It's official

Joel Fagin · Post by **Joel Fagin** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 5:21 am

Black Sparrow wrote:I swear... he could make a bad pun out of a Shakespearean sonnet.

Oh, easy. I could drag out more puns than you could shake a spear at.

- Joel Fagin

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 5:36 am

Oh, I made a pun. It was unintentional. I use the word "fruitless" all the time because it's so apt this day and age.

Dr Legostar · Post by **Dr Legostar** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 5:53 am

IQ tests are mostly good indicators of how well you do on IQ tests.

Pretty much the part where I came across "..a psychologist in.." is where i decided it was B.S., but that's just me.

it's entirely irrelevant which gender is smarter, faster, stronger, blah blah blah, it has not bearing on anything, any individual pulled out of either population could easily be well above the average or well below, it really makes no difference unless you happen to be some kind of bigot or moron.

RPin · Post by **RPin** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 8:28 am

They didn't publish my comments but it was something about the study being complete bullshit anyways.

I think that men being smarter than women is not something that can be proven scientifically.

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 8:37 am

Intelligence varies from person to person as it is with not many people reaching their full potential anyway.

Nanda · Post by **Nanda** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 9:00 am

'Some people have suggested it evolved because women prefer men who are more intelligent than they are for husbands,' said the professor.

'Just as they prefer men who are taller than them, they also prefer a male who is a little ahead of them in IQ.'

I have trouble buying this. Most of the women I know think their husbands are idiots.

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 9:32 am

Nanda wrote:
'Some people have suggested it evolved because women prefer men who are more intelligent than they are for husbands,' said the professor.

'Just as they prefer men who are taller than them, they also prefer a male who is a little ahead of them in IQ.'

I have trouble buying this. Most of the women I know think their husbands are idiots.

Most of us are idiots. Some of us are better at hiding it than others.

Dr Legostar · Post by **Dr Legostar** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 9:42 am

PeppermintAfterlife wrote:Intelligence varies from person to person as it is with not many people reaching their full potential anyway.

not to mention the fact that there are a lot of different types of intellegence.

Keffria · Post by **Keffria** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 11:14 am

Coming a little late into the discussion, but I'd just like to say that this guy is a disgrace to my university (I'm a student at UWO, yes). This isn't the first time he's been at the center of a big controversy -- he's published studies in the past claiming that certain racial minorities are inherently dumber.

Anyway, it's stupid to base a study of "intelligence" one one arguably inaccurate measure. Bad enough that we're known mostly as a party school - now we're a bunch of misogynists, too. -_-

Blackaby · Post by **Blackaby** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 1:55 pm

What a dickwad.

I know women who like their men dumber than them. Dumber, but richer.

Nyke · Post by **Nyke** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 2:37 pm

cat42 wrote:My rebuttal

The fuck?

Keffria · Post by **Keffria** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 2:41 pm

Happy-happy-happy....

Why don't we get cool toys like those in North American happy meals?!

DJMayhem · Post by **DJMayhem** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 2:54 pm

there's super mario ones out now.

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 3:21 pm

IQ tests are mostly good indicators of how well you do on IQ tests.

Well, now we know one thing for sure: men do IQ tests better than women.

not to mention the fact that there are a lot of different types of intellegence.

It'd be hard to believe that women have lower EQ than men.

Bad enough that we're known mostly as a party school - now we're a bunch of misogynists, too. -_-

My sister misogynist? Who said that? Who said that?

Beyonder_alpha · Post by **Beyonder_alpha** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 4:40 pm

4 average whole points ahead. wow. I'm impressed. Now back to my own 25 points ahead on a written test, with mild dyslexia.

In other words, iq doesn't matter, it's what you do with it.
Much like size.