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I read a remark someone had made on a forum that the I.Q. of the USA (or the Earth) as of the data that was released in 1980 was that 99% had an I.Q. of 130, of that... 90% of the 99% had an I.Q. of 90, so in other words roughly 90 out of 100 people are "Gumpish" (Forest Gump portrayed a character of I.Q. of 70, "Stupid"). The data that was released in 2000 was that 99% had an I.Q. of 117, of that... 90% of the 99% had an I.Q. of 89, of course there is an error factor to consider and what type of test that were given, the quantity of subjects and so forth. I did some minor research on the subject "just out of curiosity" and it seems to be on track with what was said, even if the error was 50% it is still not good!
The chilling thing about this is that we as a society do not take this information very well, as in the case of the forum respondents were very defensive as it is of course insulting to most to think of themselves as stupid and it is not very well publicized by the media for obvious reasons. Could you just imagine a major newspaper, magazine or TV news station providing the information that 90% of their viewers are stupid! There would be riots! We think of ourselves as civilized smarter animal, "Top of the food chain type being" and to think that our Supreme Being bubble could be burst so easily is comical. Thousands of years ago when we were dragging our knuckles on the ground we were as all the other animals to the "Survival of the fittest" and we would keep the weak, sick, old and the genetically inferior to the outside of the heard so the lions would have something to eat and promote the best chance for the strongest of the species and if you watch "National Geographic channel" to see it documented time and time again, its not hard to come to that conclusion. What we now do is give the weak and genetically inferior welfare and a place in society.
Yes I know it's a mean statement but to understand that what I am stating you have to understand that I to am genetically inferior myself, I have diabetes and other ailments that would not put me on the top of the list, I am just trying to make an observation. Not trying as best I can not to make any moral judgments(but of course I am just human), and many people might take it personal. I only bring up this point because I see the stupidest things happen in government, religion and for that matter just walking down the street and it I need a definition for it. I do not promote that we eliminate the weak and genetically inferior to the outside of the heard. I just wanted to understand why 90% of us are just so stupid to understand and make decisions on what to me seems...."Simple and Easy" (I am not part of the 1%) When I was about 10 years old my grandfather told me not to argue with stupid people, "They don't know there stupid and if they did know they were, they wouldn't be stupid in the first place"(but then again if I was stupid how would I know not to argue?)
I don't think a lesser I.Q. has to do with culture, religious (or not) beliefs, ethnicity etc... I do believe it has to do with genetics (Duh!), but our ego, religious (or not) beliefs and culture has a major role in suppressing our evolving into a better species. I wonder what the fix for this conundrum is. Sometimes people do and say "Stupid things" for no other reason but because they are part of the 90% I could be wrong, just my observation for this hour.
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http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?Art Num=96881
I read a remark someone had made on a forum that the I.Q. of the USA (or the Earth) as of the data that was released in 1980 was that 99% had an I.Q. of 130, of that... 90% of the 99% had an I.Q. of 90, so in other words roughly 90 out of 100 people are "Gumpish" (Forest Gump portrayed a character of I.Q. of 70, "Stupid"). The data that was released in 2000 was that 99% had an I.Q. of 117, of that... 90% of the 99% had an I.Q. of 89, of course there is an error factor to consider and what type of test that were given, the quantity of subjects and so forth. I did some minor research on the subject "just out of curiosity" and it seems to be on track with what was said, even if the error was 50% it is still not good!
The chilling thing about this is that we as a society do not take this information very well, as in the case of the forum respondents were very defensive as it is of course insulting to most to think of themselves as stupid and it is not very well publicized by the media for obvious reasons. Could you just imagine a major newspaper, magazine or TV news station providing the information that 90% of their viewers are stupid! There would be riots! We think of ourselves as civilized smarter animal, "Top of the food chain type being" and to think that our Supreme Being bubble could be burst so easily is comical. Thousands of years ago when we were dragging our knuckles on the ground we were as all the other animals to the "Survival of the fittest" and we would keep the weak, sick, old and the genetically inferior to the outside of the heard so the lions would have something to eat and promote the best chance for the strongest of the species and if you watch "National Geographic channel" to see it documented time and time again, its not hard to come to that conclusion. What we now do is give the weak and genetically inferior welfare and a place in society.
Yes I know it's a mean statement but to understand that what I am stating you have to understand that I to am genetically inferior myself, I have diabetes and other ailments that would not put me on the top of the list, I am just trying to make an observation. Not trying as best I can not to make any moral judgments(but of course I am just human), and many people might take it personal. I only bring up this point because I see the stupidest things happen in government, religion and for that matter just walking down the street and it I need a definition for it. I do not promote that we eliminate the weak and genetically inferior to the outside of the heard. I just wanted to understand why 90% of us are just so stupid to understand and make decisions on what to me seems ...."Simple and Easy" (I am not part of the 1%) When I was about 10 years old my grandfather told me not to argue with stupid people, "They don't know there stupid and if they did know they were, they wouldn't be stupid in the first place"(but then again if I was stupid how would I know not to argue?)
I don't think a lesser I.Q. has to do with culture, religious (or not) beliefs, ethnicity etc... I do believe it has to do with genetics (Duh!), but our ego, religious (or not) beliefs and culture has a major role in suppressing our evolving into a better species. I wonder what the fix for this conundrum is. Sometimes people do and say "Stupid things" for no other reason but because they are part of the 90% I could be wrong, just my observation for this hour.