tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post3831030194183764270..comments2024-03-27T18:24:19.683-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: Jay LenoUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-65821894681507111212014-02-09T12:38:19.448-08:002014-02-09T12:38:19.448-08:00"Bottledwater said...
Then why does the coun..."Bottledwater said...<br /><br />Then why does the country now score so much higher on IQ tests? Don't confuse a lack of intellectualism with low IQ. The country today is smart as hell."<br /><br />No, it isn't.<br /><br />"Folks are doing genetic engineering, building quantum computers..."<br /><br />Where's your quantum computer?<br /><br />"this far and away the smartest time in history."<br /><br />No, it isn't.<br /><br />"Who cares about Bach?"<br /><br />I wouldn't expect phillistines to care about it.<br /><br />"Don't impose your cultural values on others."<br /><br />As, you are attempting to do with your little diatribe?Mr. Anonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-29084628547267823782014-02-09T02:28:54.436-08:002014-02-09T02:28:54.436-08:00The country today is smart as hell. Folks are doin...The country today is smart as hell. Folks are doing genetic engineering, building quantum computers...this far and away the smartest time in history.<br /><br />So how did you get here?5371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-17105484559019253362014-02-09T01:10:42.341-08:002014-02-09T01:10:42.341-08:00"This blog has become a real anti-Semitic sew...<i>"This blog has become a real anti-Semitic sewer"</i><br /><br />"Has become?" Anyway I'm sure the phenomenon owes heavily to the SPLC/ADL intern contingent (iSteve's most loyal readers 15 years running), for whom every comments thread is Open Mic Night. Wait till you've read the inevitable non-sequitur Jew crack in a post about Scottish cuisine or philately or the proprietor's childhood Pez dispenser collection, then we'll talk.good salt granules are hard to findnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-59114454509627347272014-02-08T23:43:20.092-08:002014-02-08T23:43:20.092-08:00Who cares about Bach? Don't impose your cultur...<i>Who cares about Bach? Don't impose your cultural values on others.</i> --Bottledwaterwalla<br /><br />Intelligence + relativism x arrogance = trouble<br /><br />This equation should be carved into a stone arch in the center of Silicon Valley, but I'm afraid there <i>is </i>no center to Silicon Valley. <br /><br />But you're right: we shouldn't impose our cultural values on "others". (How other are you?) we should only admit those who already share them. <br /><br />If we're going to open our doors to Asians, I'll take a chick with a Strad over a prick with a 'Pad any animal of the calendar. She'll have a lower IQ, alright-- irritation quotient. Reg Cæsarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-19282663270162033882014-02-08T22:16:52.944-08:002014-02-08T22:16:52.944-08:00The guy you have come over to pull your weeds migh...<i>The guy you have come over to pull your weeds might have an IQ of 98, but otherwise you probably don't even know anyone with a 98 IQ.</i><br /><br />What a ludicrously stupid assertion. Not only does virtually everyone here know someone with an IQ BELOW 98, but you likely have such people as colleagues and family members. Charles Murray's conclusion that society is hyper cognitively stratified is 100% wrong. Even at one of he most cognitively stratified places on earth (Harvard), when you force the kids to take an OFFICIAL IQ test (not the SAT which selected them), the average IQ is 128 and about 2% score below 98. Commenters here probably average 115, with 2% of us scoring below 85. But even IQ 85 is quite smart thanks to the Flynn Effect.<br /><br /> Bottledwaternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-16523066736712538392014-02-08T22:00:34.511-08:002014-02-08T22:00:34.511-08:00Those kids were really good. Today it would be inc...<i><br />Those kids were really good. Today it would be inconceivable for any network talk show to air a quartet playing Bach. It would never happen. The country is just a lot dumber than it was in the 70s/80s.</i><br /><br />Then why does the country now score so much higher on IQ tests? Don't confuse a lack of intellectualism with low IQ. The country today is smart as hell. Folks are doing genetic engineering, building quantum computers...this far and away the smartest time in history. Who cares about Bach? Don't impose your cultural values on others.Bottledwaternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-33848102981136374302014-02-08T10:15:52.912-08:002014-02-08T10:15:52.912-08:00"Anonymous said...
