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J. Philippe Rushton Dead at 68
« on: October 07, 2012, 11:12:46 am »

I'm guessing many of you haven't heard of Jean Philippe Rushton, a Canadian psychology professor whose greatest achievement was being one of the greatest proponents of academic racism. In other words, his goal was to take crude and racist stereotypes and gloss them over with the veneer of "science." At a 2000 American Renaissance conference he was quoted as saying, "Whites have, on average, more neurons and cranial size than blacks… Blacks have an advantage in sport because they have narrower hips — but they have narrower hips because they have smaller brains." But my all-time favorite assertion of Rushton's from his publication Race, Evolution and Behavior was that there is an inverse relationship between the size of one's brain and the size of one's penis--which is one of the most laughable and revealing assertions I've ever heard.

So yeah, one of the leading faces of academic racism is taking a dirt nap, and as they say on the Interwebz:
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Re: J. Philippe Rushton Dead at 68
« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2012, 11:20:41 am »
I never heard of this guy but good riddance...you won't be missed.
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Re: J. Philippe Rushton Dead at 68
« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2012, 11:27:10 am »
Hips to brain ratio? Penis to brain ratio?

Sounds like he was a hack.  Well... condolences to his family.
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Re: J. Philippe Rushton Dead at 68
« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2012, 01:57:34 pm »
To quote Bill Hicks: "We lost a moron"...
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Re: J. Philippe Rushton Dead at 68
« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2012, 03:04:03 pm »
Here's how I feel about this
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09vVF-Hvykg" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09vVF-Hvykg</a>
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Re: J. Philippe Rushton Dead at 68
« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2012, 03:09:16 pm »
Quote from: Rabbit of Caerbannog on October 07, 2012, 11:12:46 am
was that there is an inverse relationship between the size of one's brain and the size of one's penis--which is one of the most laughable and revealing assertions I've ever heard.

If thats true then i must be one of the smartest people in the world. Hehehe. what?
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Re: J. Philippe Rushton Dead at 68
« Reply #6 on: October 07, 2012, 03:34:31 pm »
I'm trying to cry.  I really am.

Nope, nothing's happening.
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Re: J. Philippe Rushton Dead at 68
« Reply #7 on: October 07, 2012, 03:57:22 pm »
Quote from: Rabbit of Caerbannog on October 07, 2012, 11:12:46 am
was that there is an inverse relationship between the size of one's brain and the size of one's penis--which is one of the most laughable and revealing assertions I've ever heard.


I thought that was feet = penis size.
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Re: J. Philippe Rushton Dead at 68
« Reply #8 on: October 07, 2012, 04:05:07 pm »
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3ALwKeSEYs" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3ALwKeSEYs</a>
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Re: J. Philippe Rushton Dead at 68
« Reply #9 on: October 07, 2012, 04:20:46 pm »
I really got a bum deal because I'm not all that smart either.
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Re: J. Philippe Rushton Dead at 68
« Reply #10 on: October 07, 2012, 08:03:37 pm »
Good riddance to an absurd piece of rubbish. I should hope his ideals will slowly die with him, but most humans truly astound me with their stupidity.
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