Is High IQ A Form Of Retardation?

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Is High IQ A Form Of Retardation?

Post by cronus » Sun Jan 29, 2017 8:16 am

It is well known that folks are most culturally productive in the mid to high range of IQ then this tapers off as IQ scores increase upwards. The often used justification is the caution very high intelligence brings but what if it is actually IQ tests failing to underscore the ability to see trees and miss woods? and seriously misread situations social and otherwise? The very precision of these tests questions means they are measuring the ability to spot trees. It says nothing of the ability to climb one and escape a bear. :coffee:
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Re: Is High IQ A Form Of Retardation?

Post by Brian Peacock » Sun Jan 29, 2017 8:39 am

If we define 'normal' then we can start rounding up the degenerates.
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Re: Is High IQ A Form Of Retardation?

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Re: Is High IQ A Form Of Retardation?

Post by rainbow » Mon Jan 30, 2017 6:24 am

Crumple wrote: It says nothing of the ability to climb one and escape a bear. :coffee:
I thought that bears could climb trees. :shifty:
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Re: Is High IQ A Form Of Retardation?

Post by cronus » Mon Jan 30, 2017 7:43 am

rainbow wrote:
Crumple wrote: It says nothing of the ability to climb one and escape a bear. :coffee:
I thought that bears could climb trees. :shifty:
Germans can invade countries but they didn't this one. :coffee:
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Re: Is High IQ A Form Of Retardation?

Post by mistermack » Mon Jan 30, 2017 4:38 pm

rainbow wrote:
Crumple wrote: It says nothing of the ability to climb one and escape a bear. :coffee:
I thought that bears could climb trees. :shifty:
Only huge bears can't climb trees. Even big brown bears can climb.
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Black bears can virtually run up them.
And don't climb a tree to escape a Tiger either :

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Re: Is High IQ A Form Of Retardation?

Post by Forty Two » Mon Jan 30, 2017 4:50 pm

This post must be deleted because it is racist against Ashkenazi Jews, Indians and East Asians, who tend to have the highest average IQs. You're calling these groups of people retarded! That's hate speech.
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Post by Sean Hayden » Mon Jan 30, 2017 5:10 pm

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Re: Is High IQ A Form Of Retardation?

Post by cronus » Mon Jan 30, 2017 5:35 pm

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/9653 ... bourg.html


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Re: Is High IQ A Form Of Retardation?

Post by cronus » Mon Jan 30, 2017 7:37 pm

Forty Two wrote:This post must be deleted because it is racist against Ashkenazi Jews, Indians and East Asians, who tend to have the highest average IQs. You're calling these groups of people retarded! That's hate speech.
....the highest IQ people design the IQ tests and the highest IQ people gets the highest marks on the IQ tests. All I'm saying is productive intelligence tapers off as IQ goes above a certain point. That might not be absolute retardation however it is relative retardation. I'm not being racialist. I believe the holocaust happened. What I don't believe is it couldn't have been prevented. Those with the productive IQ were stymied by those discussing angels heads on a pinhead, putting G-d on trial....instead of building a tunnel. :tea:
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Re: Is High IQ A Form Of Retardation?

Post by pErvinalia » Tue Jan 31, 2017 2:00 am

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Re: Is High IQ A Form Of Retardation?

Post by Brian Peacock » Tue Jan 31, 2017 2:34 am

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Re: Is High IQ A Form Of Retardation?

Post by JimC » Tue Jan 31, 2017 2:59 am

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Re: Is High IQ A Form Of Retardation?

Post by laklak » Tue Jan 31, 2017 4:08 am

I am not too smart! My mommy says I'm SPECIAL!
Yeah well that's just, like, your opinion, man.
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Re: Is High IQ A Form Of Retardation?

Post by rainbow » Tue Jan 31, 2017 5:50 am

Forty Two wrote: You're calling these groups of people retarded! That's hate speech.
It was a question.
Please try to pay attention.

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