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brain sizes: Einstein's and women's

Shadow Dancer insomniac at winterslight.org
Thu Jul 18 15:39:52 EST 2002


"John Knight" <johnknight at usa.com> wrote in message
news:GGoZ8.5881$Fq6.333515 at news2.west.cox.net...
>
>
> "Shadow Dancer" <insomniac at winterslight.org> wrote in message
> news:ah46lo$qcu45$1 at ID-150265.news.dfncis.de...
> >
> > "John Knight" <johnknight at usa.com> wrote in message
> > news:vC8Z8.2521$Fq6.167706 at news2.west.cox.net...
> > >
> > > "Shadow Dancer" <insomniac at winterslight.org> wrote in message
> news:ah2vd9>
> > > > Parse...if you have looked at John Knight's website at all, the man
is
> > not
> > > > only a misogynist, but carries a hefty dose of anti-semitism, and
> likely
> > > > thinks blacks are related more closer to monkeys than anglo men are.
> > > >
> > > > The more John Knight posts, the more it becomes clear that he is the
> > type
> > > of
> > > > man who sees no problem in the murder of, say, abortion clinic
> > employees,
> > > > because, after all, abortion is an "abomination of God" and it's his
> > civic
> > > > duty to behave as God's lefthand man (assuming Jesus still occupies
> the
> > > > mythological right seat).
> > > >
> > > > I also wager he is a hardcore Southern Baptist of the kind that
looks
> > > > askance at people like us (pagan), then gets a shovel, a few
buddies,
> > some
> > > > rope, nails, and two long boards.  Have any idea what they do with
> this
> > > > stuff?  Well, first they take the boards and nail them into a cross
> > shape.
> > > > Then they nail or rope their "intended victim" to this cross, then
> they
> > > bury
> > > > the entire thing.  See, extremists like this believe in Free Speech
> only
> > > > insofar as it permits them to freely spread their particular brand
of
> > > > hatred.
> > > >
> > > > Yes, I know of someone who was subjected to this very treatment and
> > > managed
> > > > to survive.  He bears the nail scars to this day.
> > > >
> > > > I contend that each and every one of us who have disagreed strongly
> with
> > > > John Knight now have a metaphorical bullseye between our eyes, and
if
> he
> > > > could find a way to get away with it, he'd use the bullseye to
> scramble
> > > our
> > > > billions of brain cells until our autonomic functions ceased to work
> > > (ergo,
> > > > we'd die).
> > > >                                                        ===
> > > > John Knight, I'm certain you are reading this.  I do not know if it
> was
> > > your
> > > > own mother you had a severe problem with - or an ex-wife who
suddenly
> > got
> > > a
> > > > clue and booked when she realized you really DON'T have any right to
> > tell
> > > > her how to live her life.
> > > >
> > > > Either way, a growing population of us would be very relieved if you
> > would
> > > > cease using the general Internet to display your psychological and
> > > > pathological urges, and saw a qualified psychiatrist instead.
> > > >
> > > > The Shadow Dancer
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > You feminazis have already proven the point of this thread a hundred
> times
> > > over, "Shadow Dancer", which is your abject inability to reason,
think,
> > > analyze, or otherwise produce a cogent thought, so why do you keep on
> > trying
> > > to prove to everyone that you can't write one single honest and
accurate
> > > sentence?
> >
> > Why is it that you cannot find evidence to support your claims other
than
> on
> > your own, poorly-designed website?  I'm still waiting for those
references
> > that aren't cobbled together and posted to your site.
> > >
> > > You *almost* wrote one complete, accurate sentence, but then blew it
> right
> > > at the tail end with your feminazi gibberish.
> >
> > I wrote many more; it is sad that you resort to petty insults.  You must
> > have an amazingly low level of self-esteem that you have to resort to
> > putting down someone by virtue of their gender, to feel better about
> > yourself.
> >
> > >
> > > This is proof that you cannot reason.  Your childish blathering is so
> far
> > > off the mark that it obscures your other *almost* accurate sentences.
> > >
> > > And you expect the world to believe that men with 3 1/2 billion more
> brain
> > > cells than women have an "IQ" "equal" to women?
> > >
> > > You really have a low regard for men, don't you?
> >
> > I have high regard for anyone, regardless of gender, who is reasonable,
> > open-minded, and always willing to learn something new.  I have an
> extremely
> > low regard for people like you, who have such miserable lives that they
> > resort to putting down others in order to falsely lift themselves up.
> >
> > I wager you have no idea what half the words I employ, mean - and why?
> > Because your OWN level of education is SO low that you cannot even so
much
> > as figure out meanings by simple context.  You see, I'm the one whose
> > intelligence scores off the chart - the SAME chart which is used,
> regardless
> > of gender.  I'm the one with a college education.  I'm the one who could
> > dance word-circles around you till the proverbial cows came home.
> >
> > That is why you refuse to reply to my reasonable requests for
information
> > outside your website.  Not only do legitimate studies often prove you
> wrong,
> > but you likely couldn't understand the language used if it was explained
> to
> > you in excruciating detail.
> >
> > Here, let me help you out - here is a link to Merriam Webster:
> >
> > http://www.merriam-webster.com
> >
> > Perhaps you could begin working on your own level of education before
> > blatantly attacking anyone else's.
> >
> > The one post I noticed you ignored (but nobody else did) was the one
> > concerning how much of the brain the average person employs, regardless
of
> > gender - a mere 8-10% according to most studies I've read.
> >
> > That means, John Knight, that it matters not how *many* brain cells you
> > have - it matters more *how* they are used.
> >
> > It would be far more productive if you would cease blathering hateful
> > nonsense, and spent the time on stretching your own use of your brain
past
> > its paltry 8%.
> >
> > The Shadow Dancer
> >
> >
> >
>
> aw, poor wittle baby.  It was you who launched into the ad hominems, and
> when you got the same thing in kind, you cried, cried, cried.
>
> If you do it again, you'll get the same thing back.
>
> In the event you're prepared to get back to the subject at hand, why don't
> you critique the following statement:
>
>
> "I'm female, and I was a numerical mathematics major in college. My IQ
> tested off the scale. So much for your theories" about the correlation
> between brain size and GRE scores for millions of test takers.
>
>
> What do you think of this statement?  Do you see the flaw?  Is there
> anything contradictory about it?
> http://christianparty.net/grebrainsize.htm
>
> John Knight

