Bomb Mecca?

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“If it is up to me, we are going to explain that an attack on this homeland of that nature would be followed by an attack on the holy sites in Mecca and Medina,” Tancredo said. “That is the only thing I can think of that might deter somebody from doing what they would otherwise do. If I am wrong, fine, tell me, and I would be happy to do something else. But you had better find a deterrent, or you will find an attack.”

-- Congressman Tom Tancredo (R), presidential candidate, quoted at CNN.com

I imagine that this is a thought that crosses the mind of many Americans: the desire to play by the same rules as the jihadists.

Of course, a major problem is that not all Muslims are jihadists, so such collective punishment is not taken seriously as a real option.

Further quoting from that CNN article:

Tom Casey, a deputy spokesman for the State Department, told CNN’s Elise Labott that the congressman’s comments were “reprehensible” and “absolutely crazy.” Tancredo was widely criticized in 2005 for making a similar suggestion.

But if Americans suffer enough pain, if they suffer attacks that dwarf 9/11, things are bound to get out of control.

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Bomb Mecca?

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“If it is up to me, we are going to explain that an attack on this homeland of that nature would be followed by an attack on the holy sites in Mecca and Medina,” Tancredo said. “That is the only thing I can think of that might deter somebody from doing what they would otherwise do. If I am wrong, fine, tell me, and I would be happy to do something else. But you had better find a deterrent, or you will find an attack.”

-- Congressman Tom Tancredo (R), presidential candidate, quoted at CNN.com

I imagine that this is a thought that crosses the mind of many Americans: the desire to play by the same rules as the jihadists.

Of course, a major problem is that not all Muslims are jihadists, so such collective punishment is not taken seriously as a real option.

Further quoting from that CNN article:

Tom Casey, a deputy spokesman for the State Department, told CNN’s Elise Labott that the congressman’s comments were “reprehensible” and “absolutely crazy.” Tancredo was widely criticized in 2005 for making a similar suggestion.

But if Americans suffer enough pain, if they suffer attacks that dwarf 9/11, things are bound to get out of control.

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High-IQ, Low-Sex?

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So, there really is something to the idea that nerds are, well, nerds and don't have sex. According to a study of high school kids, those at the extreme ends of the IQ-range don't do so well sexually and even remain virgins:

Last December I passed a paper along to Razib showing that high-school age adolescents with higher IQs and extremely low IQs were less likely to have had first intercourse than those with average to below average intelligence. (i.e. for males with IQs under 70, 63.3% were still virgins, for those with IQs between 70-90 only 50.2% were virgin, 58.6% were virgins with IQs between 90-110, and 70.3% with IQs over 110 were virgins)

This has moved researchers to see if this trend regarding high-IQ people carries on beyond high school, and it seems to do so. Here is an interesting factoid regarding majors in college:

The student surveys at MIT and Wellesley also compared virginity by academic major. The chart for Wellesley displayed below shows that 0% of studio art majors were virgins, but 72% of biology majors were virgins, and 83% of biochem and math majors were virgins! Similarly, at MIT 20% of 'humanities' majors were virgins, but 73% of biology majors. (Apparently those most likely to read Darwin are also the least Darwinian!)

The article contains more figures that indicate that this unsexy trends goes on and on, even into marriage.

The conclusion is that higher-IQ people have lower libidos, which they argue is a function of having lower levels of testosterone, so that testosterone represses IQ.

I don't know. I found this a little counter-intuitive. It had been my thought that higher-IQ tends to lead people to be only kinkier sexually, and since higher-IQ people would earn more money, generally speaking, they should also enjoy more sexual opportunity and use it. I'm still regarding this to be an open issue, but this report is still good food for thought.


(Source: Gene Expression.com)

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High-IQ, Low-Sex?

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So, there really is something to the idea that nerds are, well, nerds and don't have sex. According to a study of high school kids, those at the extreme ends of the IQ-range don't do so well sexually and even remain virgins:

Last December I passed a paper along to Razib showing that high-school age adolescents with higher IQs and extremely low IQs were less likely to have had first intercourse than those with average to below average intelligence. (i.e. for males with IQs under 70, 63.3% were still virgins, for those with IQs between 70-90 only 50.2% were virgin, 58.6% were virgins with IQs between 90-110, and 70.3% with IQs over 110 were virgins)

This has moved researchers to see if this trend regarding high-IQ people carries on beyond high school, and it seems to do so. Here is an interesting factoid regarding majors in college:

The student surveys at MIT and Wellesley also compared virginity by academic major. The chart for Wellesley displayed below shows that 0% of studio art majors were virgins, but 72% of biology majors were virgins, and 83% of biochem and math majors were virgins! Similarly, at MIT 20% of 'humanities' majors were virgins, but 73% of biology majors. (Apparently those most likely to read Darwin are also the least Darwinian!)

The article contains more figures that indicate that this unsexy trends goes on and on, even into marriage.

The conclusion is that higher-IQ people have lower libidos, which they argue is a function of having lower levels of testosterone, so that testosterone represses IQ.

I don't know. I found this a little counter-intuitive. It had been my thought that higher-IQ tends to lead people to be only kinkier sexually, and since higher-IQ people would earn more money, generally speaking, they should also enjoy more sexual opportunity and use it. I'm still regarding this to be an open issue, but this report is still good food for thought.


(Source: Gene Expression.com)

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