tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063010246424840403.post6177093760326585919..comments2023-10-03T08:36:22.795+01:00Comments on Words, words, words (and phrases): The Flynn EffectScriptor Senexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063010246424840403.post-90908500769481944472009-12-01T01:57:30.346+00:002009-12-01T01:57:30.346+00:00You're right, the book was total rubbish -- bu...You're right, the book was total rubbish -- but the author was a Harvard professor, which gave it a certain amount of clout at the time. The whole thing made me so furious I nearly threw the library copy of the book out the window! (And I'm usually such a peaceful person who treats books with great care!)<br />And as you can see, I also like to use exclamation points! :0) <br /> But mercifully the book seems to have disappeared beneath the waves without a trace. Thank God for small favours.<br />CarolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063010246424840403.post-73166152176280780492009-12-01T01:25:13.729+00:002009-12-01T01:25:13.729+00:00No wonder our kids are so bright, and our grand-ki...No wonder our kids are so bright, and our grand-kids even brighter! ;-)Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17070578562535678950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063010246424840403.post-38173349574812582362009-11-30T15:34:12.516+00:002009-11-30T15:34:12.516+00:00Oh, very interesting. And thought provoking.Oh, very interesting. And thought provoking.shabby girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03991126161405336712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063010246424840403.post-42823002485584107292009-11-30T07:16:44.959+00:002009-11-30T07:16:44.959+00:00No, Carol, I haven't read it. Sounds like the...No, Carol, I haven't read it. Sounds like the sort of rubbish that folk of low intelligence will always try to push upon us.Scriptor Senexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063010246424840403.post-70275404768208965752009-11-30T02:34:41.437+00:002009-11-30T02:34:41.437+00:00Scriptor, have you read "The Bell Curve?"...Scriptor, have you read "The Bell Curve?" I did when it first came out about 20 yrs. ago...it was very controversial, as it linked race to IQ and said quite plainly and matter-of-factly that African Americans weren't as bright as say, Asians like the Japanese. Needless to say, this did not sit well with academia here in the States. And is definitely non-PC now that we have an African American president --especially since he seems to be at least twice as bright as the Caucasian one who preceded him!! Oops! Maybe I shouldn't have said that. Well, too late now.....Canadian ChickadeeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com