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23 Dec 2013, 7:09 am

Ok he may have been frustratingly annoyingly competent to debate, but, I cannot believe that after over 14000 post's, this is his last ever

The major difference is that IQ tests aren't very topical, but school tests tend to be. So, only a few certain kinds of people will get an IQ score of 145 or something, but a lot of people in a class will get an A on the test based largely on the preparation. Even in SAT testing, while practice can boost your score, it won't bring it up to perfect math and verbal scores automatically, otherwise every rich family would have bought a perfect SAT score, but... we know they didn't.

Cmom, the destroyer of soles, the reaver of intellec,t cannot have left us on this note. Surely!


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23 Dec 2013, 7:46 am

He takes long breaks and resurfaces from time to time, but he hasn't been a regular participant in a while. Which is too bad, he's one of my favorite posters. I also wonder where Orwell has gotten off too, the two of them were often in the same threads, and were always worth reading even if you didn't agree with them.


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23 Dec 2013, 8:21 am

Yeah, that guy did make some excellent posts...

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Btw, Goonsquad, I like that quote and I've been thinking more on Burkean conservatism recently. I mean, I think I agree with your spirit, even if there are a few questions on the policies.

I think my opinion on greed is mixed, but that's because I am more accepting of Invisible Hand explanations for what makes society work the best than average, but.... there is a sound point there just the same.


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23 Dec 2013, 8:28 pm

Well the religion topics have certainly improved now that there is no competition amongst the atheists to be the biggest muppet. That little organisation of he had setup was a race to the bottom. I found that he had a blind spot when it came to religion but it was interesting to see how much we agreed on other topics.


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24 Dec 2013, 2:49 am

Rather an atheistic muppet than a foolish religionist who bends and warps reality to continue their belief. And anyhow I would contend that someone who calls another on irrational belief and asks them to perform some critical thinking is hardly a muppet. It seems to me that you do not like when the fantasies held as fact by many on this forum are challenged.


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24 Dec 2013, 6:39 am

DentArthurDent wrote:
Rather an atheistic muppet than a foolish religionist who bends and warps reality to continue their belief. And anyhow I would contend that someone who calls another on irrational belief and asks them to perform some critical thinking is hardly a muppet. It seems to me that you do not like when the fantasies held as fact by many on this forum are challenged.


Nonsense I have had great one on one conversations with Massimo Pigliucci and I have debated atheists at my university. I love a mental engagement and a challenge. What I dislike is competition to be the least tolerant. Being an atheist is fine, competition to be the most condescending atheist is quite something else.


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