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Thu Sep-14-06 06:50 PM
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The "glass ceiling" is created by insecure men, not by "less intelligent" women.
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| -Men are more intelligent than women, claims new study (idiot study alert) |
The Straight Story |
Sep-14-06 04:34 PM |
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Ha, I knew I was right. My girlfriend will rue the day she thought she |
bamacrat |
Sep-14-06 04:36 PM |
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Tell her that's why |
Crabby Appleton |
Sep-14-06 04:39 PM |
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Guess who's not getting laid tonight? |
Viva_La_Revolution |
Sep-14-06 07:47 PM |
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Well, there's always dumb blonds to fill in. |
madmusic |
Sep-14-06 08:47 PM |
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They may be dumb, but they don't like chauvinistic pigs, either. |
Clark2008 |
Sep-15-06 06:02 AM |
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Another study by Newt Gingrich |
whistle |
Sep-14-06 04:36 PM |
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Well, the females are too busy... |
haruka3_2000 |
Sep-14-06 04:36 PM |
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codswallop |
niyad |
Sep-14-06 04:36 PM |
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I don't care what the study says |
NoMoreMyths |
Sep-14-06 04:51 PM |
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3.63 IQ points doesn't mean jack shit |
slackmaster |
Sep-14-06 04:37 PM |
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IQ doesn't mean jack shit. |
ThomCat |
Sep-14-06 04:48 PM |
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Thanks - you |
cliss |
Sep-14-06 04:51 PM |
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Not true...the latest use of IQ was in 2002 regarding the Death Penalty. |
Finder |
Sep-14-06 05:11 PM |
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If you can site any of that research |
ThomCat |
Sep-14-06 07:49 PM |
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Here is a good overview of the current debate... |
Finder |
Sep-15-06 09:15 AM |
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any major university? There are a lot... see the names below. |
aikoaiko |
Sep-15-06 11:23 AM |
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Actually, IQ is a really good predictor of various measures of success |
aikoaiko |
Sep-14-06 05:16 PM |
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Sociology Graduate courses |
ThomCat |
Sep-14-06 07:44 PM |
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Well there are disciplinary differences in these things. |
aikoaiko |
Sep-14-06 09:48 PM |
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IQ tests are a remarkably accurate indicator of intelligence |
fishwax |
Sep-14-06 07:54 PM |
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yes and no |
aikoaiko |
Sep-14-06 05:22 PM |
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Men are not men |
sweetheart |
Sep-14-06 04:37 PM |
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Damn--there goes my last excuse |
Orrex |
Sep-14-06 04:41 PM |
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This was produced by rotting testosterone |
CTyankee |
Sep-14-06 04:43 PM |
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Average IQ of 100????? Sounds like a White House survey.lol n/t |
Finder |
Sep-14-06 04:43 PM |
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And half of all people are of below average IQ! Imagine! |
Orrex |
Sep-14-06 04:45 PM |
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That's not true! |
Donald Ian Rankin |
Sep-14-06 07:35 PM |
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While that is technically true |
ThomCat |
Sep-14-06 07:45 PM |
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No, that's *seriously* wrong. |
Donald Ian Rankin |
Sep-14-06 07:53 PM |
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Yes, but I was *seriously* joking |
Orrex |
Sep-14-06 09:23 PM |
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Sorry; you got one of my pet crusades. |
Donald Ian Rankin |
Sep-15-06 06:31 PM |
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Once again, a biased test |
Betsy Ross |
Sep-14-06 04:46 PM |
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I would be more concerned about what they consider |
ThomCat |
Sep-14-06 04:53 PM |
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This reminds me of a statistics exam I took |
Betsy Ross |
Sep-14-06 05:27 PM |
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I've known men unable to grasp the "complex concept" of laundry machines, |
Sparkly |
Sep-14-06 06:20 PM |
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Women are better at multitasking... |
Triana |
Sep-15-06 07:15 AM |
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Wow |
