No, where did I say it? I didn't say it 3 or 4 posts up, dipshit.
Where did I say "black people are dumber than whites"?
I listened to Sam Harris and Charles Murray have a great conversation and discuss the very criticism you're talking about. I know Sam Harris to be a reasonable person with sound scientific understanding. I've read a lot of the criticisms of Charles Murray, and more specifically I read the summary of the team that was created because of the backlash when "The Bell Curve" was released.
They also came to many of the same conclusions that Murray did.
I'm not defending Murray's ideology, but it appears that a lot of his data was collected using the proper methods and care was taken to mitigate errors. This is corroborated by the APA, and other researchers and academics.
The problem people have with Murray is based on what they think Murray is trying to support or imply with his research. I don't give a fuck about his M.O. quite frankly, so long as his data is correct and has predictive power, which apparently it does.
I can't help it if you don't like facts. They exist, and they don't go away just because you don't like them or think they could be used for with bad intentions.
Keep up the great Virtue Signaling! It really seems to be working for you... lol!
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While I admire your enthusiasm, I must object to Sam Harris. He isn't a very nice person.
It's alright to have a difference of opinion, but it's something altogether wrong to insist others amongst your "kind" adopt your ways.
He doesn't consider Buddhism real, and only like certain aspects of it. It's like calling yourself a Marxist, then saying, "we can do the same, but with capitalism, and no worker rights?" Huh? WTF? See what I mean.
Yet that's exactly what Sam Harris does. He likes the meditation done his way, but thinks of "reincarnation" or rebirth as nonsense and we must strip it from Buddhism for their own good. Because in his view that was only put there because in his time, he had to, otherwise he would've been executed or something.
That's totally hilarious. In Hindu culture it's said that there were millions of Gods, because everything is God. If you pray to a rock, you're praying to Brahma, because God created rocks.
It wasn't until Abrahamic religions like Muslims and Christians came and tried to conquer India, that such ideas of "heretics" was a thing.
You could worship Shiva, Brahma, Krishna, Rudra, Kali, Agni, etc, etc, etc, it didn't matter. You could worship nothing, like a Charvakas. No one, not even a Charvakas would call you a heretic, and say, "no you can't do this, you are wrong, you must be like me."
Nope, they left you alone, even if you're a weirdo who prays to trees or rocks.
Because to the Hindu, they realize these are what's called a Murti, or a representation of Brahma, not Brahma himself. Even if you worship Shiva, that's Brahma. Both are the same, since neither can be said to be different from Brahma. It's only how you visualize Brahma.
So Sam Harris goes against the very foundation of what Hinduism, Vedic, and Buddhist thought is all about, and brings with him baggage from western culture who must think, " you're not like me, we will bomb you, give you Democracy, and then you'll be free!"
To that I say: Fuck you Sam Harris!
Always,
Namo Amituofo!
