# this is for all racists **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 7, 2013, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-for-all-racists/652267 "2013-03-07T06:23:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Asympotically\_fat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47c2d/32.png) [@Asympotically\_fat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asympotically_fat)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-for-all-racists/652267/61 "2013-03-08T04:12:57Z")
It only had one question, which was: are you one of the three or four smartest people in the history of the World? ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-for-all-racists/652267/62 "2013-03-08T06:30:23Z")
> [@Asympotically\_fat](#): > > It only had one question, which was: are you one of the three or four smartest people in the history of the World? And he answered “no”, but he got it wrong. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-for-all-racists/652267/63 "2013-03-08T14:19:33Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > As you can see, there are two different ways of reporting an I.Q. score if you use the standard deviation definition of I.Q. If you use the method of letting 15 points be one standard deviation Anybody else remember the old _“mental age divided by chronological age x 100”_ definition? So a normal kid of ten scores a 100; a gifted ten-year-old who could skip a few grades to pass tests like a regular fifteen-year-old, 150; and little Abdesselam Jelloul, a hypothetical ten-year-old who can handle coursework like an average college student of twenty or so, would be a solid 198… ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-for-all-racists/652267/64 "2013-03-08T14:21:17Z")
And for that matter, why are we just ASSUMING that good ol’ Abdesselam is a male, you damn sexists??! ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-for-all-racists/652267/65 "2013-03-08T15:32:15Z")
Because the OP called him a man. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-for-all-racists/652267/66 "2013-03-08T18:29:53Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > Because the OP called him a man. Well, the OP also claimed he exists, and is probably black. ---
**Author:** ![thanatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/97f17d/32.png) [@thanatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thanatic)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-for-all-racists/652267/67 "2013-03-08T20:48:19Z")
who knows if hes black ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-for-all-racists/652267/68 "2013-03-08T21:16:33Z")
> [@thanatic](#): > > who knows if hes black Then what, and I say this with no conscious racist intentions whatsoever, was the fucking point of your OP? ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-for-all-racists/652267/69 "2013-03-08T21:19:04Z")
> [@thanatic](#): > > who knows if hes black We haven’t gotten to the point where we have a solid claim that he exists; why worry about his melatonin levels? ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-for-all-racists/652267/70 "2013-03-09T00:10:04Z")
Melanin. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-for-all-racists/652267/71 "2013-03-09T00:24:40Z")
What race is the OP? I’m going to start hating it. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-for-all-racists/652267/72 "2013-03-09T01:53:25Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > We haven’t gotten to the point where we have a solid claim that he exists; why worry about his melatonin levels? Are we claiming he has problems sleeping now? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-for-all-racists/652267/73 "2013-03-09T02:07:53Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > We haven’t gotten to the point where we have a solid claim that he exists; why worry about his melatonin levels? Maybe he’s a dark shadow? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-for-all-racists/652267/74 "2013-03-09T02:18:35Z")
So, it’s like Schroedinger’s Racism. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-for-all-racists/652267/75 "2013-03-09T04:33:18Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > So, it’s like Schroedinger’s Racism. Or maybe it isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![george\_claussen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/97f17d/32.png) [@george\_claussen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/george_claussen)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-for-all-racists/652267/76 "2013-08-24T22:27:10Z")
No doubt he has Arabic Moeslem name Abdesselam Jelloul should be in Islamic world Abdussalam Jalal Like someone name Mohammed Jelloul should be Muhammad Jalal ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-for-all-racists/652267/77 "2013-08-24T23:20:18Z")
Thanks so much for that. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-for-all-racists/652267/78 "2013-08-24T23:39:06Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > This is scientifically impossible. You see, a high-functioning intelligence requires a larger blood flow to the brain. And of course, this excludes Negroes, because so much of their blood volume is taken up supplying it to their larger penises. Plus, their ancestors developed skills throwing bananas at each other and not building shelter from the cold, so they excell at sports, not problem-solving. > > (we tend towards the Left on this board, so, “to each according to his needs,” this post was our contribution for your need for a racist response. Sorry if it seems perfunctory, but that’s Socialism for you) What if the smartest person on earth turned out to be female? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-for-all-racists/652267/79 "2013-08-24T23:40:29Z")
So, he’s a black muslim zombie? I think I’ve played that game… ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-for-all-racists/652267/80 "2013-08-24T23:49:47Z")
An impossibility. It is a scientific fact that women think with their ovaries. Ergo, they flush higher thoughts after only one month’s development. [Here is a PSA you should find instructive](http://youtu.be/LS37SNYjg8w) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-for-all-racists/652267.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-for-all-racists/652267.md?page=5)