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@Lemming
required age for voting is 18, no.
people with schizophrenia can speak.
people with alzheimer's can speak.
Also do you think people with dementia should not be allowed to vote either?
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@Lemming
Why????
having a disease especially one you cant control shouldnt restrict your freedom to vote.
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i don't know how it would be a major threat.
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@Lemming
I'd say serial killers 'lose their right to vote.
why do you say that??
it's not like they can vote to make murder legal just like felons cant vote to make stealing legall.
though i doubt this is your reason you think serial killers shouldn't vote.
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@Discipulus_Didicit
Actchualy thash a lothical Falathie
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The issue with studying children is their genetic IQ expression isn't fully realized until the age of 17. During childhood, the environment has far greater impact on children's IQ. Conduct the same studies with 18-20 year olds, and you'll see regression to the mean (85 IQ for African Americans, and somewhere between 85 and 100 IQ for black-white interracial children, depending on admixture). iq correlate with age - Bing images from: The Wilson Effect: The Increase in Heritability of IQ With Age | Twin Research and Human Genetics | Cambridge CoreIt shouldn't surprise any studied race realist that the black-white IQ gap could be closed if you put black children in better environment (and/or white children in worse ones), and this by no means effects the genetic expression of IQ in adulthood. Hence, the gap hasn't closed.
You rely completely on heritability yet https://art1lib.org/ireader/63517532 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27906501/
"The term 'heritability,' as it is used today in human behavioral genetics, is one of the most misleading in the history of science. Contrary to popular belief, the measurable heritability of a trait does not tell us how 'genetically inheritable' that trait is. Further, it does not inform us about what causes a trait, the relative influence of genes in the development of a trait, or the relative influence of the environment in the development of a trait. Because we already know that genetic factors have significant influence on the development of all human traits, measures of heritability are of little value, except in very rare cases. We, therefore, suggest that continued use of the term does enormous damage to the public understanding of how human beings develop their individual traits and identities. "
also
this work by Richard Nisbett, published in 2009) found that there is virtually no gap in heritability between ages 7 and 17
The Flynn effect doesn't debunk the genetic heritability of IQ. The fact that the environment can cause large gaps in IQ doesn't disprove that genetic heritability plays a part. Nisbett and Flynn are correct in saying that the average IQ of African Americans has risen over the years. However, so too has the White (American) IQ. Generally, the fact is that the factors wherein the African American IQ has risen (environmental ones) aren't the factors that account for the black-white IQ gap (genetically heritable ones). Ryan Faulk puts it succinctly The Flynn Effect, Race, and IQ – The Alternative Hypothesis :"...the Flynn effect and racial intelligence differences have nothing to do with each other. Intelligence differences between races and between generations are largely gaps in different abilities, to the degree that they are gaps in the same abilities they are produced by different causes, and the existence of a large gain in intelligence over time has no a priori implications on the causes of racial intelligence differences."
again you rely on heritability
Link is for "nl.hideproxy.me". That doesn't sound like a research paper. I'm not clicking that lol.
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@dfss9788
never denied any of those things??
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@dfss9788
lol wtf?? any critisism of american intervention destroying countries=taliban.
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@TheMorningsStar
interesting
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@TheMorningsStar
Whats that?
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@sadolite
Common question
How long can the coronavirus stay in the air?
Aerosolized coronavirus can remain in the air for up to three hours.
How long can the coronavirus stay in the air?
Aerosolized coronavirus can remain in the air for up to three hours.
that was the first result from a single google search. do you do any research????????????
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@FLRW
nothing new the US has screwed over so many countries especially in the middle east and latin america
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@sadolite
if you just let a virus run wild not taking any precautions at all over time ovre time it will mutate!!
As a virus replicates, its genes undergo random “copying errors” (i.e. genetic mutations). Over time, these genetic copying errors can, among other changes to the virus, lead to alterations in the virus' surface proteins or antigens. Our immune system uses these antigens to recognize and fight the virus.
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@Lemming
Why is it inconceivable that there'd be brain differences between groups
as for sports yes it is true that the majority of professional runners are black.
