Search found 456 matches

by Franklin
Thu Jul 06, 2023 6:40 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: IQ by religion
Replies: 53
Views: 2093

Re: IQ by religion

Out of a group of 100 randomly chosen people, 2 will be 130 or over. Out of a group of 1,000 randomly chosen people, 1 will be 145 or over. (IQ testing at ranges that high is not very exact and starts to have what is called “unreliability”; a WISC doesn’t go past 155 and a Stanford-Binet doesn’t go...
by Franklin
Thu Jul 06, 2023 6:29 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: IQ by religion
Replies: 53
Views: 2093

Re: IQ by religion

I think the test is flawed. Truly intelligent people would recognize the need for something to have created what is around them. The natural structures such as DNA simply express a profound example of a master programmer. We code in 1s and 0s and think it’s impressive. We invented trinary coding an...
by Franklin
Thu Jul 06, 2023 4:29 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: IQ by religion
Replies: 53
Views: 2093

Re: IQ by religion

Personally, I have no expectations regarding which of these groups are 'better than' others in IQ. IQ is man's evaluation of how intelligent people are and sadly many with high intelligence according to man often have trouble with simple faith and trust in Jesus. What is more important than IQ is w...
by Franklin
Thu Jul 06, 2023 2:48 am
Forum: Other
Topic: IQ by religion
Replies: 53
Views: 2093

Re: IQ by religion

Josh: Back in the 50s/60s some schools administered them to basically every student. i’m not sure if you’re correct or not, but this is as i remember. School was based on MERIT, grades, accomplishments. I.Q. scores were important, but somewhat mysterious. Maybe controversial. I also remember being ...
by Franklin
Thu Jul 06, 2023 2:43 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: I-95 Bridge Repair
Replies: 19
Views: 819

Re: I-95 Bridge Repair

Most road work around the country, even in Texas is done by private construction companies under contract with the state. In fact, especially in Texas. TXDot does the design work but big contractors and construction companies do all the actual work. Like Alamo NEX Construction: https://www.alamonex...
by Franklin
Wed Jul 05, 2023 11:51 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: I-95 Bridge Repair
Replies: 19
Views: 819

Re: I-95 Bridge Repair

I see they contracted this to a private company. I congratulate Pennsylvania on getting this right. The fastest road construction in the world that I have seen is in Japan. The slowest road construction in the world that I have seen is here in Texas. All work is done by the state and they take forev...
by Franklin
Tue Jul 04, 2023 10:11 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Winner for the 16th time
Replies: 1
Views: 239

Re: Winner for the 16th time

I guess there still are some things that Americans are good at.
by Franklin
Thu Jun 22, 2023 3:48 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: A Lost Submersible on Journey to Titanic
Replies: 37
Views: 1437

Re: A Lost Submersible on Journey to Titanic

This story highlights why I could never be Christian. My only reaction is "good riddance". Amos 5:15 says "Hate evil and love good". I consider traditional Anabaptists to be the only tolerable people in the world (besides Arkians ) because they are the only group of people in the...
by Franklin
Sun Jun 18, 2023 4:57 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: If Trump deliberately hid classified documents.
Replies: 250
Views: 27713

Re: If Trump deliberately hid classified documents.

from my Christian experience+perspective, for instance, in church leadership, it’s interesting to witness various men lead. some are popular, some seem inspired, some are gifted business managers that lead fund raising and maybe building expansion. overall, it’s important for leadership roles to be...
by Franklin
Sun Jun 18, 2023 3:58 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: If Trump deliberately hid classified documents.
Replies: 250
Views: 27713

Re: If Trump deliberately hid classified documents.

temporal1 wrote: Sun Jun 18, 2023 3:08 pm What a better country we had, would have had, if Dems had simply respected the SHORT term, or two, of DJT’s presidency.
I don't see what difference this would have made. The problem is that the American people are rotten. Political corruption is only a symptom of this problem.