Comments on: Does reading the Bible make you dumb? http://books.elliottback.com/does-reading-the-bible-make-you-dumb/ English Literature & Linguistics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:29:14 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: John http://books.elliottback.com/does-reading-the-bible-make-you-dumb/#comment-268968 John Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:50:01 +0000 http://books.elliottback.com/archives/2008/01/25/does-reading-the-bible-make-you-dumb/#comment-268968 'This probably has more to do with SAT score biases than anything.' What kind of reasoning could foster such an attitude? How can a test grounded in public education which is made fully available to members of every race be biased? Whites do fine on the test. Asians even better. Mexicans and Indians don't seem to encounter problems. I wonder what it could be about these racial groups that they can all collectively dodge the bias aimed at "african-americans"? ‘This probably has more to do with SAT score biases than anything.’

What kind of reasoning could foster such an attitude? How can a test grounded in public education which is made fully available to members of every race be biased?

Whites do fine on the test. Asians even better. Mexicans and Indians don’t seem to encounter problems. I wonder what it could be about these racial groups that they can all collectively dodge the bias aimed at “african-americans”?

]]> By: kiteboarding http://books.elliottback.com/does-reading-the-bible-make-you-dumb/#comment-242244 kiteboarding Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:54:49 +0000 http://books.elliottback.com/archives/2008/01/25/does-reading-the-bible-make-you-dumb/#comment-242244 Interesting stats!!! Interesting stats!!!

]]> By: Danielle http://books.elliottback.com/does-reading-the-bible-make-you-dumb/#comment-119833 Danielle Sun, 27 Jan 2008 01:49:01 +0000 http://books.elliottback.com/archives/2008/01/25/does-reading-the-bible-make-you-dumb/#comment-119833 Well, when the average SAT score is 1017/1600, showing that a spread of christian books fall around this range doesn't really prove much. And, of course, people who read things like Lolita probably have better critical reading skills... Well, when the average SAT score is 1017/1600, showing that a spread of christian books fall around this range doesn’t really prove much. And, of course, people who read things like Lolita probably have better critical reading skills…

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