Assuming that this success is driven by genes rather than environment, there is a rather obvious inference to make - black people are naturally better sprinters than white people. Indeed, it is an inference that seems obligatory, barring considerations of political correctness
But here's the thing. This inference is not merely false - it is logically flawed. And it has big implications not merely for athletics, but for the entire issue of race relations in the 21st Century.
To see how, let us examine success not in the sprints but in distance running, for this is also dominated by black athletes. Kenya has won an astonishing 63 medals at the Olympic Games in races of 800m and above, 21 of them gold, since 1968. Little wonder that one commentator once described distance running as "a Kenyan monopoly".
But it turns out that it is not Kenya as a whole that usually wins these medals, but individuals from a tiny region in the Rift Valley called Nandi. As one writer put it: "Most of Kenya's runners call Nandi home."
Seen in this context, the notion that black people are naturally superior distance runners seems bizarre. Far from being a "black" phenomenon, or even a Kenyan phenomenon, distance running is actually a Nandi phenomenon. Or, to put it another way, "black" distance running success is focused on the tiniest of pinpricks on the map of Africa, with the vast majority of the continent underrepresented.
The same analysis applies to the sprints, where success is focused on Jamaicans and African-Americans. Africa, as a continent, has almost no success at all. Not even West Africans win much.
The combined forces of Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, the Republic of Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Togo, Niger, Benin, Mali, the Gambia, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Gabon, Senegal, Congo and Angola have not won a single sprinting medal at the Olympics or World Championships.
The fallacy, then, is simple. Just because some black people are good at something does not imply that black people in general will be good at it.
Imagine a similar argument using the Central African Bambuti, a black tribe more commonly known as Pygmies. With an average height of 4ft we could assert that the Bambuti are naturally better at walking under low doors. Would it be legitimate to extrapolate that black people in general have a natural advantage at walking under low doors?
Our tendency to generalise rests on a deeper fallacy - the idea that "black" refers to a genetic type. We put people of dark skin in a box labelled black and assume that a trait shared by some is shared by all.
the truth is rather different. There is far more genetic variation within racial groups (around 85%) than there is between racial groups (just 15%). Indeed, surface appearance is often a highly misleading way of assessing the genetic distance between populations.
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when i say race realists i mean people who think black people are genetically inferior to white people
an important study was published in the journal Developmental Psychology in 1986. The author observed that black and interracial children raised by white parents had a significantly higher mean IQ score than age-matched children raised by black parents (117 vs 104), and argued that differences in early socialization explained this gap. Nisbett et. al's 2012 review found that these differences in socialization "were large enough to account for virtually the entire Black–White gap in IQ," lending more credence to the environmental argument.
A 2012 paper by Richard Nisbett (co-authored with James Flynn and other leaders in the field), published in the American Psychologist, reviewed numerous studies conducted over the past decades, finding that the evidence "fails to support a genetic hypothesis.” The authors instead argue for an environmental explanation of the racial IQ gap.
In addition, a 2017 study in the Journal of Intelligence examined trans-racial adoptions, finding that "there is no consistent IQ difference between Black adoptees raised by Whites and White adoptees raised by Whites." This supports the "nil hypothesis" (i.e. "that adoptees of different races have similar IQs when raised in the same environment"), indicating that there is no genetic IQ gap between races.
(let me know if any of the links don't work i posted this in another forum but the links don't work hopefully it works now)
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Also, they're obfuscating the fact that IQ measures a variety of g loaded intelligence metrics, by stating that, "The results disprove once and for all the idea that a single measure of intelligence, such as IQ, is enough to capture all of the differences in cognitive ability that we see between people". Again, multiple factors go into measuring IQ.
Source? what g-factors go into IQ tests?
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@sadolite
your right on that last part it doesnt stop transmission. but o you know why???????? because the delta varient which happened because no one got vaccinated i also doubt you ever wear a mask
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@coal
relative IQ increases tend to associate with increases in socioeconomic status and educational attainment.
