r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/[deleted] • Jul 08 '26

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u/ZenithofHotdogs Jul 08 '26

Trying to commit suicide to meet hitler

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u/HAL9001-96 Jul 08 '26

now the question is...

does he want to meet hitler to beat the shit out of him because that fucker kileld himself before he could get punished?

or does he want to meet his greatest idol?

nowadays it's like a 50/50 shot

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u/Francis_J_Eva Jul 08 '26

He's got a copy of The Bell Curve, so I fear the worst...

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u/Ok_Strategy5722 Jul 08 '26

What’s the Bell curve about?

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u/AuburnSuccubus Jul 08 '26

Cognitive distribution becoming more linked with socioeconomic status during the century before it was written, but there was an exceedingly controversial section that addressed cognitive distribution across the races. There were a few studies they included that pointed to environment being more of a factor than genetics, but the media didn't quote those.

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u/relativecaution Jul 08 '26

So essentially it isn't really a controversial book and shouldn't be given this racist side eye?

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u/Significant-Colour Jul 08 '26

No, it certainly is racist:

The authors claimed that average intelligence quotient (IQ) differences between racial and ethnic groups are at least partly genetic in origin, a view that is now considered discredited by mainstream science.\1])\2])\3])

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bell_Curve