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Politics : To be a Liberal,you have to believe that.....
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To: MikeH who wrote (5498)1/20/2000 4:32:00 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER  Read Replies (1) of 6418
 
OK.... Let's cut it out on a middle ground:

I would not argue that IQ is 100% of the reason for success, as I said before. I've met many successful people who are not the sharpest tools in the shed. But through hard work, and oftentimes, good luck - average and sub-average individuals can attain high earnings status.

Besides, as you might be aware of, most European countries look upon that IQ stuff as an American oddity..... Note that I can see the advantage of it in terms of "social control" --it's always better to sugar somebody's pill of failure to tell her about her low IQ than about her complexion, social standing, or just any other class-biased defect. The power of the Technocracy lies in its mesmerizing deceitfulness: people just swallow its premises hook, line and sinker as they grant their personal achievement is indeed an accurate picture of some allegedly intrinsic merit. But what's the alternative to the "brainocratic leitmotiv", after all? Civil war?
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