If your saying socioeconomic status greatly influences IQ i agree with you but i also dont think iq means anything really
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some more evidence against race "realism"
Another important study was published in the journal Developmental Psychology in 1986. The author observed that black and interracial children raised by white parents had a significantly higher mean IQ score than age-matched children raised by black parents (117 vs 104), and argued that differences in early socialization explained this gap. Nisbett et. al's 2012 review found that these differences in socialization "were large enough to account for virtually the entire Black–White gap in IQ," lending more credence to the environmental argument.
A 2012 paper by Richard Nisbett (co-authored with James Flynn and other leaders in the field), published in the American Psychologist, reviewed numerous studies conducted over the past decades, finding that the evidence "fails to support a genetic hypothesis.” The authors instead argue for an environmental explanation of the racial IQ gap.
In addition, a 2017 study in the Journal of Intelligence examined trans-racial adoptions, finding that "there is no consistent IQ difference between Black adoptees raised by Whites and White adoptees raised by Whites." This supports the "nil hypothesis" (i.e. "that adoptees of different races have similar IQs when raised in the same environment"), indicating that there is no genetic IQ gap between races.
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@Dr.Franklin
your no longer worth talking to your the one of the dumbest conservatives i have ever met and that says a lot
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Burned area has increased across the United States over the past two decades, and 2020 is particularly bad. The West Coast is on track to see more area burned in 2020 than any other year. In California alone, wildfires have already destroyed an area almost the size of the state of Connecticut (3.2 million acres).
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@Dr.Franklin
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@Dr.Franklin
THIRD IN THE FREAKING WORLD THE FACT THAT ISNT THE BIGGEST DOESNT DISPROVE ANYTHING YOUR LOGIC IS SO FLAWWED
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@Dr.Franklin
the chart you provided is also super blurry i cant read anything on it
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@Dr.Franklin
did you not read the article https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-08-06/dixie-fire-leaps-another-40-000-acres
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@RationalMadman
You are explaining a reason why when the biological genocidal virus of Covid-19 reached the US, the nation didn't properly contain the spread, you are not even slightly justifying why the fuck China was even designing this in the first place for it to leak from a lab You do understand that in every single department of environmental abuse, China is above and beyond any other nation on the planet, right?
1. Im just pointing out the virus could have been way more controlled had trump taken action. as for china biologically creating the virus i have no evidence to believe that though i havent researched it
2. lol yes im not trying to defend china in any way.
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@Dr.Franklin
lol ok i dont care how many wildfires there are please debunk the climate report clearly showing climate is skyrocketing
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@Dr.Franklin
What about it is a lie? do you have any data or evidence disproving the UN climate report?
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Race "realists" often use low IQ in african americans as evidence whites are superior.
"“The results disprove once and for all the idea that a single measure of intelligence, such as IQ, is enough to capture all of the differences in cognitive ability that we see between people,” said Roger Highfield, director of external affairs at the Science Museum in London.
“Instead, several different circuits contribute to intelligence, each with its own unique capacity. A person may well be good in one of these areas, but they are just as likely to be bad in the other two,” said Dr Highfield, a co-author of the study published in the journal Neuron."
even then they use heritability
"The term 'heritability,' as it is used today in human behavioral genetics, is one of the most misleading in the history of science. Contrary to popular belief, the measurable heritability of a trait does not tell us how 'genetically inheritable' that trait is. Further, it does not inform us about what causes a trait, the relative influence of genes in the development of a trait, or the relative influence of the environment in the development of a trait. Because we already know that genetic factors have significant influence on the development of all human traits, measures of heritability are of little value, except in very rare cases. We, therefore, suggest that continued use of the term does enormous damage to the public understanding of how human beings develop their individual traits and identities. "
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@sadolite
that logic is so dumb by refusing to get the vaccine cause theres no evidence it wont kill us???????? you had to have multiple vaccinations to get into school (though looking at what you have said i dont think youve been to school) i don't think those caused a die-off but regardless you have 0 evidence to back up your claims. your so freaking selfish refusing to take the vaccine because you wont get hurt if you get covid. people like you are the reason covid numbers are going up, deaths going up. trumpeters like you are selfish science denying karen's that don't care about the well being of anybody else but yourself. millions have died and all you do is sit back and say i trust my immune system what a loser.
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if the government was tryna kill us with the vaccine they would have done it already. to even get into school theres a bunch of vaccines you have to get.
