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Re:We shouldn’t push a positive mindset on those in poverty by sfblah on Saturday February 19, 2022 @05:34PM (#30401175)
It's not at all a straw man. Large swaths of the political spectrum in the US now reject the notion that there are different levels of intellectual capability.
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Re:We shouldn’t push a positive mindset on those in poverty by amrocha on Saturday February 19, 2022 @07:23PM (#30401909)
Nah dude, almost nobody thinks that. You're letting your biases cloud your judgement. You see one person saying some stupid thing and you assume that's representative of a larger group. It's not.
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Re:We shouldn’t push a positive mindset on those in poverty by sfblah on Friday February 25, 2022 @04:33AM (#30465357)
Outside of pretty narrow specializations, research into IQ is extremely touchy. Am I missing something here? How is this a result of my bias?
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