LanceHughes
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ORIGINAL: maybemaybenot Lance: And that is exactly my position. We can point-counter point each other all day with this study and that study. I used the Austailian one as a counter point to the other one. You used yours to counterpoint me. In the end, who would win a study for study contest ? Does it matter ? I don't put any stock in any of these studies as I percieve them as skewed or more appropriately: unable to come to any definate conclusion in regard to the intelligence etc of either group. As I said, it's all hogwash to me. As a side note and a discussion for another day. Is it really that important in life to have the " one up " on the brains pool ? I have learned as much in life from people with lesser IQs as I have from people with higher IQ's. Which has made me smarter. I think it's about being open to learning and never thinking you have learned enough, not which group you are pigeon holed into. mbmbn Agreed: Such studies are almost always skewed to the results desired. That's why I continued with the Stenger info. That's where REAL science is right now.... basically, ALL the designer arguments are being "closed." Stenger does NOT use straw-men, which is, of course, getting us back to the OP. [See, VAA, I am doing posse work! LOL!] This thread was getting far afield from the OP, now wasn't it? ETA: And, like most threads in P&R forum, was starting to get warmed up with a flame war pending. The OP was about strawmen, not about the IQ of the religous vs. the IQ of the non-religious. PLEASE stay on topic!
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"Train 'em the right way - my way." Lance Hughes "Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer, but wish we didn't." Erica Jong 10 fluffy points 50 nz points Member: VAA's posse
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