tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post3778381592798756839..comments2024-03-27T18:24:19.683-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: Conspiracy TheoristsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-31829964069011197942013-04-19T00:33:37.187-07:002013-04-19T00:33:37.187-07:00"That doesn't apply to solidarity among a..."That doesn't apply to solidarity among a bunch of academics who have all their money & status staked on preserving their collegial regard."<br /><br />That's pretty hilariously backward.<br /><br />Steve Sailerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920109042402850214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-28021430184287802732013-04-19T00:18:14.737-07:002013-04-19T00:18:14.737-07:00You have a reckless habit of bruiting the word &qu...You have a reckless habit of bruiting the word "conspiracy" as a synonym for normal social collusion. Such theories that are typically ridiculed invariably ask us to believe that the participants in the conspiracy linked by tenuous shadowy association have a stronger incentive to stick together than various bigger groups in the outside world have to bust the lid of the plotters' cell. That doesn't apply to solidarity among a bunch of academics who have all their money & status staked on preserving their collegial regard. Knowing Steve he'll probably only intensify this misleading/obnoxious verbal tic in the future (see also: "Just now Google shows no results for 'Purple People Eaters Against Adderall Abuse' when I delimit it with quotes, ergo no one in human history has ever thought what I just did")Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-11244819751394923682013-04-18T23:26:52.532-07:002013-04-18T23:26:52.532-07:00I'm disappointed you didn't mention here t...I'm disappointed you didn't mention here that having a single-factor of intelligence makes group equality more likely than if there were multiple factors. And you're usually diligent about mentioning it elsewhere (referencing Gardner more recently). There's an old joke that goes "I didn't kill him, he isn't dead, it wasn't me, and it was self-defense". So even though disproving 'g' in favor of a more complex mix of factors wouldn't really change most of the controversial implications of psychometrics (I think this is mentioned near the beginning of "The Bell Curve"), people like Gould are still willing to throw any crap at it that might stick.TGGPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11017651009634767649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-21827237417887675402013-04-18T21:33:25.158-07:002013-04-18T21:33:25.158-07:00Courageous journalism, Steve. At least a few peopl...Courageous journalism, Steve. At least a few people are still willing to speak truth to power, while our elites continue to enforce the Jensenist dogma.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-16752227097274186062013-04-18T21:26:56.630-07:002013-04-18T21:26:56.630-07:00OT: bjdubbs said:...we see US politics as essentia...OT: bjdubbs said:...we see US politics as essentially drunks being restrained by less-intelligent but more sober bouncers...<br /><br />I resurrected this comment from the recently dead thread about discipline in the LAUSD because it might be the pithiest description that I've ever heard of the American body politic's dueling glutes. <br /><br />-The Judean People's FrontAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-72710416530160006922013-04-18T21:21:22.439-07:002013-04-18T21:21:22.439-07:00The more important challenge to the human race is ...The more important challenge to the human race is not to identify the genetic or environmental sources of intelligence, but rather to identify, isolate, and effectively quarantine the "busybody gene".<br /><br />Neil TempletonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com