Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Re: PSY550: Boat Ramp Behavior Studies

[David Buchner <buchner@wcta.net>]

At 1320 -0600 02/09/0, D. Blake wrote:
>>Isn't stupidity a cognitive deficit?
>Yes, but it may also originate from environmental influences, or most likely
>a combination of the two ie. low IQ and poor upbringing.

Well then, again: what's low IQ, if not stupidity? You seem to be using "IQ" as shorthand for an innate intelligence capacity, as distinct from learned ("upbringing") intelligence. Is that what it means? We're in danger of getting really OT here, but I do wonder. I keep to myself mostly, and a lot of my communication outside my immediate friends, is over the Net about submarines and philosophyh and space. And then I try to have even a minor interaction with some of the locals, and my tenuous appreciation for sublime human intelligence and ingenuity is smashed all to hell again. Sure, there's some good people around here. But there's also an awful, awful lot of snotty, sullen, petty thieving, glue-sniffin', girlfriend-stranglin', baby-pumpin' total useless wastes of oxygen.

>... these people "missed the boat" so to speak....

You win the award for today

>....never socialized in such a way as to realize the value of being considerate
>to others, or in being civil.  By the time they are adults, it's usually too
>late. .... 
>I'm afraid they would just see "inflicting pain" as acceptable behavior and
>follow through with their threats.

Oh well... I guess we'll just have to kill them, then. Shucks. ;-)

[me]
>I relish the opportunity to mess with people's
>heads.)
>
>You seem to do a pretty good job.  Ever thought about getting into
>counseling?  Uh,  I mean counseling others.

<snicker!>  Is that what it entails? Bewildering and baffling people, and challenging their status quo and pissing them off? Cooool.
Seriously, though -- you just made it sound pretty depressing and futile: they're going to be stupid ignorant bastards no matter what anybody says.

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David
Osage MN USA
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