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- From: sdoe@nmsu.edu (Stephen Doe)
- Subject: Re: iq<->religion: connection?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.194119.14650@nmsu.edu>
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- Organization: New Mexico State University
- References: <1992Dec21.143854.6231@prime.mdata.fi> <1992Dec28.073845.4935@nmsu.edu> <1992Dec28.120715.22908@prime.mdata.fi>
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- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 19:41:19 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec28.120715.22908@prime.mdata.fi> iikkap@mits.mdata.fi (Iikka Paavolainen) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec28.073845.4935@nmsu.edu> sdoe@nmsu.edu (Stephen Doe) writes:
- >>In article <1992Dec21.143854.6231@prime.mdata.fi> iikkap@mits.mdata.fi (Iikka Paavolainen) writes:
- >>>In article <1992Dec20.021251.1@acad2.alaska.edu> atdhb@acad2.alaska.edu writes:
-
- >>>[BTW, what about putting some of this into the FAQ?]
- >>
- >>Ask mathew about that; he's the keeper of the FAQ. I'm willing to lay
- >>10 to 1 odds though that he'll find the same objections to this I do.
- >
- >I don't think that Mathew's opinions are much changed by your outbursts. But
- >I'm not expecting him to agree with me or the person from Alaska. You're
- >just hindering our talk.
-
- I think that for mathew to include this in the FAQ, he'll want
- something more than your "sincere observations," especially with
- people like Onar Aam running around with "sincere observations" that
- contradict yours.
-
- You've already admitted you have no real proof. Give it up.
-
-
-
- >>>>My circle of friends, like yours, ranges from highly-gifted to
- >>>>dumber than a stump. The most intelligent--and some are Mensa
- >>>
- >>>I thought some years ago about joining Mensa, but I just haven't
- >>>brought myself to do it. I once went to a low-level IQ test, and
- >>>my IQ went out of the chart (the chart top was IQ 170). No, I
- >>>don't wish to boast, just to substatiate on the context.
- >>
- >>OOOOOh! AAAAAAH!
- >>
- >>Actually I don't know what my IQ is exactly. I took the test in
- >>school, but never saw the results. Must have been pretty good,
- >>because I was always at the top of my class.
- >
- >"Top of my class"?? Hohoho. Sorry, I couldn't stop laughing. Surely, most
- >people know that being top of your class means nothing about your IQ.
-
- In my school, they used IQ measures to place people in advanced class
- sections. I guess in your country it's only used to boost one's ego.
-
- >>
- >>Does IQ serve any purpose other than placement in such an environment,
- >>and as an ego boost to such as yourself?
- >
- >Well, what does it serve to you?
-
- Nothing. It seems pretty meaningless to me.
-
- >>
-
- >>>As time passes by, technology improves and per-capita incomes and standards of
- >>>living rise, people are getting more and more intelligent. Ultimately, religion
- >>>will disappear altogether, and it will be laughed at just as we laugh at the
- >>>superstitions of the middle ages (witch ducking for example).
- >>
- >>People get *more* intelligent with higher technology? Or does the new
- >>environment just force us to utilize the intelligence that's already
- >>present?
- >
- >Better methods of teaching, requirement to understand what the technology is
- >about.
-
- That's education and training. Says nothing about one's native
- intelligence. You are a seriously confused individual.
-
- >>>
- >>>It would be nice to see some stats made from the population of USA or Europe,
- >>>for example, and see exactly how this correlates (it does correlate, that is
- >>>for sure).
- >>
- >>Well, then look them up! What are you waiting for?
- >
- >Do you realize, that you are nothing but a nuisance to this conversation?
-
- Yeah, asking you to confirm claims that are apparently woven out of
- gossamer and moonbeams must be so annoying.
-
- SD
-