Why are stupid people stupid?

Originally posted by zeeblebot
the money wasted on the Big Dig could have educated SO many kindergarteners.

yeah, but how would they get to school without a state of the art tunnel?

Originally posted by Sam The Sham
It would only be natural that people in the bottom 20% of the population's average IQ range would be more or less illiterate, that's basically moron level or worse.

But in Cuba, they are 100% literate, including the retarded,insane, autistic, and dyslexic. Just ask Castro.

So you reckon that it's natural for 1 in 5 people in a population to be moron level or worse??

I think that testaments speaks for itself.

Originally posted by mrstabby
So you reckon that it's natural for 1 in 5 people in a population to be moron level or worse??

I think that testaments speaks for itself.

Bottom 20% stabby, do the math. That's most likely in the high 70's and below. 70 is considered moron level, but the correct term now is "mentally challenged".

I'd have to check a bell-curve of IQ distribution, perhaps the percentage is lower. I don't know what the standard deviation is up and down from the 100 mark. If you're interested, let us know what you find out.

Originally posted by Sam The Sham
Bottom 20% stabby, do the math. That's most likely in the high 70's and below. 70 is considered moron level, but the correct term now is "mentally challenged".

http://www.concordspedpac.org/IQ-bell.JPG

70 and below is considered retarded or moron. that percentage is about 3-4%, not 20%

Originally posted by duecer
http://www.concordspedpac.org/IQ-bell.JPG

70 and below is considered retarded or moron. that percentage is about 3-4%, not 20%

I guessed 20% were in the high 70's and below, the chart you referenced shows 16% are under 85.

That's not too big a difference for a guess I grabbed out of the air. It was actually pretty close.

Originally posted by Sam The Sham
Bottom 20% stabby, do the math. That's most likely in the high 70's and below. 70 is considered moron level, but the correct term now is "mentally challenged".

Ok, I'll do the math, let me find a distribution curve...
http://encarta.msn.com/media_461540296/distribution_of_iq_scores.html
The bottom 16% or so are below 85 IQ. Your guesswork is out.

Did you form your conclusion before processing the information perhaps?

Originally posted by Sam The Sham
I guessed 20% were in the high 70's and below, the chart you referenced shows 16% are under 85. I did not say 20% were below 70. Please reread my post and try not to misquote me in order to win arguments.
That's not too big a difference for a guess I grabbed out of the air. It was actually pretty close.

What, no snappy quibbling comeback?

Originally posted by Sam The Sham
What, no snappy quibbling comeback?

goodess me SHAM..talking to yourself again?

Originally posted by der schwarze Ritter
Any idea's beyond "cause they don't have any brains"?

Do you mean the sort of stupid people who can still manage to operate a mobile phone and a sony playstation and understand the ins and outs of which sneakers are fashionable?

Or people with actual problems?

Originally posted by Sam The Sham
I guessed 20% were in the high 70's and below, the chart you referenced shows 16% are under 85.

That's not too big a difference for a guess I grabbed out of the air. It was actually pretty close.

my poiny was simply that to be considered retarded ( DSR a notable exception) the IQ would be 70 and under. The 16% includes "slow" adults. There is a difference.

Originally posted by smw6869
Dear god King, you're chess rating is even lower than mine. Dude, you're dumber than duck wad!

GRANNY.

chess ratings don't really have much to do with it, i'd say.

Originally posted by mbakunin
chess ratings don't really have much to do with it, i'd say.

I bet you Would say that. What are you studing at the Univ.? ......How to pay outrageous gas taxes without having a job.? What's the % of morons in Norway? You could be their poster girly- boy.

GRANNY.

Originally posted by Mexico
Oh I don't know, darwinin evolution will defeat us in the end. Eventually we'll leave enough stupid people in charge all over the world (cough, cough bush) that we'll eliminated ourselves. Showing that natural selection applies whether we're aware of it or not.

Bush is a graduate of Yale and his grades where better than (cough, cough) John Kerry's, the world's most nuanced debater.

Originally posted by duecer
I'm not sure if you are aware of this, it is somewhat of a national embarassment, but fully 50% of Americans have below average IQ's

That's because the teachers unions don't care about the students.

Originally posted by aging blitzer
Do you mean the sort of stupid people who can still manage to operate a mobile phone and a sony playstation and understand the ins and outs of which sneakers are fashionable?

Or people with actual problems?

They didn't get those problems overnight -- they had to take a lot of steps to get where they are -- that's why they're stupid.