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From: Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Ban coffee?
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On Mon, 31 Mar 2025 13:33:03 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton
<chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:

>On 2025-03-31, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
>> In article <vsd2l6$38jd0$2@dont-email.me>, 
>> Bruce@invalid.invalid says...
>>> 
>>> On Sun, 30 Mar 2025 20:55:38 -0600, Graham <g.stereo@shaw.ca> wrote:
>>> 
>>> >On 2025-03-30 4:10 p.m., Dave Smith wrote:
>>> >> On 2025-03-30 3:50 p.m., Graham wrote:
>>> >>> On 2025-03-30 1:05 p.m., Bruce wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>>>>> Why do Scandinavia and the Netherlands always win everything?
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> Scandinavian countries are mostly secular.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> That shows, once again, that religion holds people back. It has a
>>> >>>> retarding effect.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>> Stats show that the USA is increasingly secular but even if they
>>> >>> were in the minority, the religious would still dominate.
>>> >> 
>>> >> Secular has more to do with the official relationship between the church 
>>> >> and the state, or lack thereof. The church is still quite prominent in 
>>> >> Scandinavia. Denmark has a Evangelical Lutheran Church is the state church.
>>> >> 
>>> >But how many attend?
>>> 
>>> 3% regularly. This confirms my theory that the bigger a country is,
>>> the more retarded its population is. My other theory is that the
>>> further people live from the ocean, the more retarded they are. These
>>> two theories combined explain fly-over Americans.
>>
>>    Yolur theory is undermined by China. IQ in China is 7 
>> points higher than in USA  (104/97)
>
>Do they test everybody, or just the smart ones?
>
>I'm willing to believe they're smarter, but not on the basis
>of 104 vs. 97.

It's only a difference in mediocrity.

-- 
Bruce
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