![]() |
If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#11
|
|||
|
|||
![]()
Mxsmanic wrote:
Doug Semler writes: Next thing he'll say is "just because you're smart doesn't mean you have commmon sense" ... No. First, there's no such thing as "common sense." Second, intelligent people have reasoning ability superior to that of unintelligent people, since this ability is one of the hallmarks of intelligence. *All* groupings based on a demonstrable ability are "self-selected," from Mensans to pilots to NFL players. No. People choose to join Mensa, but they do not choose to be subject to, say, military conscription. Still having reading comprehension problems I see. What "demonstrable ability" makes one subject to military conscription other than being of "normal" health? In other words, it isn't because those other 119,930,000 people haven't joined because they were denied, it was because they CHOSE not to join. Essentially, yes, although it's not a matter of actively choosing not to join so much as it is a matter of not actively choosing to join. Most intelligent people don't need the trivial validation that Mensa membership provides. The ones who do are that way because they've accomplished so little else in life, in most cases. Yeah, right, straight from the mouth of the poster boy for those that have "accomplished so little else in life". It still smells like sour grapes. -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
![]() |
||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Those *dangerous* Korean War relics | Kingfish | Piloting | 192 | June 19th 06 07:06 PM |
reporting dangerous aircraft | [email protected] | General Aviation | 4 | October 20th 05 09:15 AM |
Okay, so maybe flying *is* dangerous... | Jay Honeck | Piloting | 51 | August 31st 05 03:02 AM |
Dangerous Stuff | [email protected] | Rotorcraft | 21 | July 16th 05 05:55 PM |
Flying - third most dangerous occupation | David CL Francis | Piloting | 16 | October 22nd 03 02:38 AM |