the court makes the judgment that low i.q. means that you're less responsible and less likely able to be deterred. so the twin pillars of the criminal law don't really apply. but i'm not sure that the psychologists who do psychological testing and i.q. or the neuroscientists have really connected up the constitutional reasons why because it may be that they're substructures of i.q. that are more relevant to the eighth amendment question. it's not a general i.q. score that is ultimately relevant. in fact, the california supreme court has dealt with exactly that question of what subscales might be constitutional relevant rather than the global i.q. score. >> one question here which i think is very interesting. in my community, we strongly feel that diet plays a strong diagnosis of the violence we see, the intake of sugar which is heavily consumed is a factor. what is your take on that? >> diet certainly plays a role in controlling and behavior. you know, i'm not that familiar with all of the different science associated with dif

the court makes the judgment that low i.q. means that you're less responsible and less likely able to be deterred. so the twin pillars of the criminal law don't really apply. but i'm not sure that the psychologists who do psychological testing and i.q.

i am aware there are patents on estimating i.q. using brain imaging which is a measure of metabolites in the brain. i haven't actually -- i'm not aware of any cases in which it's been used. there is no reason why it couldn't be. >> the way it's been, nothing as you have described with the algorithms to map it has been used. brain imaging has been used to try to bolster a claim of lower i.q., not by an algorithm, but by showing brain abnormalities and other things that could be consistent with mental retardation and lower i.q.. >> i would add to that, this is

i am aware there are patents on estimating i.q. using brain imaging which is a measure of metabolites in the brain. i haven't actually -- i'm not aware of any cases in which it's been used. there is no reason why it couldn't

below seventy again marvin wilson's i.q. is sixty one texas has imparted instead they have their own criteria to determine just how mentally disabled someone is and it's based on a fictional book written seventy five years ago that's right rather than relying on doctors and science to determine the mental aptitude of their inmates texas relies on john steinbeck excuse me john steinbeck's book of mice and men. not joking as a result of their fictional literary analysis when marvin wilson is condemned to die. for more on what i'm talking about i want to welcome laura moyo to the show director amnesty international us a death penalty campaign laura welcome the show thanks for having me so i don't really understand what's going on here how is it the supreme court can say if i were the eighth amendment to execute the mentally disabled this man is clearly mentally disabled how is texas moving ahead with this execution the challenge is that when the supreme court ruled in the atkins decision in two thousand and two it didn't set ou

this significant study into i.q.earchers followed the lives of around 1,000 people in new zealand over a period of more than 20 years. they assessed them as children and then reinterviewed them repeatedly after the age of 38. those who persistently use cannibus, around 5%, suffered a decline in their i.q. the more they smoked the greater the loss. >> after 1,000 of the people we studied, 75% of them used cannibus at some point and most of those people had no difficulty of their cognizant abilities. it was about 5% of the population that started using cannibus, most days of the week, when they were teenagers who showed that cognitive decline. >> young people need to be aware of the risks that go along with heavy cannibus use. >> i think it's really a dangerous thing for any young person that's thinking of taking it but not only can -- not only is it illegal, not only is it bad for your health and cause psychosis but it can affect your i.q. as well so the more messages that we can get out there of just warning people o

i.q. is one of the most well studied things in psychology. so taking a brain scan and fitting your brain along a dimension and getting a value is just a slightly different way of doing it than giving you the tests and stuff like that. so i have not obviously testified to anything like that. i just tried to give that as an example. there is an enormous literature out there that is already peer-reviewed and published on i.q. there are dozens of papers. the big question is how well can i

it's not a general i.q. score that is ultimately relevant. in fact, the california supreme court has dealt with exactly that question of what subscales might be constitutional relevant rather than the global i.q. score. >> one question here which i think is very interesting. in my community, we strongly feel that diet plays a strong diagnosis of the violence we see, the intake of sugar which is heavily consumed is a factor. what is your take on that? >> diet certainly plays a role in controlling and behavior. you know, i'm not that familiar with all of the different science associated with different dietary restrictions and other types of things. you can certainly reduce the instance of aggression in animal models by putting them on different diets. you can make them more likely to be aggressive, for example, by changing diets. i have a sister who is a nutritionist around the corner. she would kill me if i didn't tell you to eat right, you know. [laughter] >> that being said, i do believe that deficits in certain essential aminnow acids and o

