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Yep - awesome author. I'll definitely be taking a look at some of his other articles. IMHO - the reason for the lack of IQ right now is that evolution is slow.
by Scene_Cast2 14y ago
Yep - awesome author. I'll definitely be taking a look at some of his other articles. IMHO - the reason for the lack of IQ right now is that evolution is slow. We haven't really needed high IQ (that badly) for more than, say, 500 years - which is a ridiculously small amount of time.
- tokenadult 14y agoI'll definitely be taking a look at some of his other articles. I've noticed his user name here on HN and over on Wikipedia for a while. I was just doing some more browsing around for his writings, prompted by the article submitted here today. I see "My Mistakes" http://www.gwern.net/Mistakes http://www.gwern.net/Mistakes provides a lot of food for thought.
- Wingman4l7 14y agoHe's also got the top result from Google (if not the only one) for an actual complete purchase process & site review[1] of The Silk Road[2]. [1]: http://www.gwern.net/Silk%20Road http://www.gwern.net/Silk%20Road [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_Road_%28marketplace%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_Road_%28marketplace%29
- Wingman4l7 14y agoAnd he does double-blind medical experiments on himself, complete with statistical analysis of the results! http://www.gwern.net/Zeo http://www.gwern.net/Zeo http://www.gwern.net/Nootropics http://www.gwern.net/Nootropics (uses sparklines!)