Posts by MeanMrMustard

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Does anyone know of this guy, or agree with his statements on racial differences in IQ?

by Sugar Shane in

here are some quotes by the guy, from his youtube channel.

his name is stefan molyneux, and he’s apparently popular among the alt-right crowd.

he’s also widely quoted on these discussion boards, by certain ex-jws, who use him to help promote their political views.

MeanMrMustard

@whynot: They might have a higher “G”, or general intelligence, but have a lower spacial or linguistic intelligence. Or maybe the other way around.

Also, you can’t judge an individual based on a group average. For example, Haiti has an average IQ of 67. Yet, if a Haitian were standing in front of you, you can’t say he has an IQ of 67. That would be incorrect, and he might be the smartest guy in the world. You also can’t take an intelligent individual and attempt to invalidate a group average.

“I know Mr. x. He’s a Haitian and has an IQ of 130, so your statistic is bunk.” - that sort of thing.

And you are correct that in individual cases low IQ people can be successful - but probably not at something like a medical doctor. But that person might have a special/valuable talent.

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Does anyone know of this guy, or agree with his statements on racial differences in IQ?

by Sugar Shane in

here are some quotes by the guy, from his youtube channel.

his name is stefan molyneux, and he’s apparently popular among the alt-right crowd.

he’s also widely quoted on these discussion boards, by certain ex-jws, who use him to help promote their political views.

MeanMrMustard

@Sugar Shane: I still have yet to comment on your other posts regarding Stephan Moloneux. I promised I would view your documentation.

It should be noted that Moloneux has an entire series on IQ in which he talks to experts on both sides (nature vs nurture). These are actual experts in the field of IQ with decades of work, books, etc.

The conclusion seems to be IQ is mostly genetic, but a little environmental. The IQ potential is genetic, and environment can help an individual attain that potential.

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Are we losing our way a bit at JWN?

by nicolaou in

firstly, i want to be crystal clear how grateful i am for jwn.

it's been my place of support for over seventeen years and it's the first online space i direct anyone to if they are taking steps out of the cult.

i am not bashing jwn - i love this place and appreciate the hard work and expense simon puts in to keep it going.

MeanMrMustard

@slimfatboy:

First of all young people just don’t seem to use old fashioned forums...

lol, I don’t know why but this made me laugh and feel old at the same time. I remember the time when forums were bulletin boards you dialed into with your 24k modem.

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I saw The Last Jedi yesterday ... spoilers!

by LoveUniHateExams in

yeah i saw ep 8 tlj yesterday.. first off, the special effects - a combination of cgi and practical - are fantastic, although with a budget of $200 million i expect them to be.. there are many issues i have with this movie and here's one: leia flying through space, i mean, wtf?!.

yes, we know leia is luke's brother and so has some force-sensitivity - she talked telepathically to luke in the empire strikes back.. apart from that, she's never really used any abilities she may have or been taught the ways of the force ... and now she's flying through space!

xd.

MeanMrMustard

...had more meat on it's bones and original twists...

Does Luke drinking milk from the ball sack tits of some alien sea cow add to the “meat” of the movie?

Don’t confuse a “plot hole” with a “twist”.

Don’t get me wrong, neat blue dog. If you liked it, I’m glad for you. At least Han shot first in the new Solo movie.

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I saw The Last Jedi yesterday ... spoilers!

by LoveUniHateExams in

yeah i saw ep 8 tlj yesterday.. first off, the special effects - a combination of cgi and practical - are fantastic, although with a budget of $200 million i expect them to be.. there are many issues i have with this movie and here's one: leia flying through space, i mean, wtf?!.

yes, we know leia is luke's brother and so has some force-sensitivity - she talked telepathically to luke in the empire strikes back.. apart from that, she's never really used any abilities she may have or been taught the ways of the force ... and now she's flying through space!

xd.

MeanMrMustard

@_Morpheus: TLJ was the root cause of Soylo’s poor performance. After TLJ, everyone had enough. Then as Soylo release approached, you get these news articles saying that Lando is a pansexual.

The moral of the story: SJWs RUIN EVERYTHING.

