catty @ catty @lemmy.world

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Media needs to give a new term to the concept of Pakistani "honor". Governments are afraid to touch it (esp. the UK govt.) with regard to Pakistanis in particular and Islam. Probably for fear of being victims of 'honor' killings themselves given recent history.

Do Alice and Ray live there?

so theoretically they could make sex bots and train them on.... so they perform 'unflappably'!

This isn't about age verification. It's about getting your ID and tying your (probably illegal but yet to be proven) online activity to it. Much like the firewall of China.

All wrapped up nicely in the disguise of "age verification"

Man I hate that people like that guy have kids who have no say in their treatment.

Yeah, his justification is "if you were the kid, would you want to do everything to try and make you better? (think non-verbal needs 24/7 care and probably no chance of improvement ever)"... which I feel for, but when the kid is crying and screaming when he's having stuff done to him, I think that's a very clear answer.

It’s very harmful and only used because the thing it’s used to treat – heavy metal poisoning

I agree totally...

... apparently he believes that there's research that shows that autism and heavy metal poisoning are linked... He even sent off for a kit that tested the poor kid's urine / poop and it came back positive so off he went to an European country to do it... He believes that facebook groups are genuinely ahead of scientists, and doing what they don't want us to know.

Reproduceability is always an issue.

Brace yourself, it's about to go down

damn sirens

This is one Jeremy who didn't hit it with a surprise left...

I didn’t need a test to tell me I have clever kids

Every parent thinks their child is super smart and often argues with teachers over it.

Nor do the teachers after about five minutes chatting with them,

Teachers will think of you as 'those' parents who they have to pretend your child is gifted around. I'm not sure if you're implying you think teachers can tell if your children are super smart after five minutes of chatting with them, but, trust me, they can't, and don't.

A single “social case” kid in a class can fuck things up for everybody around them, it’s a fucking nightmare…

You sound charming. Can't you afford to send them to a reputable private school? Oh, That's too bad. Sounds like you're wasting the kids' "potential"

WPPSI-IV

A single test is BS. A waste of time. A current score is not predictive of future ability and is pretty much worthless. I can tell you that your teachers ignore the score (regardless of what they tell you to your face), even though they seem to have recommended it - presumably they get a kickback from the company that tests the child for the referral (if the school did recommend it, that reveals more about your school than you realise). Additionally, the test has specific weaknesses. But hey, you get to come on Lemmy and post how "smart" your children are.

My reply didn't overlook test justifications, nor does your explanation actually justify IQ tests. Shame.

But we did a lot of very neat electrical power systems, including the whole electrical power management system for the space station.

Can a potato power it?

and a host of other impressive technology.

like lasers right? Tell me we have laser weapons in space! Or do you mean really small but smart contributions that no one other than rocket scientists would know about!

As for MENSA - for sure. Pretentious little kiddies.

in defence because they started it

...and then bomb it?

Did Lisa mind?

Headlines like this is comedy I'd pay for. Or, at least laugh at on Have I got news for you.

Wow you wrote a lot of nonsense. "IQ" tests are BS. The tests were sold to companies in the 50s to address the changing employment needs (more computing / logical / spatial awareness, than previous posts) and science - proper science - has moved on way past the concept of IQ. There are many different branches of IQ that one single test doesn't address.

I think I'm going to start a testing company with a big-titty mummy milf making a video for each person with a "high iq" instead of a paper certificate. I'll make a bazillion!

YSK this is BS. You ain't gonna stop corporate-created climate issues by eating one or two fewer cows. In fact, nothing you can do, will.

EDIT: Wow, lots of corporate troll bots downvoting me for not singing their song. Only the hugely polluting companies can make a difference, not individuals.