An "intellectual argument" with a flaming, mouth-breathing, inbred racist would be about on par with discussing sanity with a raving psychotic.
I see the liberals here are truly coming unhinged. Where's their reasoned arguments all I see is personal attacks and essentially passing off others professional work as their own arguments. Once again, I encourage links and quotes( as reference ) but you can't let that be the sum of your argument. I could literally post thousands of links, but I'm not here for a cut n paste duel. If you want cut n paste visit freethinkers threads.
You rely on studies that have long ago been shown to have been falsified, and on "scientists" whose names are now mud as a result. Your inability to click on the link I provided earlier places you at considerable disadvantage to your more able-minded counterparts.
Although Down's syndrome is not germane to the issue I raised, no one seriously questions the existence of genetically linked abnormalities. I am not taking any one person's word for anything. I am simply pointing out to you that findings from the most recent research on brain development show quite conclusively that brain development in infants and toddlers is strongly influenced by external stimuli. Nor am I suggesting that genetics is unimportant. I am merely stating current opinion which is that genetics, while important, plays a less dominate role -- a much less dominate role, as a matter of fact -- than was previously supposed.
Now that's just too funny. Your link tries unsuccessfully I might add to link NAZI eugenics with modern day IQ testing . So it's your contention that: It's these NAZI inspired IQ experts that are documenting for all the world to see that Jews are not inferior but superior to whites in IQ by about the same magnitude that blacks are inferior to whites (in IQ score ) up to 1 standard deviation. yep them's some mighty peculiar NAZI's there brass.
PT, found something that may help you understand your need to put people and other races down in order to feel better about yourself. And, yes, guilty of cut and paste since I need to defer to experts. "why do some people criticize and put people down why do some people criticize and put people down? Of course its quite acceptable that a person criticizes someone else in order to let him avoid a certain mistake in the future. For example a boss can criticize an employee when he makes a mistake or a parent can criticize his child for the same reason. but why do some people seem to criticize and put others down for no apparent reason? What motivates those people to act this way? What motivates some people to criticize and put others down? We now agreed that i excluded those who criticize others for constructive purposes and thus i am talking about those who criticize others and put them down for other reasons. Each person wants to feel successful or worthy in a way or another, that's a part of human nature. Some people do that by striving for success while some people do it by standing still and putting others down!! In the Solid Self confidence program i said that some people criticize others and put them down just to feel worthy and successful. According to the person's point of view, if i put everyone down then i will be the only one remaining who is worthy. This usually happens out of a jealousy and inferiority feelings. It happened to me more than once that friends who were not close to me tried to put me or down or to prove to me that i achieved no success in life. Of course they never do it directly but you can easily guess it from the questions they ask you. "So Farouk, don't you think you wasted your life blogging without doing something useful?" That's the type of question you get from a jealous person who feels worthless deep inside and who wants to put you down in order to steal a quick victory." ================================================ And, as I keep repeating. I honestly think, that you are smart enough to no have to continue with the need to put down others, especially whole groups based on skin color.
PHOENIX TRADING Registered: Mar 2012 Posts: 2354 08-31-12 04:43 PM You mean this one from ned block? entitled "How Heritability Misleads about Race" http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/philo/...ritability.html Remember what I said earlier about strawmen arguments and baffle'em with BS . This is exactly what I meant. 1) Heritability is a strawman and red herring all rolled into one. I've only established the fact the gap/exists in the first place. mr ned doesn't dispute this at all. He's attempting to attack the WHY, as supposedly evidence to dispel the "fact" of the underlying observation. Providing a rationale for how the elephant in the room didn't come from Africa doesn't really dispel the fact that there's a fricken elephant in the room! I call this academic sleight of hand, it only works on the stupid and the ones who wish to be mislead for one reason or another.
See how easy it is to use something besides put downs? And, yes, I cut out the rest of your stuff to make it look more appropriate. And, yes, I'm just having fun now. But, I do see progress, and I do think you're capable of getting past the put down phase of your life. There may be many genetic defects in all humans, but most don't feel the need to continue to point them out ad nauseum. And you're doing better PT! Keep it up. Still having fun with you. Let's have some real discussions PT, you name it, keep it civil and fun.