kwolf68 |
Sep-14-06 04:48 PM |
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I concur. Well said. n/t |
valerief |
Sep-14-06 04:52 PM |
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What the hell does a 4-point spread equate to, even if true? |
Poll_Blind |
Sep-14-06 04:50 PM |
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Four points grants the ability to "write" your name in the snow with ease |
Orrex |
Sep-14-06 04:54 PM |
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LOL |
kwolf68 |
Sep-14-06 04:57 PM |
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LOL! A man may be able to write his name in the snow but... |
Poll_Blind |
Sep-14-06 05:01 PM |
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It's just a matter of bit-rate and bandwidth |
Orrex |
Sep-14-06 05:03 PM |
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Inferior intelligence? This guy do his 'research' from Mein Kampf? |
Rex |
Sep-14-06 05:09 PM |
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Men have many faults...Women have but Two..... |
BlueJazz |
Sep-14-06 05:21 PM |
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Whut? Care to "splain that? n/t |
CTyankee |
Sep-14-06 07:01 PM |
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The JK (s) at the bottom mean Just Kidding. It was my feeble.. |
BlueJazz |
Sep-15-06 07:20 PM |
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This article may be a fair representation of the work, but I doubt it. |
aikoaiko |
Sep-14-06 05:32 PM |
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Agree. n/t |
Finder |
Sep-14-06 05:58 PM |
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Good point |
LeftishBrit |
Sep-14-06 06:09 PM |
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personally, I think it's just the opposite, particularly when . . . |
OneBlueSky |
Sep-14-06 05:55 PM |
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that's what scares 'em (men) |
Triana |
Sep-15-06 07:16 AM |
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There are a lot of problems with the study |
LeftishBrit |
Sep-14-06 06:07 PM |
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"- as long as they work harder." |
Sparkly |
Sep-14-06 06:14 PM |
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Pity the women . . . |
donco6 |
Sep-14-06 06:21 PM |
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the glass ceiling, primarily |
newspeak |
Sep-14-06 06:41 PM |
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This stuff is all moot.. |
sendero |
Sep-14-06 06:44 PM |
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Bottomline: Women do some things better then men & Men |
Imagevision |
Sep-14-06 06:45 PM |
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Or, how about: SOME women do SOME things better than SOME men |
Sparkly |
Sep-14-06 06:53 PM |
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You can go slightly further than that. |
Donald Ian Rankin |
Sep-14-06 07:37 PM |
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"I see no reason to believe it isn't" |
Sparkly |
Sep-14-06 07:50 PM |
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Ridiculous study |
Truthiness Inspector |
Sep-14-06 06:50 PM |
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Wimmens just ain't that smart. |
Tactical Progressive |
Sep-14-06 06:56 PM |
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Men ARE smarter! Every husband has married UP! |
WinkyDink |
Sep-14-06 06:56 PM |
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it's so funny that society has been shoving men and women |
newspeak |
Sep-14-06 07:12 PM |
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I thought that was obvious. After all, men make the important decisions .. |
TahitiNut |
Sep-14-06 07:02 PM |
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I said something similar to a smug little Republican h.s. senior who |
WinkyDink |
Sep-15-06 12:15 PM |
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It's a topsy-turvy society that elevates the exploitation of the market |
TahitiNut |
Sep-15-06 12:24 PM |
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Yeah. I see evidence of that in our government and corporate leaders |
leesa |
Sep-14-06 07:05 PM |
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Rushton has spent most of his life trying to prove that . . |
msmcghee |
Sep-14-06 07:18 PM |
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I think this guy has an agenda |
Marie26 |
Sep-14-06 07:38 PM |
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many of Bell Curve's sources were funded by Pioneer Fund |
bobbieinok |
Sep-14-06 08:57 PM |
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The main data set was collected by FED money for NLSY.... |
aikoaiko |
Sep-15-06 11:48 AM |
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see among many others this about the Pioneer Fund + The Bell Curve |
bobbieinok |
Sep-15-06 07:23 PM |
