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Dracos (318 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 05:56 PM Original message |
A conservative “scholar” wants to keep students out of college |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. The Bell Curve was just a replay of old, discredited ideas first presented by |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. 'The Bell Curve' is very flawed scientifically apart from all else. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Doesn't matter much. It's still thoroughly believed by a *certain* segement of America. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 08:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. IQ score can't be correlated to and is not predictive of ability nor success. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 09:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
22. Yes, of course. Your analysis is pretty good. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
4. Hmmm, cognitive elite vs intellectually elite vs business elite... |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
5. Pet peeve |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 07:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Why did dying without a will lose the house? |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 08:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Those rules could force the house to be sold, and the proceeds divided up amongst several heirs. |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 08:33 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. There was a wife. |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 09:03 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Yeah, you're right. I knew that, honest! D'oh! |
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Caria (241 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 11:57 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Young widows with young children |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 12:08 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. However, that's not what the original poster said. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 08:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. My AAS degree didn't land me a relevant job either... |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 08:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Hello, sleebarker- welcome to DU! |
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Cabcere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
6. Maybe Mr. Murray is just |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
7. Still peddling |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
8. I thought the "educated elite" were aborting all pregnancies. |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
10. * |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
16. George W Bush, dumbest person in history, got a college degree and is president now |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
17. I Happen to Agree With Him - *Sort of* - But for VERY Different Reasons |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
18. Only 25% of Americans have a college degree anyway; he wants a smaller elite? |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
19. I know a man who is a real penny-pincher. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
21. I wanna know how this guy keeps his ass from getting kicked or worse. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
23. That racialist fuckwit again? |
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Downtown Hound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
25. Probably because he knows that a freshman |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
26. He's a corporatist: he wants lumpen proletariat to exploit. His earlier racist claptrap ... |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 01:52 AM Response to Original message |
27. Kinda funny how well things line up |
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ftr23532 (334 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 02:46 AM Response to Original message |
28. Here's some info on the groups that provided the data for much of the Bell Curve's findings |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 03:01 AM Response to Original message |
29. Conservatives are at it again. |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
30. It's the Leo Strauss of education! nt |
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Jonathan50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
31. Serious question |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 11:06 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Your model of hunter gatherers is flawed |
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Jonathan50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
32. kick, waiting for an answer |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
34. This is why most college educators are liberal. |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
36. I remember the Bell Curve |
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Jonathan50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
37. That was the answer I was waiting for |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 01:16 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. I think it's specialization |
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Jonathan50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 01:35 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Your answer seems entirely reasonable to me |
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