Socialism is a political system that aims to create
a society in which everyone has equal oppurtunities
and in which the most important industries
are owned and controled by the whole community.
( they tried this in the argriculture sector and
most of them are miserable failures)

Capitalism on the other hand would be
a system in which property,businesses and industry
are owned by individual people and not the Government.( Unfortunately this led to extremely
wealthy individuals and explotation of labour)

Communism is a political and economic system in
which there is mo private ownership of property
or industry and in which people of all social
classes are treated equally.( This was tried
and has failed whereever it was practised)

So which one do you prefer and what do you think we have at the moment and in which direction do
you think we are heading under the ANC?

There is a better way to evaluate EQ than by the scientific method? Sorry, but you have lost me bro’. Maybe because of my low EQ, I don’t understand this ubuntu thing.

Forgive me, but I’m not well versed in the Afringlish (I was in exile for too long). Mind you, I’m no slouch in languages; I’ve mastered Ameringlish, Indinglish, Teeningrish and Caribbenglish and now I’m learning Newspeak (using George Orwell’s phrase book).

Would ubuntu equate with good old fashioned word “socialism”? You know the philosophy that has the mantra “one for all and all for one person”?

Also, is there a correlation between IQ and EQ? We know that sociopathic behaviour, which I surmise would be indicative of low EQ, is strongly associated with low IQ.

The conclusion that certain races are more intelligent rests on the basis of certain assumptions, resulting in numerous theories.

The fact that nobydy has endeavoured to answer
my simple question of the number of possible
combinations possible in the Guilford cubical
model proves my point.

If we arrive at that answer we will see that
human ingenuity is not simply arrived at by testing.The answer will reveal endless combinations
and each combination will expose a different,although sometimes related abilty.

Tests are therefore only indicators of
future behaviour,but as emotions,trauma
lack of feeding,environment play a crucial role
it is not fair to expect the same results from
different population groups who live under
different circumstances.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2008/02/04/noindex/npro104.xml

Thanks for sharing Mac

But it’s a myth, all the same. It actually doesn’t exist.

I totally agree with your comment about the desirability of humour in blogs. Many blog correspondents should lighten up! I wonder in light of your discussion on IQ (intelligence quotient)whether there is such a thing as HQ (Humour Quotient)?

IQ does well what it is designed to do – measure IQ. Theory and practice have been shown to be scientifically robust and consistent in practice. For example, people tested when the were at school (in Scotland) have roughly the same scores after retirement. It’s been found that people with high IQs tend to have better jobs and live longer. But it is not an infallible guide to success.

I illustrate this below:

Bob Rae, a left-wing politician, who rose to become Premier of the richest province in Canada (Ontario), had an exceptional IQ and had obtained a Rhodes Scholarship to prove it. Some people called him a “bright Rae” (because his name is pronounced “Ray”). His reign over the province was such a disaster, bringing ruin on the erstwhile prosperous province. To balance the provincial books he demanded (and succeeded through legislation) that provincial bureaucrats, teachers, doctors, the police etc work unpaid for one day a week!

I would like to propose a new test – the MQ (Morality Quotient) – to determine who is likely to get to the top, and it be made a requirement for politicians especially. The score would be adjusted to 100 for the average person; a low score near zero would only be achievable by deities or the brain-dead. The higher the score, the more immoral and this would (in my estimation) correlate with people in high positions. Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Mugabe, Idi Amin, Napoleon and the like would obviously be high scorers; but I wonder where the lesser likes – Mbeki, Zuma, Bill Gates, Ted Kennedy, Soros, to name just a few – would come in the scoring.

EQ, although an interesting hypothesis, is not scientifically proven at this stage.

That would be because Afrikaners have about a 7% admixture of non-white blood. Their Dutch ancestry would actually predict the opposite, since the Netherlands have an average 104 IQ compared to the UK’s 98. Admixture also explains why American blacks average an 85 IQ compared to African blacks’ 72 IQ.

My father in law managed standard 6 (grade
but became a very succesful traindriver doing
his apprenticeship as a stoker.

My dad made standard 5 (grade 7) left school
and enrolled as an prentice to become a very
succesful plumber and fitter.

His first job was to sweep the workshop floors
and clean the artisans tools, before he was allowed
to use them. Now just imagine that at the age
of 14 you have been sweeping floors and cleaning
tools for a number of years.

Regulated working hours did not exist, you worked
from dusk to dawn, for a pittance.I walked 14 miles to a job to assist him. We, my younger and
I earned 10 shillings (R1-00) 50c each for
a days work.Admittedly money was still worth
something in those days.

So much for the fable that all whites were rich,
a fable and lie still maintained by the present
government.

The majority of whites lived on properties heavily
subsidized, which allowed them to obtain bonds
far exceeding what their actual salary permitted.

These housing subsidy schemes by the State,province
and local authorities were heavily exploited in
the initial stages. So it is not only Blacks that can exploit schemes,they are in good company, a
number of whites did it as well.

Did it make us rich, no it did not,it allowed us
to enjoy a comfartable lifestyle which our straight
pay did not permit.

This is also happening today, in generous car allowances, medical scheme contributions etc.

So I reckon if you fuel the economy by inflated
consumer spending not based on real economic output
and productivity, as inflation intends to distort
everything, it is not surprising that our
economic bubble is bound to burst sooner than
later.