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Donald Ian Rankin

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7. Do you have any data to support the first part of that?

Reply to jberryhill (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 8, 2015, 05:51 PM

Oct 2015

Yes, I'm sure there are some smart criminals out there.

But I'd be more than a little surprised if the distribution of prisoners' intelligence was bimodal, rather than just having a high variance.

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The prisoners who kicked Harvard�s ass: Only people who think Ivy Leaguers are smarter than felons w [View all] Liberal_in_LA Oct 2015 OP

i don't know the details of this but it could be a ben carson/ron paul type thing JI7 Oct 2015 #1

This is not tremendously difficult to understand jberryhill Oct 2015 #2

Do you have any data to support the first part of that? Donald Ian Rankin Oct 2015 #7

I'll go check jberryhill Oct 2015 #8

Debaters would never even use the term "kicked their ass", making them better than writers also. Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #3

It really is interesting though... Did you hear about the report in which Ivy Leaguers Xyzse Oct 2015 #4

yes, I have heard this. Once you enter an IVY league, they want a successful outcome Liberal_in_LA Oct 2015 #10

Ouch... Xyzse Oct 2015 #11

The prisoners were probably all former politicians JonathanRackham Oct 2015 #5

I can't find a video of the debate. Wasn't one created? nt valerief Oct 2015 #6

No surprise at all for this former debater ThoughtCriminal Oct 2015 #9