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Racists & Xenophobes: Threatening the economic prosperity of Britain.
HAMISH_MCTAVISH
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I notice this forum has been invaded by racists and xenophobes of late.
Anyone with half a brain knows full well that their anti-immigrant rantings have no basis in reality.
In fact, you'd have to be pretty stupid to believe that sort of nonsense.
And it turns out they are.....
Studies going back over 50 years have repeatedly arrived at the same conclusion.
Racists have lower IQs than non-racists.
The average intelligence quotient (IQ) of all members of the human race is 100 on the Stanford-Binet scale. The average IQ of racists is up to 4 IQ points less than this (Montagu 1952 & 1988, Allport 1946, Frenkel-Brunswick and Sanford 1945).
The future prosperity of Britain is dependant on increasing the collective intelligence and knowledge base of our people, in order to compete more effectively with the rest of the world in what is increasingly a knowledge based economy.
So whilst it is unknown as to whether racism attracts stupid people, or whether being stupid leads to a predisposition towards racism, it does seem clear that any increase in racism, and thus stupidity, is a genuine threat to the economic prosperity of Britain.
Discuss.
Anyone with half a brain knows full well that their anti-immigrant rantings have no basis in reality.
In fact, you'd have to be pretty stupid to believe that sort of nonsense.
And it turns out they are.....
Studies going back over 50 years have repeatedly arrived at the same conclusion.
Racists have lower IQs than non-racists.
The average intelligence quotient (IQ) of all members of the human race is 100 on the Stanford-Binet scale. The average IQ of racists is up to 4 IQ points less than this (Montagu 1952 & 1988, Allport 1946, Frenkel-Brunswick and Sanford 1945).
The future prosperity of Britain is dependant on increasing the collective intelligence and knowledge base of our people, in order to compete more effectively with the rest of the world in what is increasingly a knowledge based economy.
So whilst it is unknown as to whether racism attracts stupid people, or whether being stupid leads to a predisposition towards racism, it does seem clear that any increase in racism, and thus stupidity, is a genuine threat to the economic prosperity of Britain.
Discuss.
“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”
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You really are struggling now there arent any positive house price articles arent you?0
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Can you be opposed to uncontrolled immigration without being a racist?0
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Having a high IQ doesn't make you right or balanced, racially or otherwise.
Ever heard the phrase 'he was an evil genius'?
In fact, simple people with the ability to communicate with their peer group are often the ones who mobilise groups, whilst people with high IQs just sit in ivory towers drawing up research papers...0 -
HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »I notice this forum has been invaded by racists and xenophobes of late.
Anyone with half a brain knows full well that their anti-immigrant rantings have no basis in reality.
In fact, you'd have to be pretty stupid to believe that sort of nonsense.
And it turns out they are.....
Studies going back over 50 years have repeatedly arrived at the same conclusion.
Racists have lower IQs than non-racists.
The average intelligence quotient (IQ) of all members of the human race is 100 on the Stanford-Binet scale. The average IQ of racists is up to 4 IQ points less than this (Montagu 1952 & 1988, Allport 1946, Frenkel-Brunswick and Sanford 1945).
The future prosperity of Britain is dependant on increasing the collective intelligence and knowledge base of our people, in order to compete more effectively with the rest of the world in what is increasingly a knowledge based economy.
So whilst it is unknown as to whether racism attracts stupid people, or whether being stupid leads to a predisposition towards racism, it does seem clear that any increase in racism, and thus stupidity, is a genuine threat to the economic prosperity of Britain.
Discuss.
Racism can't be a "threat to the economic prosperity of Britain", you chump - the link between intelligence and racism is no doubt complex but to the extent that there is one I put it to you that the chain of causality runs along the following lines:
Low intelligence -> Higher than average tendencey towards racism just through an inability to reason;
or more exotically:
Low intelligence -> Low incomes -> Various malaises including unhappiness, quite possibly living in low-income areas, competing for low-wage jobs, whereby immigration genuinely does have a negative impact on people -> Higher than average tendencey towards racism.
It's clearly not the case that, say, someone of a given intelligence who chances upon a copy of Mein Kampf on a bookshelf, reads it, and consequently becomes more racist, will as a result become less intelligent.FACT.0 -
Sup Hamish? House prices..erm.
Did the English rape and pillage some of your ancestors?0 -
“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”0 -
HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »No that was the Vikings.
and the English0 -
“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”0 -
and the English
The vikings were nordic . The english just ran away coz they trembled at men in skirts .. MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMmmm kilts :jONE HOUSE , DS+ DD Missymoo Living a day at a time and getting through this mess you have created.One day life will have no choice but to be nice to me :rotfl:0 -
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