IQ tests do not measure IQ, they measure the ability of people to read, understand and produce a correct answer. They sift-out those who have a good memory and are also able to access their memory in a timely fashion. There are questions in some ...

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I wonder if he is still holding his short on the S&P500

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"I'll just park me arris, and after a nice cup of Rosy me plates will be up to the trip around Camden, insh'allah

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I disagree, the higher IQ would figure out that it is being judged on a fundamentally erroneous basis and react accordingly.

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I suggest you watch "Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" ... apologies if I mis-remembered the title. There is an ace clip therein where a young black gang-section leader with a well rounded east-end accent unloads on his minions, it is the ...

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A prime example of the constrictive effects of the EU. Our fishing industry has been vapourised.

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I personally think that this a bad thing. The kind of things that result from this defeat are an increase in the population of women who rely upon hospitals for giving birth by caesarian section because 100 years ago, or more, the small birth canal ...

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I confess. I am a bit past huge screeds. For one thing I have learned that some people don't read it all unless they believe they are learning something.

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Some doctor-type on R4 a few months back very precisely summed up a few concerns I have. He said that humans have defeated the natural selection process. Superficially I thought he was spot-on but it is occurring to me that, as with the global ...

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I bought the 'Nuance' product for my SO a few years ago. There is an off-putting requirement to spend some time talking to your machine 'so that it gets to know you'. Having just watched "Why Him" I can see a need for the Caley Cuoco voice.... ...

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...take the cigar out of your mouth

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Sometimes I wish this place would just slow down a bit. One good lunch and a snooze and I'm 3 pages behind! I have direct evidence that your statement is incorrect. At the very least it should be modified. I know of three children, born to a woman ...

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The reality is that hunter-gatherer has never changed. Only the scenery has changed.

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Gold is only worth anything because people are prepared to pay for it. It is the same with the US$, or any other currency. It has value because people consider that it has value. Therefore being backed by gold is irrelevant, I see a time when 50 ...

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Wiktionary has only one definition for phobia - "Psychological term for an irrational or obsessive fear of..." The focus on 'irrational' is an interesting aspect. I didn't bother digging for the 'Oxford' dictionary.

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They should have thought of this idea in the 16th Century..... edit: I missed out the #sarcasm switch....

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I cannot remember such a time. There have been instances of other uncertainty, but it comes back to this: so long as you can swap a $ for a burger and a beer then the US$ will be fine. However this time we are talking about the possibility that <oil ...

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Oh yeah! Nationalistophobia! I bet the inventor has already earned their pay-rise on that one word alone!

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