Bungee Jumper

The current speculation is that he doesn't actually have a fiancee, it's all just a fantasy to make himself look more masculine here (as though "less" was a possibility). I'm not sure I buy the speculation...but then, I don't know a single person that's ever met his fiancee, so I have to admit it's not outside the realm of possibility...

Because blowing them up is actually possible, you nit. Because it's not possible.

Based on what? How much do you actually know about the East German scientific community? ...because Weiss did a bang-up job differentiating the smart scientists from the party apparatchiks. Weiss' paper is sh--. It's nonsense. He's the quintessential example of a really, really stupid scientist of the type you claim didn't exist in East Germany. Did you bother asking yourself why he used East German data instead of setting up his own study?

Because your idea's a fantasy, you dolt. There's a difference between having contempt for idiots and believing incorrectly that you can breed them out of the gene pool. Christ, you're a moron.

Yeah, because the old Soviet socialist system didn't have an aristorcracy. It was all about merit. Jesus Christ, you're an idiot.

Are you high? Is there anything you're not totally ignorant on? "Equal opportunity" in East Germany...

By the way, nice avatar.

Who cares? It's Ed.

They showed the empty locker on ESPN this afternoon, actually.

Because you missed the part where they never directly measured anything resembling intelligence in any sample (their data was parental occupations and surveys about "What do you want to be when you grow up?", which as far as I know is NOT a measurement of intelligence, or anything else for that matter). And the part where they never case-controlled anything for outside influences ("Little Heinrich wants to be a doctor, just like daddy...must be genetic, they must both be geniuses." ) And the part where they said - and I quote - "Let us ASSUME..." If you assume two alleles are responsible for intelligence, then the hypothesis explains their observed results...as long as Mendel's theories are an accurate representation of inheritance, and that intelligence correlates directly with your choice of profession (not even job performance, but job choice), and assume that there's no meaningful correlation between environment and job choice. And even then, it's an assumption. A thought experiment, basically. A valuable one, to be sure...but I suspect if the author knew anyone was taking it literally as the basis for a proposed eugenics program, he'd throw a fit. And you apparently also missed the part where it mentions that, despite the rigorous segregation of economic strata inherent in the traditional Indian caste system, you do NOT see the same stratification of intelligence. The caste system is about as perfect an example of your eugenics program as you're ever likely to find, and in 1200 years it hasn't produced the effects you predict. And you also missed the part where isolated cultures (Mongols, American Indians) show no discernable difference in intelligence. Even if the frequency of the "smart" allele were off by 1%, it would cause a statistically notable difference. And you also missed the part where the author mentions the well-known research demonstrating that first borns are smarter (literally, "overrepresented in studies of giftedness" in the article). Hell, there's your eugenics program right there. Forbid everyone to have a second child. But I defy you to explain that with a two allele genetic theory...as the paper you linked to says, it can't be explained like that. And you also missed the part that said "Any hierarchical society can only tolerate a very small percentage of high IQ individuals in relatively humble social positions, because such individuals represent always, in view of the limited number of leading positions, a potential threat to the ruling elite." In other words, your eugenics program carries the seeds of its own failure in destabilizing society, which would ultimately remove the very social conventions that such a eugenics program would require anyway. But other than that...I still don't think you understood the article.

Who's mad? You're an idiot, and I don't care. And thanks for demonstrating my point.

Oh, no, he does. I think he just dislikes it when people actually use the message board.

Look at how many didn't die, and wonder what that means...

It is if "they" is an entire !@#$ing religion, you fool.

Especially when you're only used to moving three yards at a time...those sixty yard jogs can be murder...

You're worse than an idiot; you're ignorant. Study the history of WWI and WWII before you make demonstrably false claims, Kurt...

And again, we come back to DPW, which raised the matter of racism against Islam from "the action of the few" to the level of national policy.

Ed's the only person I know who ever caught mental retardation as an infectious disesas...

Remember when you had an original thought? Yeah, neither does anyone else.

The article itself does a very good job of discussing the genetic component of intelligence. It was published in "Personality and Individual Differences." 815729[/snapback] You really have to start actually reading what you link to.

But reading comprehension is hard...

This is a culture, after all, that invented the suicide bomber. It just figures they'd be driven around the bend by a culture that invented running in defeat for your life...

No, I said America deserves to be attacked because Americans are stupid. For example: they lack simple reading comprehension skills.

I've been bashing JP since he was drafted. Should I retroactively cheer for another team?

Clearly, you don't know anything about dog breeding.