Carson obviously had an e..."Anonymous said...<br /><br />Carson obviously had an ear for budding talent - who could have know that the girl from this show would become this."<br /><br />Those kids were really good. Today it would be inconceivable for any network talk show to air a quartet playing Bach. It would never happen. The country is just a lot dumber than it was in the 70s/80s.Mr. Anonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-86425834006248246532014-02-08T10:14:23.192-08:002014-02-08T10:14:23.192-08:00I have a much higher IQ than 98 or 103. Letterman ...<i>I have a much higher IQ than 98 or 103. Letterman isn't funny.</i><br /><br />Of course you do. This is a high IQ blog. Steve won't tell us his IQ but it is obviously damn high.<br /><br />The guy you have come over to pull your weeds might have an IQ of 98, but otherwise you probably don't even know anyone with a 98 IQ. Such people, alas, don't know what 'regression to the mean' means.<br /><br />AlbertosaurusPat Boylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13477950851915567863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-16351463536419226992014-02-08T07:04:32.643-08:002014-02-08T07:04:32.643-08:00We desperately need somebody funny and cathartic f...<i>We desperately need somebody funny and cathartic for the above-100 IQ audience to replace the noxious Jon Leibowitz.</i><br /><br />Not a Jon Stewart fan but he occasionally does a great interview, such as the January 30 one with Nancy Pelosi. I don't think I've ever seen Pelosi questioned like that. Obama NEVER is. Even O'Reilly's pre-Superbowl interview with him could have been a lot more trenchant, but of course O'Reilly is ideologically illogical and more-or-less agrees with the president on a number of thorny issues like immigration.Harry Baldwinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-75969429024886251492014-02-08T00:34:11.956-08:002014-02-08T00:34:11.956-08:00How would Chris Rock Be?How would Chris Rock Be?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-44004839377909532462014-02-07T22:06:44.315-08:002014-02-07T22:06:44.315-08:00I think people just got comfortable initially with...I think people just got comfortable initially with Jay but he became out of date quickly. And people never took the chance to venture out. Leno spent many segments on Letterman's show ... thus helping move him along. Carson wanted irreverent Letterman ... nbc wanted Leno safe for the old folks.<br /><br />Carson appeared on Letterman and wrote jokes till he died ... As well as allowed usage of his skits. <br /><br />Letterman had a huge college following.<br /><br /> Still to me only second to Carson. <br /><br />Craig Ferguson is next ... just hysterical. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-89766099042561066652014-02-07T22:04:42.992-08:002014-02-07T22:04:42.992-08:00Back in the mid 80s Letterman was truly required w...Back in the mid 80s Letterman was truly required watching. But the pandering for Carson's gig between him and Leno ruined both men in my opinion. <br /><br />In recent years I've considered Craig Ferguson to be the only head that was worth the trouble of staying awake. Plus he was brilliant as the Person Of Indeterminite Gender in <i>A Series Of Unfortunate Events</i>, far surpassing Leno's most memorable theatric achievement as the loutish cabbie in <i>American Hot Wax</i>.<br /><br />In the wake od Leno being put out to pasture, I find it interesting that no one seems to be discussing Seth Myers impending takeover of Dave and Conan's old desk. Anyone think he's up to the task?geschreihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975162873698778870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-5787705526137035362014-02-07T20:47:19.608-08:002014-02-07T20:47:19.608-08:00It's hard to explain to people that Leno and L...<i>It's hard to explain to people that Leno and Letterman were once funny.</i><br /><br />Letterman's arsehole act was funny when it was still just an act. Ever-increasing authenticity ruined it. Reg Cæsarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-34966528443583281162014-02-07T20:10:51.291-08:002014-02-07T20:10:51.291-08:00Leno was much funnier when he appealed to a narrow...Leno was much funnier when he appealed to a narrower audience back in the early 80s. He was hacky for the last 20 years. <br /><br />It's hard to explain to people that Leno and Letterman were once funny.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-30241166408240331932014-02-07T19:27:25.037-08:002014-02-07T19:27:25.037-08:00Black Sea said: Watch as much as you care to of t...Black Sea said: Watch as much as you care to of this discussion between Orson Welles and Peter O'Toole on the subject of Hamlet. <br /><br />Hunsdon said: I am unsure, sir, whether to bless or to curse you.<br /><br />diana said: Actually this is one instance in which Sailer wasn't blaming Jews, although that didn't stop him from allowing a comment about Jews.<br /><br />Hunsdon, furiously scribbling notes: Never allow comments about Jews. *unless laudatory.Hunsdonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-17120470242687237472014-02-07T17:31:53.355-08:002014-02-07T17:31:53.355-08:00Carson obviously had an ear for budding talent - w...Carson obviously had an ear for budding talent - who could have know that the girl from <a href="http://youtu.be/GHyQ-uwVvco" rel="nofollow">this show</a> would become <a href="http://youtu.be/HD3u5YWdWLw" rel="nofollow">this</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-44021718772486218852014-02-07T17:03:53.078-08:002014-02-07T17:03:53.078-08:00You have to go back to jack parr to find someone w...