narrows i colleges as being mentally retarded and i had an i.q. of sixty one which is very much below the competency threshold of seventy so you know it's kind of shocking because in two thousand you like you said the supreme court. that it was unconstitutional so it came as a shock to his lawyers and it really came as a shock to a lot of people they were expecting the supreme court has died with a ruling i know right now you wrote a piece for salon in which you talked about a set of standards it seems to me some very nonscientific ones inspired by lenny in the book of mice and men to determine this characterization so i mean i'm wondering are you saying a fictional character invented by john stein back was actually used as an example of precedent. yes that's exactly what happened. after the in two thousand and two when the supreme court ruled unconstitutional right to execute people with mental disabilities they basically left it up to the states to determine how they were going to apply that standard. so most of the death penalty states passed s

new research finds that a long-term drop in i.q.people who started smoking marijuana regularly before the age of 18. >> 23% of american teens admit to smoking pot. but it would be smart of them to lay off, at least for now. apparently the earlier you start, it impedes your i.q. >> just makes you hungrier, right? >> pepperoni pizza to go. >>> and finally, a story that's near and dear to my heart because i worked and lived in chicago for six years and covered this scene. the chicago white sox, the first place white sox, they are wearing what their manager calls loud mouth clothing on their recent road trip. here's a couple of examples. >> the players say it's no big deal to wear the flashy pants and bright colors. they welcome the change to travel in those clothes than regular suits and ties. >> they are keeping it loose in a long season. the bright clothes didn't bring them good luck last night because they lost to the orioles. i saw some of these guys tweeting about it. but robin ventura, their first-year manager who played for the

that's -- women are now outscoring men on i.q. tests.till better at quoting "cad "caddyshack" and urinating outdoors. dr. james flynn says one possible explanation for this is that women's lives have become more demanding because they have to juggle their careers and raise families. another possible explanation is, they're not constantly distracted by boobs. [ applause ] so, now women have us beat in the i.q. department. why do i get the feeling this is not the last we'll hear about this? [ laughter ] this is a good one. i see a lot of weird youtube videos. but this one is unique. this is a video of a bushman in australia demonstrating the technique he uses to catch a kangaroo. guillermo, how would you catch a kangaroo? if you had to catch one? >> with a lasso. >> jimmy: with a lasso. lasso. well, here's how they do it in the bush. >> how to catch a kangaroo. first, you have to find one in the bush. here's one now. and you get your shopping bag. and you put it over the kangaroo and it will fall in like that. and there you have a kangaroo

i.q. will go way up. you ever going to solve the problem if you don't look at all of the pieces? >>tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >>you're welcome current tv audience for the visual candy. >>sharp tongue, quick whit and >>you just think there is no low they won't go to. oh, no. if al gore's watching today... septic disasters are disgusting and costly, but avoidable. the rid-x septic subscriber program helps prevent backups by i.q. will go way up. how are you ever going to solve the problem if you don't look at all of the pieces? >>tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >>you're welcome current tv audience for the visual candy. >>sharp tongue, quick whit and above all, politically direct. >>you just think there is no low they won't go to. oh, no. if al gore's watching today... septic disasters are disgusting and costly, but avoidable. the rid-x septic subscriber program helps prevent backups by i.q. will g

of fusion i.q. and author of this book bailout nation how great an easy money corrupted wall street and shook the world economy take a listen and you know we had to send our producer up to vancouver to get our hands on you finally get you in that the so thank you there was no. there was no escaping got to where we want you because i am dying to ask you about housing this is something that you write a lot about you've written in recent months a lot about the housing woes that the u.s. market still faces and you are way ahead of the curve ahead of the housing bust to to go back a few years now there is some news today some data that housing starts unexpectedly fell in july groundbreaking on u.s. holmes new ones unexpectedly fell in july that's according to the wall street journal they say unexpectedly and say this is a reminder of the housing market's weakness despite some recent signs of recovery i doubt this would be unexpected for you as you've been talking about problems of the housing market for

after all an i.q. of seventy is considered mental retardation and many people parallel the story of wilson to that of ronnie and thomas on back to back of mice and men prosecutors though disagree so he is manipulative. and deceitful and say that has criminal career is proof enough of his competency the supreme court issued a ruling in two thousand and two outlawing the execution of the mentally impaired but left it to states to determine what constitutes mental impairment and whether executing them violates the eighth amendment wilson will be the seventh person executed in texas this year and at least nine other prisoners have execution day it's in the coming months. texas is the state that most often uses the death penalty the u.s. is one of the last remaining first world nations to see it as a solution we're going to have to leave it off there for more on the stories we covered you can check out our youtube channel youtube dot com slash artsy america you can also check out our website it is r t dot c

