LMAO
Some guy who won a Pulitzer claims something that 99% of Pulitzer winners totally disagree with - but Tyler likes what that guy says - therefore: proof!
Think of those very religious Jews in Israel, who are for the most part very intelligent people. They are cloistered in religious schools and costumed in 18th century dress. The same orthodox Jews in America sometimes escape their religious upbringing and usually end up in universities where they do quite well, high IQs are not in short supply among them either. Extreme conditioning and restricted exposure to the outside world will do that to any ethnic group, irrespective of intelligence.
Intelligence is not the same as doing good on a test.
It just makes doing better on a test more likely. Most of our abilities as human beings are untested and attributes deemed "valuable" by society can change over time. We humans are part of nature and subject to selection pressures though and nature can be cruel to individuals, while being kind to groups.
As a person who checks themselves by being self humbling when I see people who own their own businesses or have pay grades that I can't touch I guess I give it up that they are more intelligent than me, the fact that they back these bogus theories maybe exposes a lack of common sense or just their hatred of the Dems, while I'm certainly not a genius thankfully I've always had a decent amount of common sense. Maybe these people need to be led which probably has no bearing on their intelligence. I can self rationalize people going down the Qanon path or even trying out Cheeto in 2016 (though I always thought him to be a pompous self serving dickhead) but I can't come to grips w/the support both still receive after being EXPOSED as fraudulent.ccguns
Absolutely, I've got a vgood memory and went to a hard highschool, graduated w/3.65 GPA because I memorized for tests, but retaining it is another animal altogether and my IQ is only slightly above avg. I really don't equate high IQ w/common sense or success , because being gifted in one area in arts, invention, or innovation can also produce very one dimensional people.ccguns
My world view about intelligence is informed by my dad who came up from very humble background, had a 9th grade education but could figure out how to do just about anything he wanted to. He talked about not being intelligent too. But it wasn't intelligence he lacked, he simply didn't get the same education that people in a better economic class had.
I didn’t graduate high school, made it to grade 11 with amazing grades then found out I could sell pot for a living and work at something I loved. I went back to college when I was 25 as I thought I’d like programming ..... nope lol. I’m a refrigeration mechanic which kept me honest (looking) for the most part, but nope, tests were not my thing but I can fix/build pretty much anything. Grew up in a farm and you learn how to fix shit
.There's no doubt about it, DRIVE is a under estimated quality that results in many accomplishments and it certainly isn't based on IQ, being a book smart snob who can quote things others can't and thinking their better when this knowledge sometimes has no practical application is no substitute for heart, and plenty of people like your dad have achieved a great deal and had more fulfilling lives than many so called highly educated people.ccguns
Like the time The Carter Foundation "certified" Maduro's election! Goddamn, I'll say this about ole @ttystikk - he is at least smart enough to know that he got his ass handed to him and made himself scarce.Oh the good ole days
I took 10 yrs. off from receiving a paper check,25-35, pushing the weed, my footprints were in the snow of places the PO-LICE raided, the good old days burying my money in a coffee can outside.lolccgunsI didn’t graduate high school, made it to grade 11 with amazing grades then found out I could sell pot for a living and work at something I loved. I went back to college when I was 25 as I thought I’d like programming ..... nope lol. I’m a refrigeration mechanic which kept me honest (looking) for the most part, but nope, tests were not my thing but I can fix/build pretty much anything. Grew up in a farm and you learn how to fix shit
I stopped taking a paper check back around 2006.
Hear ya, my money from work is also DD, but I no longer even rec. statements. At first when my Co. went to this they supplied a statement, now We're supposed to go to Paychex.com to see our info,guy's at work more tech savy than I am say getting in is a FKN nightmare,so basically I guess at what my yearly raise is,the hrs. worked etc,they call this shit progress. I don't even try to access this stuff,I believe my coworkers saying that the site is a joke, that said it doesn't bother me, I'm happy where I'm at,it's laid back far from the stress of the real world ,outside in the clean,fresh country air,not to mention 4 months of RI unemp. riding out the New England winters.ccguns
Coffee cans? ABS pipes and friends freezers worked great. Pretty sure I lost track of a few lol.
2000$in hundreds rolled up and squeezed into a 35lb weight bar,they'll never find it, mason jar buried in my cellar sump pump pit,they'll never find it, paranoia enhances creativity.lol ccguns
Attack the source, not the content? Gee, never heard that one before! So I bet you believe everything CNN tells you, don't you?
