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- From: sdoe@nmsu.edu (Stephen Doe)
- Subject: Re: iq<->religion: connection?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec27.205406.13230@nmsu.edu>
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- Organization: New Mexico State University
- References: <1992Dec27.105721.6061@prime.mdata.fi> <1992Dec27.120409.1687@nmsu.edu> <1992Dec27.135019.7768@prime.mdata.fi>
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- Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 20:54:06 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec27.135019.7768@prime.mdata.fi> iikkap@mits.mdata.fi (Iikka Paavolainen) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec27.120409.1687@nmsu.edu> sdoe@nmsu.edu (Stephen Doe) writes:
- >>In article <1992Dec27.105721.6061@prime.mdata.fi> iikkap@mits.mdata.fi (Iikka Paavolainen) writes:
- >>>First tell me what is unclear.
- >>>I suppose you have your own sources, too?
- >>
- >>Look, all I want is for someone, on EITHER side of the issue, to cite
- >>some support more substantial than the "me and my friends" argument.
- >>That's all I ask. Refer me to a paper published in some reputable
- >>journal, and I'll be happy. Give us some relevant numbers from that
- >>study on your desk, tell us how it was carried out! That is something
- >>no one participating in this discussion has done yet.
- >
- >Tell me, how many people do you know? 300? 400? 500? Are those insignificant
- >values?
- >
- >8 people out of 1000 means that the sample was 1000. How come you find it so
- >hard to understand anything? Must everything be served to you on a dish?
- >
- >You want a journal to refer to? How about Synapsia, Volume 3 Number 1, for
- >example?
-
- *You* seem to find the concept that anything more than anecdotal
- evidence is necessary to be a hard one to understand. Why was it so
- hard to get you to cite a study? My word, I've had more intelligent
- discussions with *Christians*!
-
- Hey folks, Iikka finally cited a study. Damn, I wish I had brought my
- camera! :)
-
- SD
-