Well, let's see.  I'm not about to listen to your skewed statistics.  Here
are some interesting pages *I* dredged up, via Google, concerning the human
brain:

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/facts.html (notice the complete lack
of gender specificity)

http://web.sfn.org/content/Publications/BrainBriefings/gender.brain.html and
I quote (this information comes from the official Society for Neurscience
site):

"At this point, researchers do not know how the structural differences
influence brain function. It's possible that male and female brains work at
a similar capacity but process information differently. ***For example, one
study shows that men and women perform equally well in a test that asks
subjects to read a list of nonsense words and determine if they rhyme.***
Yet, imaging results found that women use areas on the right and left sides
of the brain, while men only use areas on the left side to complete the
test.
      ***Other research suggests that, on average, the female brain performs
better on some skills while the male brain executes other tasks at a higher
level.*** For example, tests show that women generally can recall lists of
words or paragraphs of text better than men. On the other hand, men usually
perform better on tests that require the ability to mentally rotate an image
in order to solve a problem. Mental rotation is thought to help people find
their way, according to researchers. Does that leave the majority of women
lost? Obviously not. Scientists believe that women may rely on their memory
advantage and recall landmarks to find a destination."

Here's one for you, from the Journal of Neuroscience -
http://www.jneurosci.org/cgi/content/full/19/10/4065?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits
=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=human+AND+brain+AND+gender+AND+difference&searchi
d=1027024479237_6030&stored_search=&FIRSTINDEX=0&journalcode=jneuro
Let's see you comb through this one if your comprehension and intelligence
are so much higher than mine.  I understand it, do you?  Yes, it outlines
differences, but without the "negative" or "inferior" spin you love to take.

Put that in your website, if you want to tell the world some truth for a
change.
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