• i_love_FFT@jlai.lu
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    2 days ago

    So you believe that IQ (or general intelligence, because IQ is a shot measurement of intelligence) cannot change through a person’s life?

    Let’s say they changed their sleep habits, started eating healthy, and took time to get deeper cultural knowledge about humanity… Would it be possible?

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      2 days ago

      Going from - presumably inadvertently - tattooing oneself with a nazi symbol to becoming a senator who will benefit the community they aspire to serve is a huge leap.

      Even if the guy just started eating all his veggies and sleeping at 20:00, I don’t know… I see a lot of mental gymnastics going into this one, surely there’s a better candidate out there right?

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        2 days ago

        Yeah, I’m glad I don’t have to make that (voting) choice myself!

        I don’t know enough about this guy, but he definitely has a strike. He would need to be otherwise perfect, and to be in the process of having the tattoo removed.

        My main concern is that people can change, and also young people make a lot of really dumb mistakes in order to be accepted by their peers… If they don’t have a choice of environment due to poverty or other things outside their control, I wouldn’t be surprised to see a good person get involved with criminal gangs.