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brain sizes: Einstein's and women's

Thalamus zhil at online.no
Sat Jul 20 16:30:45 EST 2002


"OhSojourner" <ohsojourner at aol.com> skrev i melding
news:ce660175.0207201056.3bce0dba at posting.google.com...
> "Thalamus" <zhil at online.no> wrote in message
news:<GnXZ8.639$Py1.11352 at news2.ulv.nextra.no>...
> > "Jet" <thatjetnospam at yahoo.com> skrev i melding
> > news:3D37C00B.743DB7E3 at yahoo.com...
> > > I do algebra just fine, much, much better than you. I'm not the one
> > > claiming that .75x=70% and  .25x=30%.
> > >
> > > You can't answer question H04.
> > >
> > > As soon as I pointed these things out, you had nothing left but to
call
> > > me nigger, and post irrelevant stats.
> >
> > I think that this can hardly be called irrelevant:
> > http://nces.ed.gov/pubs98/condition98/c9818a01.html
> > And I'll humiliate you totally, for read THIS:
> > "Average mathematics proficiency (scale score) by race/ethnicity and
age:
> > 1973-1996
> >                       White                             Black
> > Hispanic
> > Year    Age9 Age13 Age17 Age9 Age13 Age17 Age9 Age13 Age17
> > 1973     225    274    310     190    228     270       202   239    277
> > 1978     224    272    306     192    230     268       203   238    276
> > 1982     224    274    304     195    240     272       204   252    277
> > 1986     227    274    308     202    249     279       205   254    283
> > 1990     235    276    310     208    250     289       214   255    284
> > 1992     235    279    312     208    250     286       212   259    292
> > 1994     237    281    312     212    252     286       210   256    291
> > 1996     237    281    312     212    252     286       215   256
292"
> >
> > Now, it seems that the nigger achieved as an 17-year old on par with
White
> > 13-year old kids (IE check the numbers for 1973,1978 and 1982).
> > It seems that they in fact have achieved a little better than those
pesky
> > 13-year old White kids later on, but the divide is still there.
> >
> <snip disturbed racist rantings>
>
> Great heeber-jeebies, but you're stupid.  Averages say nothing about a
> specific individual.
>
> You say you're a Mensan?  What else are you going to claim -- that
> you're also Napolean lll from the Planet Zambodia?
>
> <snip rest of racist bigotry>

Well, I do present in a consistent matter
Main Entry: fact
Pronunciation: 'fakt
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin factum, from neuter of factus, past participle of facere
Date: 15th century
1 : a thing done: as a obsolete : FEAT b : CRIME <accessory after the fact>
c archaic : ACTION
2 archaic : PERFORMANCE, DOING
3 : the quality of being actual : ACTUALITY <a question of fact hinges on
evidence>
4 a : something that has actual existence <space exploration is now a fact>
b : an actual occurrence <prove the fact of damage>
5 : a piece of information presented as having objective reality
- in fact : in truth

You present, on the other hand
Main Entry: 1bull·shit
Pronunciation: 'bul-"shit also 'b&l-
Function: noun
Etymology: 1bull & 6bull
Date: circa 1915
usually vulgar : NONSENSE; especially : foolish insolent talk

So, who wins ?
I do, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA !!!!
What an idiot <shaking my head> - if you can't counter my claims, you end up
resorting to

Main Entry: 1ad ho·mi·nem
Pronunciation: (')ad-'hä-m&-"nem, -n&m
Function: adjective
Etymology: New Latin, literally, to the person
Date: 1598
1 : appealing to feelings or prejudices rather than intellect
2 : marked by an attack on an opponent's character rather than by an answer
to the contentions made

You see, this is important in the everyday life of a normal human being
Main Entry: 1av·er·age
Pronunciation: 'a-v(&-)rij
Function: noun
Etymology: from earlier average proportionally distributed charge for damage
at sea, modification of Middle French avarie damage to ship or cargo, from
Old Italian avaria, from Arabic 'awArIyah damaged merchandise
Date: 1732
1 a : a single value (as a mean, mode, or median) that summarizes or
represents the general significance of a set of unequal values b : MEAN 1b
2 a : an estimation of or approximation to an arithmetic mean b : a level
(as of intelligence) typical of a group, class, or series <above the
average>
3 : a ratio expressing the average performance especially of an athletic
team or an athlete computed according to the number of opportunities for
successful performance
- on average or on the average : taking the typical example of the group
under consideration <prices have increased on average by five percent>
synonyms AVERAGE, MEAN, MEDIAN, NORM mean something that represents a middle
point. AVERAGE is exactly or approximately the quotient obtained by dividing
the sum total of a set of figures by the number of figures <scored an
average of 85 on tests>. MEAN may be the simple average or it may represent
value midway between two extremes <a high of 70° and a low of 50° give a
mean of 60°>. MEDIAN applies to the value that represents the point at which
there are as many instances above as there are below <average of a group of
persons earning 3, 4, 5, 8, and 10 dollars a day is 6 dollars, whereas the
median is 5 dollars>. NORM means the computed or estimated average of
performance of a significantly large group, class, or grade <scores about
the norm for 5th grade arithmetic>.

Unlike you, who are

Main Entry: de·lude
Pronunciation: di-'lüd, dE-
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): de·lud·ed; de·lud·ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin deludere, from de- + ludere to play --
more at LUDICROUS
Date: 15th century
1 : to mislead the mind or judgment of : DECEIVE, TRICK
2 obsolete a : FRUSTRATE, DISAPPOINT b : EVADE, ELUDE
synonym see DECEIVE
- de·lud·er noun

Websters dictionary is a wonderful weapon against you idiotic rambling
morons.
Brian





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