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Respectfully, the FAIR article is not a fair piece of journalism |
aikoaiko |
Sep-15-06 10:56 PM |
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So we were told when I was in high school. |
Cleita |
Sep-14-06 07:41 PM |
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The title severely misinterprets the study. |
Donald Ian Rankin |
Sep-14-06 07:49 PM |
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You're jumping the gun |
ThomCat |
Sep-14-06 08:11 PM |
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What the IQ test measures is IQ. |
Donald Ian Rankin |
Sep-15-06 05:59 AM |
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That is the heart of the problem. |
ThomCat |
Sep-15-06 10:00 AM |
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I agree with this... |
Finder |
Sep-15-06 09:30 AM |
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Biased study: All his female subjects were blonde. |
KamaAina |
Sep-14-06 08:01 PM |
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Well, when IQ tests were first used... |
ljm2002 |
Sep-14-06 08:25 PM |
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highly recommend everyone read this book by Gould |
bobbieinok |
Sep-14-06 09:01 PM |
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It's been a long time since I read the book... |
ljm2002 |
Sep-15-06 09:18 AM |
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Good book...and... |
Finder |
Sep-15-06 09:22 AM |
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Gould's book is good but also has many red herrings. |
aikoaiko |
Sep-15-06 12:02 PM |
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As I was reading your fine post . . |
msmcghee |
Sep-15-06 12:12 PM |
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Key words: IQ May be higher but what about plain |
insane_cratic_gal |
Sep-14-06 08:44 PM |
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So we're exporting freepers now... |
entanglement |
Sep-15-06 02:59 AM |
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3.6 pts is nothing in real world terms |
distantearlywarning |
Sep-15-06 06:57 AM |
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It's statistically significant. |
Donald Ian Rankin |
Sep-15-06 06:46 PM |
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Well, I'm a man. And I'm at least smart enough |
mr_hat |
Sep-15-06 06:59 AM |
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being female, since i have 134 |
seabeyond |
Sep-15-06 09:21 AM |
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Most Americans graduating college are women |
Zodiak Ironfist |
Sep-15-06 09:46 AM |
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This thread would look VERY different if the study said the opposite |
ComerPerro |
Sep-15-06 11:27 AM |
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You mean after millenia of being degraded, demonized and |
Cerridwen |
Sep-15-06 11:54 AM |
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You know |
lukasahero |
Sep-15-06 12:47 PM |
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Cause I've seen it personally |
ComerPerro |
Sep-15-06 02:16 PM |
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Well, you are free to do what you wish. |
lukasahero |
Sep-15-06 02:23 PM |
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Most mainstream studies in the area suggest that in fact... |
LeftishBrit |
Sep-15-06 11:48 AM |
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OMG! I think I feel my uterus atrophying... |
Cerridwen |
Sep-15-06 11:50 AM |
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There ya go! This dumbass was pretty well discredited further up-thread |
greyhound1966 |
Sep-15-06 12:19 PM |
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What's the margin of error, dipwads? |
phylny |
Sep-15-06 11:52 AM |
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Let's face it people - Women are fucking useless.... |
devilgrrl |
Sep-15-06 12:04 PM |
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Give 'em time. |
Cerridwen |
Sep-15-06 12:10 PM |
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Be patient, dammit |
ComerPerro |
Sep-15-06 12:16 PM |
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One reason and one reason only |
lukasahero |
Sep-15-06 12:50 PM |
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Nah youse not useless. Boobs be good for starin at. |
ItNerd4life |
Sep-15-06 01:26 PM |
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Women's brains are half the size of men's |
AngryAmish |
Sep-15-06 12:22 PM |
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They use less oxygen, too. |
TahitiNut |
Sep-15-06 12:26 PM |
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IQ Tests Are Completely Useless |
Yavin4 |
Sep-15-06 01:57 PM |
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Pretty big tempest in this teapot |
slackmaster |
Sep-15-06 06:49 PM |
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