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[glasseye]

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[ladysonnet.livejournal.com]

Someone I admire a lot once said (while appearing on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart): "When people think, Democrats win."

Who? Bill Clinton.

I miss him.

Bethany

[mattyc9.livejournal.com]

When were the tests administered? What is the context that this information is offered in in the actual book? Why do the results not appear in the current edition? I'm neither confirming nor denying your implied theory, just saying more info is needed.

[thekat03.livejournal.com]

there was something similar to this 4 years ago, only with bush and gore instead. it's a hoax; the IQ spread is too wide, and not completely accurate.

[glasseye.livejournal.com]

The source site (the URL at the bottom of the image) includes this caveat, and has links to a few (http://sq.4mg.com/stateIQ-income.htm) more reputable studies (http://www.ginandtacos.com/education.jpg) that arrive at similar conclusions.

[glasseye.livejournal.com]

Apparently the data behind this image cannot be verified. There are a few pages out there that use census data and arrive at a similar conclusion:

http://www.ginandtacos.com/education.jpg (http://www.ginandtacos.com/education.jpg)
http://sq.4mg.com/stateIQ-income.htm (http://sq.4mg.com/stateIQ-income.htm)
http://www.sq.4mg.com/IQ-States.htm (http://www.sq.4mg.com/IQ-States.htm)

Interesting, though hardly conclusive.

[thekat03.livejournal.com]

if you actually look at <href="http://www.sq.4mg.com/stateiq-income.htm">specific states and their actual IQ's, the graphic you found is rather skewed
the most striking example i noticed was Utah, which has an actual average IQ of 101, putting it somewhere in the middle, but which the graphic you post sites their average IQ as 87, making it the second to last state in IQ rankings
there may be some association between IQ and how they voted, but this graphic seems to take liberties to stretch the truth to more sharply emphasize what they want to say

[glasseye.livejournal.com]

Yeah I'm a horrible evil and downright naughty person who didn't fact check his link before posting.

[thekat03.livejournal.com]

*snicker*
no, you aren't
that's what we're here for, isn't it? (: