Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

TreasonousBastard

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1. It seems no one has goggled "The Intelligence Institute"...

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Sun Dec 9, 2012, 10:47 AM

Dec 2012

and found out there really is such a thing but has nothing to do with this sort of thing. It's apparently not on tumblr, either.

Or read the Huffpo piece on Fairleigh Dickinson, which started it all and seems more reliable, but talks about current events knowledge, not IQ. Yahoo News should just fold, or at least not be considered any more reliable than, say, Renze. If it's less reliable than Huffpo, what's the point of it?

I wouldn't despair, just realize it's the barking dog effect around here-- but after all is said and it's done just the sound and fury signifying nothing.

On edit-- after actually reading through most of the thread, it seems I'm not the first to spend five minutes on the google, but with all that scepticism, who's reccing it?

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129 recs for a made up press release claiming Fox News viewers' average IQ is 80 [View all] muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 OP

It seems no one has goggled "The Intelligence Institute"... TreasonousBastard Dec 2012 #1

It's wishful thinking on the part of many DUers muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 #2

As far as conservatives having "slightly" lower IQs... TreasonousBastard Dec 2012 #6

First Rec. NYC_SKP Dec 2012 #3

It makes me sad EvolveOrConvolve Dec 2012 #4

I thought about reccing it, JoeyT Dec 2012 #5

An IQ of 80 is functional Warpy Dec 2012 #7

To get an average of 80 in a very large group muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 #8

I'm not surprised TZ Dec 2012 #9

A similar phenomenon on DU during the Bush years: DetlefK Dec 2012 #10

I think it’s often hard to frogmarch Dec 2012 #11

I'm an idiot, I fell for it. Odin2005 Dec 2012 #12