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Comment Re:Some people are too stupid (Score 1) 131

It is a good thing that intelligence is not determined by genetics.

Citation needed --- and not to a stupid failed experiment that drew the wrong conclusion.

I think the GP was being ironic. Pretty sure, but if only there were some markup convention, some HTML tag equivalent to a sarcastic voice tone ...

Or we could just put a woosh tag on the parent post ... unless I am missing Dragon Bait's sarcam? Damn this written communication.

Comment Re:Snowden and Assange... (Score 1) 204

Why should the US Government offer any help in an illegal act? That would have legitimised Wikileaks actions.

Why should wikileaks offer any redaction to the US government or its collaborators? That would legitimise their actions.

A bit late to take the moral high ground when you have illegally invaded a foreign country, killed countless thousands, destroyed their infrastructure and covered up the crimes.

Comment Re:Radicalization (Score 1) 868

Actually, the root of the problem was England and France being quick to give the land back to the Jews after WWII.

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History tl;dr: After the Ottoman Empire collapsed, Palestine became a British Mandate. After WWII, in 1947, the brits announced it was all too hard and they were leaving.
The UN tried to divide it between Arabs and Jews, but the Arabs wanted everything and the Arab nations invaded the day the British mandate expired. When the fighting stopped, the Jews had all of Palestine, except for Gaza and the West Bank. And that became Israel.

Not sure why you blame France.

Comment Re:So this is how scientists research intelligence (Score 1) 157

So this is how scientists research intelligence without hurting the feelings of people

No. This is how the commoners discuss scientific results. Scientists have published similar results on humans many times before.
There is a mountain of published data on heritability, and on national, racial, and gender differences.
We might not be able to talk about it in polite circles, but the science is there.

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