Republicans are not as smart ;^)

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11-07-2004, 04:42 PM

nonvtec

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Republicans are not as smart ;^)

Thought this was interesting http://chrisevans3d.com/files/iq.htm
, I'm from Connecticut

11-07-2004, 04:46 PM

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Re:Republicans are dumb ;^)

Holy ----. Not another political thread!!!

Someone lock this ---- up

(I'm from PA and my IQ is something like 142 so blah!)

11-07-2004, 04:47 PM

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Re:Republicans are dumb ;^)

The divorce rate is higher in states that voted for Bush? ROFL hahahaha
What about the number of **** in the states Kerry won?
WHAT WAS THE POINT OF THIS POST AGAIN?

Blahblahblahblah... You lost, get over it.

11-07-2004, 05:06 PM

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Hey, relax, I just thought it was interesting... Yes, we lost, that's fine. I'm not angry, why is it that republicans are so heated all the time. I made the title PC for you.

11-07-2004, 05:17 PM

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Re:Republicans are not as smart ;^)

Quote:

"As a regular reader of the "Economist" I can confirm that this table (for the 2000 election) was indeed published in the 'Economist". However, a few issues later on, the 'Economist' published a retraction, saying the data was unable to be verified and possibly a hoax."

IQ by state hoax updates: Let's step back a bit and try to figure out how the original hoaxer created his table of IQ by State data supposedly showing that almost all the smartest states voted for Gore.

What the guy did, I believe, was take average income by state and make up IQ scores off that. That gives a certain surface credibility to his made up numbers because, no doubt, there's some kind of positive correlation between IQ and income in reality. I plotted his data on a graph and it's just a straight line with minor random perturbations to make it look more authentic. There are no significant outliers like there are with real data. Moreover, his range of average state IQs is too big: from 85 in Mississippi to 113 in Connecticut. I'd bet the real range is about, say, 90 to 105.

Also, his method of faking the IQ scores off the income data badly underestimates the IQ of the big empty Republican states where the cost of living is much lower because there is so much land per person. That's how he got ridiculous numbers in the low 90s and even 80s for almost all-white states in the Great Plains and Great Basin, where people can enjoy a high standard of living on a lower income than on the two crowded coasts. In reality, those states are among the highest scorers on the National Assessment of Educational Progress tests. But incomes are relatively low there because the cost of living is so low.

Finally, his argument is probably a little more accurate for the white populations -- there is probably a modest positive correlation between voting for Gore and higher IQ -- but just among whites. (In contrast, I would guess that higher IQ blacks and Hispanics vote a little more Republican than their lower IQ cousins.) Of course, Gore got over a quarter of his support from blacks and Hispanics.

But. this scam fooled so many white liberals because white liberals don't really think much about nonwhites. They just think about all the ways they are superior to conservative whites!