Tag: science
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Why even a modern conservative cannot be a freethinker?
I post this article both on my blog and Freethinkers International. And I am sure my own blog more than aware readers have their opinion already formed. Yet, the ongoing debate on Freethinkers International has provoked me to write this piece. We live in megacities, use electricity, have microchips, atomic bombs, high-speed trains, however, we…
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Do IQ tests actually measure IQ? Who nearly murdered Wechsler? And are they too politically correct? Pinker vs. Spelke “feud”
There is no doubt that the discovery of the g factor was a really significant effort. No matter what the g factor (the product of it is IQ) is, it’s so important that it strongly correlates with formal education achievement, job prestige, job performance, morbidity and mortality. It is something extremely important but it is…
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Are high-IQ people on the low socioeconomic ladder not so intelligent?
I am the last one to deny that the g factor is one of the most important concepts in humanities. However, some psychometrists were so enthusiastic when the median of cognitively less and more demanding professions and their subsequent correlation with the g factor showed that there are minimum requirements for different occupations (Schmidt, Hunter…
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Sexual intelligence, gaming intelligence? Theory of multiple intelligences and its criticism. A huge embarrassment for the scholar who developed it
The concept of the g factor (IQ) is the very ability to solve very general problems. It strongly correlates with socioeconomic outcomes such as job, educational attainment, but also morbidity and morality. It strongly correlates with talents, creativity and memory abilities. When you can put only two things in your head simultaneously you won’t be…
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Why is impossible for a lot of people to leave their faith?
The truth that all religions are false is nearly (I always want to leave a certain piece of probability; unlike the vast majority of believers) indisputable. Just for starter: evolution (including that religion is a product of it), karma, soul, prayer, creation, Gods, cycle of life, death, and rebirth, or a single, finite earthly life…
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Putin is neither a psychopath nor has Asperger’s syndrome
As a person suffering from the disease that belongs to the autistic spectrum myself, I recall the old official American report claiming Vladimir Putin has Asperger’s syndrome. Leave the aspect that the report may have had some side intentions (discredit him in his official ranks etc.) and let’s take a look at the notion itself.…
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Supersmart AI in 19th century. Human labor could have been eradicated centuries ago
In my culture, they often say you could achieve more, have a better education. It is a pity for the humanity that you have such a job (an underachiever). This cannot be more laughable. It looks like human society is doing everything to improve its condition and scientific achievements. Buying a new mansion, super-duper cars,…
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How a real democracy and public affairs should look like
Constitution, congress, senate, old and senile Anglo-Saxon-looking politicians calling all day to lobbyists to get money for campaigns, movers-and-shakers, crooks, super-rich families and lodges. Social media, and mass media with their own agenda, would be politically incorrect stand-up shows. Endless feuds with power structures blocking each other to the detriment of citizens. Gerrymandering, voter suppression,…
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Why do famous persons with extremely high IQs never tell the number?
I have a page about IQ estimates of geniuses. But why the estimates? The persons involved must likely have taken an IQ test in their lifetimes (excluding those who didn’t have that opportunity because we had no clue about the “g factor” back then). We may say it is their privacy, but people tend to…
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Wikipedia as a health hazard! Never trust it with your health! I paid the heavy price because of their lousy and ridiculous featured article about schizophrenia
More than ten years ago, I suffered from delusions (I didn’t know these were delusions), cognitive impairment, depression and severe negative symptoms (lack of emotions, not enjoying anything). Since I had a turbulent relationship with my psychiatrist who also didn’t warn me about the possibility of having schizophrenia, I relied mainly on a featured article…