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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: longnshort who wrote (312278)11/25/2006 5:11:16 PM
From: Mani1  Read Replies (1) of 1573134
 
Well, you did not respond to my questions or comments about your 49% claim and your IQ of 170. I guess you are conceding that you did not know what you were talking about, so let’s move on.

Re <<Sounds like LAZY and STUPID are the main reasons. How about you ??>>

I agree, intelligence and motivations determine to a certain point if you are in poverty or not. My link supports this. But they are not the only factors, and the link also supports this.

Having conceded that, I think statistics are often interpreted by people who don't really understand statistics. The simple and basic issue of distinguishing between correlation and causation confuses most people. For example people who wear Armani suits have higher IQ (on a statistically significant way), clearly that is not causation and is a simple correlation due to a third factor. And people who have advance degree have higher paying job, well that is mostly likely causation.

But it is not often that straight forward to distinguish between the two. How about blacks are more likely to be criminal, causation or simply correlated due to another factor? Lower IQ people are more religious, causation or correlation? Poor people have lower IQ, causation or correlation? Perhaps not as clear cut as you might think.

Mani
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