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@coal
i don't think he did; he wasn't there for to debate but i do agree he could have engaged more
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@RationalMadman
The spread of covid in the united states is largely due to donald trump taking literally no action despite obama and george w bush having a plan specifically for coronaviruses. yes china produces the most amount of greenhouse gasses but we cant just point fingers countries should work together to stop it especially since the US is second in most greenhouse gasses released
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@coal
same i mainly agree with the definition he gave.
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@Polytheist-Witch
@Discipulus_Didicit
bro im an idiot i somehow misunderstood that my bad lol
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@FLRW
biggest brain move i have ever heard.
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@TheUnderdog
This is extreme leftism.
indeed
If they reject authoritarianism and the government, why do most want government run healthcare and free college? That sounds pretty authoritarian right?; the government getting involved with people’s lives fiscally.If you support this, then fine, but your not libertarian the
your definition of libertarian is likely very different from mine
"Left-libertarianism,[1][2][3][4][5] also known as egalitarian libertarianism,[6][7] left-wing libertarianism[8] or social libertarianism,[9] is a political philosophy and type of libertarianism that stresses both individual freedom and social equality. Left-libertarianism represents several related yet distinct approaches to political and social theory. In its classical usage, it refers to anti-authoritarian varieties of left-wing politics such as anarchism, especially social anarchism,[10] whose adherents simply call it libertarianism.[11] In the United States, it represents the left-wing of the libertarian movement[10] and the political positions associated with academic philosophers Hillel Steiner, Philippe Van Parijs and Peter Vallentyne that combine self-ownership with an egalitarian approach to natural resources.[10][12] This is done to distinguish libertarian views on the nature of property and capital, usually along left–right or socialist–capitalist lines.[13]"
right libertarianism is Right-libertarianism,[1][2][3][4][5] also known as libertarian capitalism[6] or right-wing libertarianism,[1][7] is a political philosophy and type of libertarianism that supports capitalist property rights and defends market distribution of natural resources and private property.[8] The term right-libertarianism is used to distinguish this class of views on the nature of property and capital[9] from left-libertarianism, a type of libertarianism that combines self-ownership with an egalitarian approach to natural resources.[10] In contrast to socialist libertarianism,[4] right-libertarianism supports free-market capitalism.[1] Like most forms of libertarianism, it supports civil liberties,[1] especially natural law,[11] negative rights[12] and a major reversal of the modern welfare state.[13]
If they reject authoritarianism and the government, why do most want government run healthcare and free college? That sounds pretty authoritarian right?
lol thats not authoritarian at all that's more freedom!?? free college gives everyone regardless of money the freedom to go to college
healthcare gives everyone the freedom to go to a hospital without going bankrupt
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Actually libertarianism was originally a leftist ideology but regardless,
libertarian socialism (broad definition):"Left libertarianism is a fairly recently coined term for a fairly old idea. Those people who embrace this view agree with other libertarians in holding that individuals should be free. They regard each of us as full self‐owners. However, they differ from what we generally understand by the term libertarian in denying the right to private property. We own ourselves, but we do not own nature, at least not as individuals. Left libertarians embrace the view that all natural resources, land, oil, gold, trees, and so on should be held collectively. To the extent that individuals make use of these commonly owned goods, they must do so only with the permission of society, a permission granted only under the proviso that a certain payment for their use be made to society at large. In effect, left libertarians, although prepared to recognized private property in oneself, are socialists with respect to all other resources. We each have equal rights over nature."
libertarian socialism is usually associated with anarchy, anarcho communism etc etc.
" Libertarian socialists advocate for decentralized structures based on direct democracy and federal or confederal associations"
like democratic socialists libertarian socialists reject the idea of authoritarianism and want as little hierarchy as possible as they believe power corrupts.
The definitions I provided to not go for every libertarian socialists there are hundreds of variations this is the most common one.
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@TheUnderdog
making my response rn
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@TheUnderdog
Giving out someones name, adresss, phone number, etc etc with 0ut their consent or knowledge
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next thing you know conservatives are gonna start saying doxxing someone is free speech
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@dfss9788
???? specify
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