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Immigration: The Truth about the LIe - CRIME

by Wonderment in

immigration: the truth about the lie: crimecrime: do immigrants increase rates of violence?

there has been a lot of talk about how immigrants pose a threat to the safety of this country by increasing crime rates.

is there any truth to this, or is it "fake news.

MeanMrMustard

@Sugar Shane: I’ll watch the Joe Rogan interview with Anna, as well as JRE 680, Hassan’s episode. The last interview he had with Moloneux was episode 538 when he answered these questions directly, but I’m interested in the actual reasons why Hassan would call him a cult leader. To me it seems absurd. He’s always said that you should deal with abusive family members while going to a competent therapist, and to make your own choices about it in the end.

A lot of the value in his “Truth of” videos comes from the relentless backing of just about everything with sources that I can look up and verify - as it was with the video above.

It just doesn’t hold any weight... the term is overused and brandished to as another common insult throw out like “nazi” or “bigot”. I’ll let you know what I think of the videos.

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Immigration: The Truth about the LIe - CRIME

by Wonderment in

immigration: the truth about the lie: crimecrime: do immigrants increase rates of violence?

there has been a lot of talk about how immigrants pose a threat to the safety of this country by increasing crime rates.

is there any truth to this, or is it "fake news.

MeanMrMustard

@Sugar Shane:

Notice the article doesn’t give any reasons. Just a blanket labeling. He was on Joe Rogan and the Rubin Report and answered all of these allegations. They are baseless.

Did you watch the video? Did you notice that it was backed up with facts and statistics?

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Immigration: The Truth about the LIe - CRIME

by Wonderment in

immigration: the truth about the lie: crimecrime: do immigrants increase rates of violence?

there has been a lot of talk about how immigrants pose a threat to the safety of this country by increasing crime rates.

is there any truth to this, or is it "fake news.

MeanMrMustard

Facts:

https://youtu.be/TVBJ5m3sGfk

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Cults in our Midst

by Lee Elder in

this is related to a comment i made in a previous thread.

cults exist in many diverse parts of society.

this includes politics.

MeanMrMustard

They 1) espouse an all-encompassing belief system; 2) exhibit excessive devotion to the leader; 3) avoid criticism of the group and its leader; and 4) feel disdain for non-members.

#1 - How are you applying this to Trump supporters? What is meant by “all-encompassing”? See #3.

#2 - The devotion (actually a bad word for it. “Loyalty” is more accurate) comes from the fact that he moving in the right direction. It’s about the actions, not him. It’s the policies, not him.

#3 - This definitely doesn’t apply. Take a listen to Moleneux when he bombed Syria. Take a listen to Levin (or just about every other right leaning YouTube channel or radio show) when he signed the last spending bill. If you think there is blind devotion, you are living under a rock. But that is the difference these days between the left and right: the right is willing to be critical when it compromises princliples, the left will do whatever it need to do to advance its ends, even twist itself into philosophical knots.... or call people cultists or useful idiots for Russia.

#4 - Nope. I have a lot of family and friends and workmates that do not agree. But if they put on a pussy hat, yeah, they deserve the ridicule.

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Cults in our Midst

by Lee Elder in

this is related to a comment i made in a previous thread.

cults exist in many diverse parts of society.

this includes politics.

MeanMrMustard

@Lee Elder:

Yet another person claiming that the Republican Party is a cult and is degrading into a deplorable state. No real reasons, just something about Trump, and families of immigrants, and you know, other reasons. But hey, I was willing to entertain the idea that there might be a point in there somewhere. So I clicked on the article by the former Republican strategist, conscious stricken by the state of his party... and this is the first paragraph:

For months, Steve Schmidt, a longtime Republican strategist, has warned about the degradation of his party, saying the Trump administration is responsible for a “coarsening of this country” and calling the president a “useful idiot” for Russia.

Did you catch that last part? He is a useful idiot for Russia? Do you understand how that completely and utterly undermines his (the author, not Trump) credibility? You have any clue what that one statement means?

Is this a Republican moderate? Lee Elder, do you think Putin is pulling the strings of this President?