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Sinologist and historian, writing at Bloody Shovel. Discoverer of IQ Shredders and Bioleninism.

Joined November 2017

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    1. Spandrell‏ @thespandrell Aug 27

      Spandrell Retweeted Alessandra

      Women have this way of proving points without intending to.https://twitter.com/alessabocchi/status/1034093962200600576 …

      Spandrell added,

      Alessandra @alessabocchi
      IQ is a materialistic-Enlightenment theory which divides people into humans and subhumans. Look at the more prosperous periods in human history, did anyone care about IQ? If IQ is so important why haven’t Asian countries dominated the world since the beginning of time? https://twitter.com/primalpoly/status/1033799904806588417 …
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    2. After Sol‏ @Locus_of_Ctrl Aug 27
      Replying to @thespandrell

      She may not be *completely* right (China has had one of the oldest civilizations known), but is she really that wrong? The age of exploration was kicked off by Europeans.

      2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
    3. Spandrell‏ @thespandrell Aug 27
      Replying to @Locus_of_Ctrl

      Some Europeans, I should add. Quite besides the point though.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    4. After Sol‏ @Locus_of_Ctrl Aug 27
      Replying to @thespandrell

      The point being?

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    5. Spandrell‏ @thespandrell Aug 27
      Replying to @Locus_of_Ctrl

      That "dominating the world" was a contingent historical event only weakly related to IQ.

      1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
    6. After Sol‏ @Locus_of_Ctrl Aug 27
      Replying to @thespandrell

      But that's exactly what Alessa said.

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    7. Spandrell‏ @thespandrell Aug 27
      Replying to @Locus_of_Ctrl

      No it’s not. Certainly not ‘exactly’! IQ is extremely important, even if it’s not everything that matters. And IQ was literally invented in the most prosperous periods in human history. Unless she thinks that old Rome was better than the 1950s.

      2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    8. After Sol‏ @Locus_of_Ctrl Aug 27
      Replying to @thespandrell

      Important to what? Clearly, it's not *that* important to the 'world domination' variable as you just stated.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      Spandrell‏ @thespandrell Aug 27
      Replying to @Locus_of_Ctrl

      But who cares? It's world domination what’s not that important. IQ (among other things, but you *need* high IQ) is the basis of a rich and orderly society. At this rate this Alessandra chick is going to introduce her black gf in no time.

      6:36 PM - 27 Aug 2018
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        2. After Sol‏ @Locus_of_Ctrl Aug 27
          Replying to @thespandrell

          Why do people accumulate wealth?

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        3. Spandrell‏ @thespandrell Aug 27
          Replying to @Locus_of_Ctrl

          Excuse me?

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        4. After Sol‏ @Locus_of_Ctrl Aug 27
          Replying to @thespandrell

          You're saying IQ is important for the purpose of order and wealth. But what is the purpose of order and wealth? Is it not very similar to that of 'world domination'? Is it even possible to distinguish one from the other?

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        5. Spandrell‏ @thespandrell Aug 27
          Replying to @Locus_of_Ctrl

          China was always (by the standards of the time) orderly and wealthy, but never sought world domination. Rome was orderly and wealthy but never sought domination beyond its immediate region. World domination was a very odd phenomenon that happened in a very particular time.

          1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
        6. After Sol‏ @Locus_of_Ctrl Aug 27
          Replying to @thespandrell

          Yet the "immediate region" of Roman empire had kept expanding for centuries! History is full of ambitious empires that planned on world domination, from Egypt to Hittites to Alexander the Great to Tamerlane to Genghis Khan etc.

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        7. Spandrell‏ @thespandrell Aug 27
          Replying to @Locus_of_Ctrl

          And then all stopped, didn’t them.

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        8. After Sol‏ @Locus_of_Ctrl Aug 27
          Replying to @thespandrell

          Of course not. Then you have European age of exploration, etc. up to and including the American "soft power" empire.

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        9. Spandrell‏ @thespandrell Aug 27
          Replying to @Locus_of_Ctrl

          “then”. Took a while, didnt it.

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