jim collins from dallas who was reaching such fresh heights of humahumans' stupidity she wrote if his i.q. slips any lower we will have to water him twice a day. that was the sort of thing. >> do you sometimes wish or do you find in our media landscape today that voice or is it really missing? >> not really. i think it is missing. i think we have -- well, we have less women, i think, writing in the way molly did. we have some who come close but i don't -- i don't want to -- because i will be sure to leave somebody out and that will be hurtful and i don't wish that. but i think what we lack is a sense of being able to laugh at ourselves. at being able to say, you know, don't you find this ridiculous? because lord knows we have enough that is. >> you are pulling your own political actycism something you have been doing a long time. what brought you into that and where does it stand today? >> well, i was brought up in the foreign service, my father was a foreign service officer. and he taught me very early, i think, that public service was part of our lives. part of our responsibility. and i

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what we heard is he was a very low i.q. he is mentally retarded.e's not somebody who should have been giving lengthy evidence without a plot of legal help. what happened? >> well, whenever they called him in for questioning, like you said, he was mentally retarded. he had been in special education classes and things like that. they said mentally, he functioned at the level of a 5-8-year-old child. they called him in and started questioning him. and basically, with the mentality that he had, he agreed to anything that they said. they would say did you do this? he would say yes. >> and very little of his testimony was ever kept on tape. >> he gives this evidence and says i saw them kill these boys and rape these buys and horrible stuff he came out with. and, as a result of that, you guys are now in very serious trouble. >> yes, i don't think he, with the mentality he had and his i.q. level, i don't think he could really comprehend the level of trouble that he was in or that he had drug us into. >> how well did you know him? >> not very well. jason ba

>>guest: well, those are the i.q. part is fair. i don't think the pocket protector part is.ew him and supported him four years ago in the primary run. there is a lot more to him, now, he is seasoned in those four years but the problems we face, the economic problems, they need someone of that caliber to deal with them. they are fundamental issues that having the business persons is going to bring a lot to the party. >> do you think, we hear a lot of the speakers at the convention, small,up, and large business owners alike, this proportionately mentioned, this is unusual for so many business figures to be so preeminent -- to be so prominent, the idea that this administration does not like capitalists in general; that fair? >>guest: i don't think so. i supported the president by working on the job council. >>neil: but how often does it meet? >>guest: we met with the president four times and we have weekly calls. >>imus: is he in on the phone calls? >>guest: not on the weekly phone calls. >>neil: when is the last time? >>guest: february. no, no, june. june. june. >>neil: many w

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who smoke marijuana at least four times a week and use marijuana throughout their life saw an average i.q. drop of eight points. >>> and scientists report sea ice in the arctic ocean has already melted to its smallest point ever and the summer is not even over yet. they say this shows the worst case forecasts on climate change may be coming true. >>> well, now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 13, 124 after falling 33 points yesterday. the s&p was down a fraction, but the nasdaq added three. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo, the nikkei dropped 52 points. but in hong kong, the hang seng gained 13. >>> wall street saw its lowest volume of the year monday as investors either enjoyed the last days of summer or waited for more clues on the next move by the fed. those not on the beach were on the sidelines monday waiting to hear fed chief ben bernanke's remarks to central bankers later this week in jackson hole, wyoming. expectations are the fed will take some kind of action to stimulate the economy next month. >>> apple was

they say people who became frequent pot users after the age of 18 didn't have the same i.q. dip.he study is especially alarming because recent surveys show that about one in ten teens in high school say they smoked pot at least 20 times a month. >>> packing too many pounds around your waste can damage your heart. the so-called fat around the organs of the abdomen is bad for your health. researchers at the mayo clinic found belly fat increases the risk of dying of heart disease than just being obese. they found the risk of cardiovascular death was nearly three times higher with normal weight people with fat belly fat. this morning giant food is recalling mangos because of sammon nell la concerns. the recall effects splendid products -- daniella mango, excuse me. giant says they are aware of illnesses reported in canada connected to the recalled mangos. you can take any unused mangos and your receipt to any giant store and get a full refund. >>> well, it appears that graham will be the kicker. the team cudd kicker yesterday as it trimmed roster to 75 players. this will be his fourt