Tag: IQ
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Newton had an IQ of 187, yet would be an atheist in our age
Isaac Newton was an extraordinary historical figure, but historical greatness does not translate automatically into modern intellectual competence. His brilliance existed inside a world with radically limited knowledge, minimal scientific infrastructure, and almost no cumulative correction mechanisms. The modern world is not just more informed; it is structurally different. Intelligence today operates inside dense networks…
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IQ business – our tests, our Mensa, our talents
IQ testing did not emerge from neutral scientific curiosity but from administrative necessity. States needed ways to sort populations, armies needed mechanisms to select recruits, schools needed ranking systems, and industrial economies needed predictable human inputs. The tests were deployed before a coherent theory of intelligence existed, which means practice shaped theory rather than theory…
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How US atheist education should look like
Atheist education does not mean teaching disbelief as a new dogma. It means teaching how to think. It focuses on methods, not conclusions. Therefore, its purpose is intellectual autonomy, not ideological conversion. The United States represents a paradox. It leads the world in science and technology. Yet it tolerates widespread religious literalism, biblical illiteracy, and…
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Why are people so obsessed with IQ?
People obsess about IQ because it gives them a simple story in a world that feels impossible to decode. They want certainty, they want ranking. They want a number that answers questions they feel too afraid to ask. IQ (one of the most prominent scientific concepts in the humanities) offers exactly that. It promises clarity,…
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Intelligence is not enough: You must learn how to use it
Intelligence does not guarantee good thinking. Intelligence gives potential, but potential does not create mastery. Psychologists repeat that people must learn how to use intelligence. They say that raw IQ means nothing without attention, awareness, and method. This raises an uncomfortable question. Will the brain allow you to use the intelligence you have? Or will…
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Argument from authority, the grossly misused argument
People quote Einstein, Newton, or Hawking as if their words alone decide what is true. “Einstein said it,” “Newton proved it,” “Hawking confirmed it.” But this is not reasoning. It is worship. The argument from authority is one of the most misused fallacies in human history. It gives the illusion of knowledge while replacing investigation…
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Ashkenazi Jewish intelligence: Innate or evironmental?
Ideas about Ashkenazi Jewish cognitive abilities have roots in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. During the rise of scientific racism and eugenics in Europe, some scientists fixated on supposed racial differences in intellect. In this period, even antisemitic theorists speculated that Jews might have distinctive mental traits, sometimes casting Jewish intelligence in a…
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Peter Thiel: IQ 160 and still believes in Christianity
It sounds impossible. A person with an IQ of 160 — one in 31,560 — believing in Christianity. Even an IQ of 150 — one in 2,330 — is already at a genius level (this is the range I estimate he belongs to based on rarity). Yet Peter Thiel, whose IQ likely oscillates between those…
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The history of IQ and the nature vs. nurture debate
Few topics in psychology have sparked as much passion, controversy, and misunderstanding as the debate over intelligence. The concept of the intelligence quotient, or IQ, transformed a philosophical question into a measurable construct, but it also ignited one of the most enduring scientific discussions: how much of human intelligence is inherited, and how much depends…
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High IQ, yet stupid: A Czech case
There is a paradox in modern Czech society. We meet people with extremely high IQ, strong diplomas, and prestigious professions. They made it through psychology, medicine, and pharmaceuticals. On paper, they look like the intellectual elite. In reality, they are nothing of the sort. They lack rationality, cannot think critically, and collapse outside the narrow…