Publius Maximus wrote: > Some of the flat-out dumbest people I know have Mensa-level IQs. > > Many of the most productive people who add real value to the world > around them are quite average, IQ-wise. >
You mean kind of Jimmy Swaggart, Douglas Goodman, John Geoghan, Parker Bena, Bob Allen, Ken Calvert, Mark Foley, Paul Crouch or Ted Haggard? Yep, reeeal value. > Stupid is more a state of mind and an attidude than a level of intelligence. > Now you remind me of Forrest Gump. Are you related? > I am still trying to understand how all these allegedly smart people > can look at the emails and source code unearthed by the CRU > whistleblowers and continue to ignore the obvious implications. > Smart people are soooo weird. We should kill'em all! Or at least stop them from studying. Then we'll all be equally stupid (the American Dream, is it?). > "In disquisitions of every kind there are certain primary truths or > first principles upon which all subsequent reasoning must depend. > You mean the Bible? > These contain an internal evidence which, antecedent to all reflection > or combination, commands the assent of the mind. Where it produces not > this effect, it must proceed either from some defect or disorder in > the organs of perception, or from the influence of some strong > interest, or passion, or prejudice." [Federalist Paper #31] > So that's how you tackle science. With references to a "Federalist Paper"! You should stick to soft "sciences" where snake oil and politics can have their go if you are articulate enough. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
