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Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner says nobody ever told him the large SS-Totenkopf tattoo he's had on his chest for the last 18 years is a Nazi symbol (www.notus.org)

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[–] i_love_FFT@jlai.lu -2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

So you believe that IQ (or general intelligence, because IQ is a shot measurement of intelligence) cannot change through a person's life?

Let's say they changed their sleep habits, started eating healthy, and took time to get deeper cultural knowledge about humanity... Would it be possible?

[–] Ougie@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Going from - presumably inadvertently - tattooing oneself with a nazi symbol to becoming a senator who will benefit the community they aspire to serve is a huge leap.

Even if the guy just started eating all his veggies and sleeping at 20:00, I don't know... I see a lot of mental gymnastics going into this one, surely there's a better candidate out there right?

[–] i_love_FFT@jlai.lu 1 points 4 days ago

Yeah, I'm glad I don't have to make that (voting) choice myself!

I don't know enough about this guy, but he definitely has a strike. He would need to be otherwise perfect, and to be in the process of having the tattoo removed.

My main concern is that people can change, and also young people make a lot of really dumb mistakes in order to be accepted by their peers... If they don't have a choice of environment due to poverty or other things outside their control, I wouldn't be surprised to see a good person get involved with criminal gangs.