From: mam@jcnpc.cmhnet.org (Mike A. McAngus)
Subject: Re: iq<->religion: connection?
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Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 00:38:44 GMT

Iikka Paavolainen (iikkap@mits.mdata.fi) wrote:
: In article <11030@vice.ICO.TEK.COM> bobbe@vice.ICO.TEK.COM (Robert Beauchaine
) writes:
: >In article <1992Dec29.140219.11488@prime.mdata.fi> iikkap@mits.mdata.fi (Iik
ka Paavolainen) writes:
: >>
: >>If you don't like the whole idea of the discussion, why not say so? Are you
: >>a Christian who is offended? Do you think I would get angry or lose my temp
er
: >>because of this discussion? What would it benefit me if I went about flamin
g
: >>people? I don't think you'll get anywhere by flaming me, either, as it won'
t
: >>change the topic.
: >>
: >
: >  I rather like the discussion, actually.  It doesn't matter a r.r.a
: >  to me whether atheists, christians, or astigmatic bisexual pygmies
: >  score better on IQ tests than I do.  What I'm offended by is
: >  someone who blazes into our newsgroup making a rash of potentially
: >  true statements, but then shows less regard for the scientific
: >  method than does a high school sophomore dissecting his first
: >  frog.
:
: Yes, they are potentially true statements, that's they were to be discussed.
: What do you mean by "showing less regard..."?? Show me where I say so.
:
: >
: >  Not to mention that you're the second self proclaimed holder of a
: >  high IQ who offended posters at a record pace, while generating
: >  endless replies and degrading the SNR to near unity.  I wonder: Is
: >  high IQ correlated with poor socialization skills?
:
: More jokes: offended posters at a record pace? I was talking to Doe and
: nobody else, and his flames were plentiful.

You opened the discussion, Doe, myself and a couple others immediately
responded.  You obviously believe that only one person responded and he was the
person with whom you were having the discussion.

Yes I'm offended.  You raise an absurd hypothesis based on a limited and biased
sample, you claim to have a study that you never produce, you insult people and
belittle their intelligences, and you claim emotional and intellectual
superiority without ever demonstrating same.
Yes I'm offended that I've wasted my time.

:
: Yes, wonder. And come back when you have statistics with 1e20 people in the
: sample.
:
: >
: >  Please don't change the topic on my account.  I'll be killing it
: >  soon anyway unless you can, as repeatedly requested by Steve, back
: >  up some of your claims with impartial empiricism.
:
: Sorry, I came here to get info, not to spread it.
:
: >
: >/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
: >
: >Bob Beauchaine bobbe@vice.ICO.TEK.COM
: >
: >"Look, I tried the cat experiment.  On the third trial, the cat was
: >dead.  On each of the subsequent 413 trials, it remained dead.  Am I
: >doing something wrong?"
: >            James Nicoll
: >
: >Q.  How many Heisenbergs does it take to screw in a light bulb?
: >A.  If you know the number, you don't know where the light bulb is!
: >
:
:
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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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Mike McAngus 			 | As if I needed Another time consuming hobby.
(mam@jcnpc.cmhnet.org)		 | 
The Truth is still the Truth	 | This Post exploits illiterates.
Even if you choose to ignore it. | 
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