"In the U.S., blacks are 12% of the population but commit 50% of violent crimes; can anyone honestly think this is unconnected to the fact that they average 15 points of IQ lower than the general population? That stupid people are more violent is a fact independent of skin color."

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Source : "What good is IQ?" by Eric S. Raymond, esr.ibiblio.org. November 17, 2003.

Eric S. Raymond

#Stupid Quotes #Independent Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“The musical performances do more than enrich the movie; they complete it.”
“Everyone who does the best he can is a hero.”
“Tactics involve calculations that can tax the human brain, but when you boil them down, they are actually the simplest part of chess and are almost trivial compared to strategy.”
“Nevertheless, one learned very early that books had to be respected; they were all putative Bibles and to some small degree had a share in holiness.”
“Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.”
“Of all the plagues with which the world is curst, Of every ill, a woman is the worst.”
“The horror genre is fun but I'm not sure it is quite right for me.”
“Really, all religious teachings can be boiled down to: â€œJust be cool. Donâ€™t be an asshole.”

Source : Nick Offerman (2013). “Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living”, p.49, Penguin

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