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- From: s0499528@let.rug.nl (R. Dijkhuis)
- Subject: Re: IQ scores
- Message-ID: <s0499528.51.0@let.rug.nl>
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- References: <11008@vice.ICO.TEK.COM> <ednclark.725159573@kraken>
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 11:46:25 GMT
-
- In article <ednclark.725159573@kraken> ednclark@kraken.itc.gu.edu.au (Jeffrey Clark) writes:
- >From: ednclark@kraken.itc.gu.edu.au (Jeffrey Clark)
- >Subject: Re: IQ scores
- >Date: 24 Dec 92 01:12:53 GMT
- >bobbe@vice.ICO.TEK.COM (Robert Beauchaine) writes:
- >
- >
- >> Seems there's been a lot of posts containing IQ scores recently
- >> here. So here's my input:
- >
- >> I don't have clue one as to my IQ score other than knowing it's
- >> probably higher than that of the average german shepherd. Oh, I
- >> do know one other thing: it's high enough to help me realize
- >> that I shouldn't post it unsolicited to the net.
- >
- >Why, what's wrong with posting IQ scores? What is wrong is implying that
- >this figure somehow makes you a superior person or that the figure somehow
- >lends weight to your argument.
- >
- >Jeff.
- >
-
- Maybe someone who sends his/her IQ scores doesn't do so with the intent of
- implying superiority. Maybe he/she does. In any case, it's intimidating. In
- effect, someone who posts an IQ score tells those who disagree "Shut up! I'm
- smarter than you." The IQ scores, in this case, ARE being used to imply
- superiority, which is what the argument is all about. Two parties try to
- prove they are superior to the other, and use their own IQ scores to impress
- each other.
-
- BTW, another reason why this is bad is that IMHO it is a waste of bandwith.
- This is alt.atheism, not alt.too.clever.by.half. Posts should be about
- atheisM not atheisTS. If you want to argue that atheism is superior, that's
- fine. But confusing this with your own personal superiority is...well...not
- a very intelligent thing to do...(ouch).
-
- Reinder
-
-