A Hopeful Tuesday

Wasn’t that a 12- question, multiple choice quiz? I don’t think it was an in- depth study.

http://cfif.org/v/mobile/#commentaryPost:1552

Research studies at Harvard actually show that right wingers generally tend to have slightly lower I.Q.’s than lefties, but I don’t think that’s what Cameron is getting at.  If your political affiliation doesn’t stand for something distinctive, what’s the point of having one?  And if it’s distinctive on a divisive political issue, it stands to reason it will appeal more to people on one side of that issue than the other (not much point voting if that isn’t true).

If all empirical generalizations were examples of racism or stereotyping, how could we safely generalize about people in this forum being Leafs fans?  (Aren’t Leafs a ‘brand?’)

I’d advise you to do the same.

Oops. Here’s the link

http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/elections/how_groups_voted/voted_08.html#.UJsGxny9KSM

Whites in both cases.  They also tend to do better on I.Q. tests, though not as well as Asians.

Obviously, you couldn’t use this kind of empirical data to support a claim that Barack Obama is unintelligent.  In logic, you can’t deduce the particular from the general.

I believe it doesn’t prove much at all.  It’s Cameron who’s the one that says Republicans TEND to be uneducated but offers no proof.

It would be pretty tedious to have to cite proof for every statement.  It should be safe enough to say that men are generally taller than women, for example, without having to cite a survey result.

me too 

So, what’s the over/under on a $20 trillion debt load for the U.S by 2016?

So if whites are better educated and do better on IQ tests than Blacks or Hispanics..would this mean that the people who tend to vote republican in general are more educated and smarter than the people who tend to vote democrat?? You see …this is a perfect example of how you can twist and misrepresent demograhpic stats and figures to support your views….not only is not accurate…its wrong…

Its Ralphie so of course its making fun

Well it is Jim Ralph.  Kinda a nobody when it comes to this stuff. He’s just trying to be sarcastic.  

Ralphie is the best to listen to when the Leafs are winning and everything is going right but man oh man does he ever help get you down when things aren’t going so great.