i deserve negative feedback for my rush to judgement and falling victim to Royce White mania, which i now believe is a documented illness with case studies soon to be published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
I really don't understand how anyone could see the kid talk and think he sounds intelligent. He sounds like a naive child talking about things he can't possibly understand. He's done nothing but destroy what could have been a successful career that could have brought forth positive change for those suffering from mental illness. Instead, his legacy will be that no team will take a chance on ANY player suffering from mental illness. His legacy is the Royce White blacklist that will force college athletes to hide any signs of mental illness for fear of being lumped in with White.
I agree. Just because he doesn't speak ebonics to a degree that you would not understand anything (like some NBA players) doesn't mean he is intelligent - far from it.
To me, he sounds exactly like my stereotypical view of what an English major sounds like. He has a decent vocabulary and often searches to use SAT words as often as possible to mask the fact that he doesn't really have any clue about what he is talking about. I wonder what his major was before he dropped out.
Don't get too exited, it might not happen. At this point, I'd almost be surprised if he showed up, unless of course he finally ran out of money and needs to show up for a while to pay his bills before pulling this crap again.
All of us have some degree of mental disorders. It's really a matter of degrees. This is why equating his mental illness and physical injuries like White did is not #logical. The line between mentally healthy and mentally unhealthy is not that clear cut. There is a lot of subjectivity, even with trained professionals, in diagnosing mental conditions. Not to mention it's a lot easier to fake mental problems than physical problems.
Dude, wtf. Why do you want to bring stereotypes into the discussion? As for English majors, I was one. Even the idea of "often search[ing] to use SAT words as often as possible" shows your own battle with the English language. May we know the major of someone who does really have a clue what he is talking about, i.e. you? How did you get to your level of intelligence?
So your idea is that I should have said "He often search to use SAT words..."? LOL, if you are going to correct me, at least be correct.
As to my Major, it is History. Not really a relevant fact to this discussion, but you asked. As to "how" I got my level of intelligence, I got it like everyone gets whatever intelligence they have, through genetics (maybe throw in a little bit of upbringing just to keep the nature vs nurture argument balanced). That also is not relevant to this discussion.
The idea of searching for SAT words shows your level of thinking. Do people really do that? So what's your major, smarty pants?
Ah, now we're getting somewhere. You're saying Royce White is not intelligent, and intelligence comes through genetics. . . . I see where you're going with it. . . .
Of course people do. There are those who say they peruse websites rather than saying they surf them, is there a reason for that other than to show off one's vocabulary in a vain effort to boost one's credibility?
Look dude. You brought up English majors, then you said majors are not relevant to the discussion. You said Royce White did not know what he was talking about, as if you did know what you were talking about, and you said he does not sound intelligent. Then you said your own intelligence also is not relevant to the discussion, even though you are judging other people's intelligence. Then you said intelligence mostly comes through genes, revealing that you think Royce White is genetically dumb, which dovetails nicely with AroundTheWorld's "ebonics" comment and gets into the question of the quality of people's blood. If you want to act like the judge of people's intelligence--and say Royce White sounds "stereotypical"--then be ready to show why you are qualified to judge people's intelligence. So far I haven't seen anything to make me believe you are smarter than Royce White. (And don't forget: I never said he was not intelligent. Only you did.)
No, I said where I got my intelligence from wasn't relevant to this conversation, I also said MY major wasn't relevant to this conversation. I said those things because they aren't relevant to a discussion of how Royce White sounds to me. I personally have known many English majors who were not terribly intelligent who I am reminded of when I hear Royce White speak....I don't see why you have a problem with that. Intelligence DOES come mostly through genetics, but if you read what I wrote, there is another side to that argument as well. I like how you suggest that some kind of racism is at play simply because the fact that genetics have a large role in a person's traits, including their level of intelligence. That absolute fact does not mean that some races are more intelligent than others, it simply means some families are generally more intelligent than others, that shouldn't be a shocking revelation. I of course say "generally" because we all know there is a "nurture" side to the argument. An individual from "dumb" stock can grow up to be very intelligent. I am qualified to give my opinion as to his intelligence simply by existing, you don't have to agree with me, I don't have to justify my opinion to anyone if I don't choose to. Feel free to make whatever opinion of my opinion you so choose, it doesn't effect me.
Wow, someone here isn't very intelligent. Unless you mean, humans are more intelligent than sea turtles because of our genetics.
You don't have to like it, but all of your traits come from your specific genes, including intelligence. Of course there are other factors that I mentioned and there is a level of variance (possibly due to those other factors), but that's where you get the traits from.
First of all, there is no 100% accurate way to test for intelligence, but if you go by the IQ test, you can argue that it stems from the arrangement of neurons and how they connect with each other. Those connections are very dependent on experience, ie. the environment. So to say that it "mostly" depends on genetics is wrong. The diversity of human experiences far outdistances the predisposition of these neurons in the brain at birth. If you have twins separated at birth placed in 2 hugely different circumstances, you'll get a big difference in intelligence. Does genetics play a part? Possibly, but it is insignificant compared to how someone was raised.
