Re: Friday Five May 25
Yes, intelligence is measurable. However, it is also culture specific. So intelligence tests need to be either customized to a specific culture or be culture fair (as American Mensa has provided tests
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Re: Friday Five May 25
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Re: Friday Five May 16
For me, 86 has had the connotation of tossing something aside, as in trashing it. A non-lethal association in politics would just mean the politician is unsuited to the job and should be impeached or
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Darrell King
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Re: Friday Five May 16
// You can 86 someone without assassinating that person. // Perplexity: The exact origin of ¡°86¡± is unclear, but it dates back to at least the 1930s. Some theories suggest it comes from diner
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David Smith
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Re: Friday Five May 16
*1. Is Trump being effective in his Middle East visit?* Well, he got a nice airplane. As I had said many times, he is a businessman by trade and a politician by happenstance. There is a lot of money
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Darrell King
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Re: Friday Five May 16
1.? Is Trump being effective in his Middle East visit? Certainly more effective than anyone else recently 2.? Did Biden's mental problems adversely affect his presidency? I would be cautious is
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mrvnchpmn
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Re: Friday Five May 16
It certainly doesn't look like he's being effective for anyone other than himself. Probably not. I have confidence in them. My next-door neighbor was the acting police chief until Honolulu PD found a
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a1thighmaster
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Re: Friday Five May 16
1. Is Trump being effective in his Middle East visit? Time will tell.... 2. Did Biden's mental problems adversely affect his presidency? Of course it did. Someone else was running the country and we
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Ed Lomas
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Re: Friday Five May 16
1.? Is Trump being effective in his Middle East visit? 2.? Did Biden's mental problems adversely affect his presidency? 3.? Do you have confidence in your local police force? 4.? ?Has the
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mrvnchpmn
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Re: Friday Five May 9
Homo god. 'Twas ever thus.
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David Smith
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Re: Friday Five May 9
Now we will never know if the doctor was right... D [email protected]> wrote:
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Darrell King
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Re: Friday Five May 9
Elon will get us to Mars. Have faith. Besides that, we could also imprint our personalities into a quantum computer and launch the whole virtual world into the void like Voyager... D
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Darrell King
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Re: Friday Five May 9
I was just starting to get going when I turned 60 - and have been more active in many ways than I was in my 50s.? Of course losing 160 lb helped a great deal - the doctor and I talked about that
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mrvnchpmn
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Re: Friday Five May 9
They've gotten good at keeping people alive past the old expiry dates. In fact, it seems to be an important part of the plan to make people live forever, in memory circuits. But first, they'll kill
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David Smith
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Re: Friday Five May 9
*"Fairly so - I am going to my 58th High School reunion this year - the sponsor told me she didn't think enough people would survive to 60 to have a reunion."* I am 66. I remember in my 20's thinking
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Darrell King
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Re: Friday Five May 9
// 5. Were you surprised at the new Pope? I was hoping a candidate from one of the three unrepresented continents would be named - but was amazed than an American was chosen // It may have been
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David Smith
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Re: Friday Five May 9
1.? Is race a genetic or cultural phenomena? I see it as more of a cultural than genetic.? Melanesian Pacific Islanders and a lot of Subcontinental Indians are darker skinned than the average
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mrvnchpmn
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Re: [PhilosophicalM] Friday Five May 9
*1. Is race a genetic or cultural phenomena?* Everything we define or discuss is a mental phenomenon. A symbol, a story. The word race is a symbol that can, by definition, reflect either cultural,
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Darrell King
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Re: Friday Five May 9
Thanks - I was hjaving rouble posting to extra recipients. Marvin ? ? ? 1.? Is race a genetic or cultural phenomena? 2.? Will the war between Pakistan and India go nuclear? 3.? Are
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mrvnchpmn
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Re: Friday Five May 9
Race is an artificial construct based on culture. There are no subspecies of homo sapiens. Unlikely Not for the United States. A recession is looking more likely as the current administration keeps
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a1thighmaster
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