non-sociopath differ according to degree of emotion (Babiak & Hare, 2006).
• Electroencephalogram (EEG) waves record details about how the brain processes information, and here, too, the brain of a sociopath behaves differently (Kiehl, 2014).
Should passing a test be a requirement for holding office?
Border Collies aren’t smarter than other breeds of dogs. They just dominate dog society, controlling the press releases. In a fair society, when reparations are paid to huskies, huskies will be recognized as being just as smart as border collies. It isn’t possible to have a genetic basis for intelligence.
That’s true as well. Just because one group’s median might be higher than another in some regard does not mean all individuals of the former are higher than all individuals in the latter group. Someone made a comment about smart Jews in one of the posts above. That person has never been to a board meeting at my synagogue, I can promise you that.
This is stupid. I am above average intelligence and I have known many blacks who are more intelligent than me.
Nobelists Crick left, Watson right---discoverers of the double helix.
It was Crick who postulated that newborns not be issued birth certificates until they've passed a "quality evaluation test."
Was she Asian or Jewish? LOL
Seriously, about 30% of the class might be legacy admissions and big donor family admissions.
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