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In reply to the discussion: What do you think is the IQ of your average Trump supporter? [View all]DemocratSinceBirth
(99,987 posts)37. I have had this debate before with some really bright people.
I have had this debate before with some really bright people, people with PhDs in Applied Mathematics. Your point that IQ is partially genetic makes sense and is empirically correct. The problem is that some infer from that fact I Q has a racial component. I would argue that it just suggests your IQ was limited by the IQ you inherited from your parents whatever race they were.
I find Thomas Sowell's rebuttal to Charles A. Murray and Richard Herrnstein's Bell Curve persuasive. Ashkenazi Jews score highest on IQ tests yet many Jewish refugees who came to America in the early part of the twentieth century tested at borderline retarded. How did they go from worst to first ? I would argue it was nurture.
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What do you think is the IQ of your average Trump supporter? [View all]
DemocratSinceBirth
Sep 2017
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I believe 70 is that number that should you fall below you couldn't pass a driver's test.
DemocratSinceBirth
Sep 2017
#2
I'm not suggesting I Q tests should be linked to driver's licenses or any licensure.
DemocratSinceBirth
Sep 2017
#12
When I was in grad school the smartest person I knew read Wittgenstein for fun.
DemocratSinceBirth
Sep 2017
#22
No, I'm just saying it wouldn't surprise me if she scored "average" on an intelligence test.
dawg
Sep 2017
#32
According to a study linked here yesterday, the average Trump voter is white. Period.
yardwork
Sep 2017
#8
This is not about IQ. It's about self-delusion and authoritarian and racist preferences.
DetlefK
Sep 2017
#10
Not to mention, there is no such thing as race. It is a mental construct, nothing more.
L. Coyote
Sep 2017
#42
The psychiatrist actually nailed my IQ just by asking me to interpret several metaphors
DemocratSinceBirth
Sep 2017
#53
I think stereotyping Trump voters as dumb is incorrect and possibly harmful.
Oneironaut
Sep 2017
#46
Average Americans. Many wealthy and poor, educated and not. Just weird intersectional backgrounds!
TheBlackAdder
Sep 2017
#55
I don't think it's an IQ thing. trump ran a bigoted campaign, and people went with it.
LuvLoogie
Sep 2017
#56