In the land of the ostriches
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Eschaton:
If poverty predicted crime, then we would expect the share of the violent crime rate to be the same as the share of the poor population (approximately).
Well, actually, no. Not really. In fact - not at all. Not even close.
Here are some other possible quotes that I think
Eschaton might be amenable to producing given some goading:
Neighborhood Eugenicist*: Quite often teenage girls that have had multiple pregnancies by different men and leave secondary school have a lower IQ and lack of foresight....
Ostrich: Well, actually, no. Not really. In fact - not at all. Not even close.
Neighborhood Eugenicist: People of West African ancestry tend to excel in sports that require speed....
Ostrich: Well, actually, no. Not really. In fact - not at all. Not even close.
Neighborhood Eugenicist: Women tend to prefer tall men....
Ostrich: Well, actually, no. Not really. In fact - not at all. Not even close.
Disagreement is fine, but obviously some people live in such a hermetically sealed intellectual universe that they fail to see the need for engaging someone's position points.
[*] "Neighborhood Eugenicist", if you didn't get it, is a
joke - it's a reference to the kind of terms Atrios
et al. usually fling at their enemies (Nazi, fascist, and racist are also very popular). There is a huge philosophical gap between coercive eugenics (which we do not support) and voluntary genetic engineering (which we do support).