<i>You have to go back to jack parr to find someone who was better at the Late night interview. </i><br /><br />When <a href="http://www.jackeleonard.net/photos.htm" rel="nofollow">"Fat Jack" Leonard</a> informed him that "My wife is an acrobat," Paar answered, "She'd have to be!"Reg Cæsarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-39658059044962099502014-02-07T17:02:27.414-08:002014-02-07T17:02:27.414-08:00Though Christie's father was Scots and Irish. ...Though Christie's father was Scots and Irish. Leno's mother came from Scotland as a child and Jay is that oddest of birds, Scots/Italian Presbyterian.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-18385986884376465782014-02-07T16:53:15.064-08:002014-02-07T16:53:15.064-08:00In all seriousness, do you really find a five-poin...In all seriousness, do you really find a five-point difference in IQ to be noticeable? -Melendwyr<br /><br />In two individuals, no. In two populations, yes. <br /><br />Reg Caesar:"That was the whole point of The Bell Curve. Our slow slide into the 90s would have enormous effects at the tails."<br /><br />Yeah, as Reg pointed, the real difference lies in the tail ends of the Bell Curve. Letterman's right side tale is significantly fatter than Leno's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-27638250150057645062014-02-07T16:28:30.494-08:002014-02-07T16:28:30.494-08:00Two of Johnny's best recurring interviews were...Two of Johnny's best recurring interviews were with Charles Grodin and Carol Wayne. You were never quite sure if he and Grodin really hated each other, or whether Miss Wayne was concealing a pretty active brain behind her ditz act. Johnny could walk that tightrope, Jay can't. <br /><br />Jay is really good at Johnny's (and Bob's) other tightwire, though: balancing the political barbs so one half of the audience doesn't walk out. <br /><br />Now, to that other balancing act, Chris Christie. What do he and Leno have in common? <br /><br />They're both Italian and Scottish mixes. Any other (US) examples come to mind? Joe Guzzardi, perhaps? The UK boasts Dario Franchitti, <a href="http://ttte.wikia.com/wiki/Junior_Campbell" rel="nofollow">Junior Campbell</a> (Cancellari), and the late Lena Zavaroni. And a <a href="http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Scots" rel="nofollow">whole host of others</a>. <br /><br />And don't forget Guy "Auld Lang Syne" Lombardo, and Lucia di Lammermoor!Reg Cæsarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-29689878624306243482014-02-07T16:08:00.595-08:002014-02-07T16:08:00.595-08:00Carson not only was a better interviewer than Leno...Carson not only was a better interviewer than Leno or LEtterman, he was better than his old time competition. Cavett was good with people he was simpatico with, otherwise he was awful. Merv and Mike Douglas lacked wit and Rivers was terrible. You have to go back to jack parr to find someone who was better at the Late night interview. <br /><br />As Tom Snyder, yeah he was dumb, but he asked questions and let the interviewee talk. Something that most of the ones today won't do. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-90408794487267047712014-02-07T15:41:48.565-08:002014-02-07T15:41:48.565-08:00In all seriousness, do you really find a five-poin...<i>In all seriousness, do you really find a five-point difference in IQ to be noticeable?</i> -Melendwyr<br /><br />In two individuals, no. In two populations, yes. <br /><br />That was the whole point of <i>The Bell Curve</i>. Our slow slide into the 90s would have enormous effects at the tails.Reg Cæsarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-10753963831398475922014-02-07T15:35:26.441-08:002014-02-07T15:35:26.441-08:00In all seriousness, do you really find a five-poin...<i>In all seriousness, do you really find a five-point difference in IQ to be noticeable? Or are the numbers just shorthand for "slightless less bright"?</i><br /><br />Jensen did a study back in the 90s that found a 4.5 ~ 6.7 mean IQ differential between Leno and Letterman viewers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-6616554821520559672014-02-07T15:33:55.869-08:002014-02-07T15:33:55.869-08:00I never watch these shows anymore, haven't for...I never watch these shows anymore, haven't for years. It's just... too much. There are so many venues for interviews and comedy now, the late night talk shows just seem redundant. And I can't keep track of or get interested in all the latest up-and-comers they feature.<br />On the other hand, I have found one great interview show and it's a podcast: WTF with Marc Maron. It's like a more intense and personal "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross. Maron interviews various comedians and creative types and really delves into their biographies and his own and keeps it all funny, fresh and real.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-10017499201471522452014-02-07T15:33:09.609-08:002014-02-07T15:33:09.609-08:00Regardless of what everyone thinks of Leno, Letter...Regardless of what everyone thinks of Leno, Letterman, Conan, etc., I think we can all agree that Jimmy Fallon is absolutely terrible. The most talentless hack out there. He was awful on SNL as well. I have no idea why he's employed in showbiz. He should be an accountant or something.<br /><br />I think Jimmy Kimmel is pretty good. He has both the affable, non-threatening demeanor of Leno and the more biting humor of Letterman. But this could be due to the lower caliber of guest he has on. When you're a bigger star than many of your guests, you can afford to be a bit more aggressive. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com