You need to remember Jerry that the plural of anecdote is not data. You are entitled to your own opinion, just not your own facts.
I'm not going to do your research for you but the relationship between educational attainment and intelligence is very strong, with those holding a college degree having significantly higher levels of intelligence than those who do not. When you control for educational quality the relationship is even stronger. which implies that graduates of the Billy Joe auto repair shop and bible college are more stupid than MIT graduates, on the average. On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > Your bias is showing. Again. > > You are equating college degrees with intelligence, thus assuming anyone > without a degree is "stupid". > > You are also assuming everyone with a degree is a Democrat and everyone > without is a "Republican". > > Then, the cities in themselves mean nothing. In DC, most of the people with > degrees are going to be transplants, not the native population. They > relocate there to work. That's probably the case with most of the top ten, > especially the five state capitals (counting Minneapolis since it is right > beside Saint Paul). > > Riverside, Detroit, New Orleans, Cleveland, and Memphis (those Republican > strongholds) are the opposite. Anyone with a degree leaves as soon as > possible for greener pastures. > > > > Larry, you bring this issue up so much that is seems like you are trying to > convince yourself. I can understand this considering the disaster that is > the current Democrat regime. > > > > J > > - > Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon > the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest. - Mohandas Gandhi > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:328443 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
