Frank wrote on Apr 18
th, 2016 at 10:18am:
mothra wrote on Apr 18
th, 2016 at 1:35am:
Karnal wrote on Apr 17
th, 2016 at 11:45pm:
Frank wrote on Apr 17
th, 2016 at 10:43pm:
Submitting to Mohammed is stupid. You can't be taken seriously if you take Mohammed seriously.
It just doesn't stand up to even a cursory examination. If you think Mohammed is not a complete fraud you are not be taken seriously. Mohammedan doctrines are just silly and fraudulent and mad on every level.
Except that this doesn’t have Anything to do with Muhammed. It has to do with the descendants of African.Sex slaves and levels of tintedness.
Haven’t you read the article either?
It's amazing how many of the posters on her arguing hat "Muslims" have a mean IQ of 81(% ... it's still funny) haven't actually read the article or associated work of Templer.
Well, if your highest level of mental exertion for generations is memorising the Koran and your entire cultural memory is about rigid conformity to every minute rule set down by your religion then it's no wonder you are not very good at problem solving in unexpected situations.
Good points, Frank, but I'd say Arab culture is hardly characterized by rigid conformity - Persian (Iranian) culture even less so. These cultures are doggedly individualistic. They always question rules and regulations - ever been to an Arab mechanic?
Malays and Indonesians are different - South East Asian cultures are much more conformist and community focused.
There's an interesting study on the influence of wheat-based diets versus rice-based diets. It found those who got their carbs from bread (the Middle East) are more individualistic than those who get their carbs from rice (South East Asians). There was no cultural bias in the study as it was all done in China.
Things like memorizing the Koran actually
raise IQ levels. IQ measures abstract reasoning, of which written language is a key component. Memorizing written text does not just improve memory, it makes you think with your left brain, which is what IQ measures.