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- From: iikkap@mits.mdata.fi (Iikka Paavolainen)
- Newsgroups: alt.atheism
- Subject: Re: Iikka's Claims
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.130502.1224@prime.mdata.fi>
- Date: 30 Dec 92 13:05:02 GMT
- References: <1992Dec30.085553.16195@nwnexus.WA.COM>
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- In article <1992Dec30.085553.16195@nwnexus.WA.COM> pcrayne@halcyon.com (Peter C. Crayne) writes:
- >Ok, I've been following the debate about IQ vs Religious tendencies, & I
- >finally am fed up. I hope that this message is directed at the correct
- >person. Some of the attributions got pretty deep.
- >
- >Iikka, you claimed to have a study relating to
- >this topic. In some of your messages you claim that it included 1000
- >subjects. I want proof! Who conducted it? How was it conducted? Show it
- >to us! Proof, proof, proof!
-
- Yes, I do have a study, but not made by me. I did not claim it included 1000
- subjects, my observations did. And third, I have no claims to this topic,
- just questions.
-
- >Unless you prove that it exists, I will believe that you are a liar!
- >Your messages have shown sufficient weaseling to make me doubt its
- >existance.
-
- Ok, you know now that it exists.
-
- >
- >(Opinions follow)
- >Also, your bragging about your IQ is crass and unseemly. If your claim
-
- Where did I brag abou tmy IQ??
-
- >is true (after all, your honesty is in doubt) why do you need to tell
- >everyone about it? Your attitude is much like people who know their
- >height down to a tenth of an inch, or men who know the exact lenth of
- >their penis. People who are comfortable with a certain aspect of
- >themselves usually are not so proccupied with measuring it exactly.
-
-
- >
- >I know quite a few intelligent people, and some very
- >intelligent ones. Not all of them scored high on IQ tests. Also, most of
- >them don't go around bragging about their test scores. The few that do
- >are, as a rule, self-important jerks.
- >In case there is any doubt: Yes, I am implying that you may be a
- >self-important jerk. (Although I have not read enough of your messages
- >to be sure. Maybe an off day :-)
-
- The point was, that IQ might have a correlation, which is supported by the
- studies. Why should I brag with my IQ?
-
- >
- >-Pete (Ticked off at blind arrogance)
- >pcrayne@halcyon.com
- >"Statistics are no substitute for judgement."
-
-
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- /o \/:--| Iikka Paavolainen / iikkap@mits.mdata.fi, in Espoo, Finland |
- \__~__/\:--| "I won't have a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent." |
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