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by hirvi74 1y ago
Wait, I thought IQ and income were highly correlated. I also thought IQ was highly heritable? In fact, I thought the heritability was sooooo high and environmental factor played a very minute role in the outcome of one's IQ? (I am
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by hirvi74 1y ago
> The rate of technological progress we can make as a species is largely dictated by the area under the +2 sigma -> infinity region of the IQ curve That was precisely my point. If little Johnny or Sally need a special education progra
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by hirvi74 1y ago
I think have read this before. Wasn’t he trying to find neuroscientific evidence to support IQ via neuron transmission rates and whatnot? Or was it grey matter volume? Regardless, I am still skeptical of a lot of neuroscience research, as w
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by hirvi74 1y ago
A lot of things are correlated. Let me know when causation is determined. Also, your Vox link was pay-walled, but nevertheless, I am fairly well versed in some of the data. I have my own archive of research on this topic for what it is wort
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by hirvi74 1y ago
My test only provided at a 90% CI. Not like it is a substantial difference, but I thought I’d throw that out there. Then again, the same psychologist told me that the discrepancy between my scores was so large that a true FSIQ cannot be use
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by hirvi74 1y ago
Maybe my IQ is too low to understand them?
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by hirvi74 1y ago
I'm afraid my head is too far up my own ass, but I should probably give the sand a try...
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by hirvi74 1y ago
Why wouldn't those children have such an outcome? Modern life is a series of gatekept outcomes. Perform well in early education => access to better universities, better universities => access to better experiences/careers, b
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by hirvi74 1y ago
So, without IQ it would be impossible for social programs to give better educational opportunities to exist? And on that same note, and this a genuine question, how much evidence supports that better educational opportunities truly manifest
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by hirvi74 1y ago
> how the world actually functions In a cruel and inhumane manner virtually devoid of all empathy and compassion for our planet, the life our planet supports, and for each other? I honestly wish I didn't understand how the world act
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by hirvi74 1y ago
I'd even suggest the point of these tests is more than simply comparing people. IQ tests, at least how they are commonly used, are used to determine the one's worth as a human-being. I am not saying I personally agree with those v
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by hirvi74 1y ago
> In clinical contexts, cognitive tests are used for diagnostic purposes. I'm not certain I agree. If anything, cognitive tests can be used as a single point of datum, but to my knowledge, no condition can be diagnosed via a cogni
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by hirvi74 1y ago
I still do not understand why we are wasting scientific resources trying to stack rank humans on arbitrarily defined concepts like cognitive ability or intelligence. After over a century of psychometric research in cognitive abilities and i
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by hirvi74 1y ago
"No AI was harmed in the making of this book."
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by hirvi74 1y ago
> "Ever notice Claude struggling to write Swift code? " Yes, that is why I quit using Claude and swapped to ChatGPT about a year ago. I've had substantially less issues with GPT.
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by hirvi74 1y ago
Call me paranoid, but I never update the BIOS unless I have no other option. I have seen way too many examples of things going wrong. Although, that was many moons ago, and perhaps with the reset switches and stuff these days things are not
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by hirvi74 1y ago
> Without IQ research people would just argue all poor people are dumb I do not believe that this was true without evidence. > do you really think women would get into higher education that quickly? Yes. I believe WWII played a much l
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by hirvi74 1y ago
The trends of removing lead from gasoline and such were already happening prior to IQ being used as evidence. In fact, the only way IQ could be used as evidence would be for the lead to already have started to be removed. So, using IQ for s
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by hirvi74 1y ago
Hey, that's still a B+ where I am from.
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by hirvi74 1y ago
> has a 140 “IQ” but understands nothing. There are probably millions of humans that fit this criteria too.
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by hirvi74 1y ago
As a geneticist who studies cognitive function, if you get a moment, do you mind reading this blog [1] and stating if you think it's factually correct or not? My genes are too poor, and thus, my IQ is likely too low for me to be certai
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by hirvi74 1y ago
> It's the most replicated finding in psychology Why would it not be? It's not like intelligence was some sort of unknown intrinsic discovery that psychologist happened to uncover. Intelligence was defined and the tests were c
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by hirvi74 1y ago
How can research claim the genetic component of IQ is so high when there are so many environmental variables that have to be accounted for in order for the genetic component to even be able to manifest? For example, if two identical twins a
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by hirvi74 1y ago
I remember when I took the WAIS-IV. While, I did not have access to how the test was scored, I am not certain that a few sections of the test could not be open to interpretation. #Story below, feel free to skip:# One section involved compar
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by hirvi74 1y ago
Unless you are a Finnish super solider like Aino Koivunen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aimo_Koivunen
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by hirvi74 1y ago
> I’ve doubled dosed by accident and although I felt like my heart was going to explode (and was very anxious over that), I still felt absolutely nothing resembling a euphoric high. Doubling one's dosage does not mean much without s
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by hirvi74 1y ago
> What abuse are they seeing with adderall? Probably accounts that were similar to these: https://www.reddit.com/r/StopSpeeding/
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by hirvi74 1y ago
> The basic effect is an increase in Norepinephrine interactions but the effect that has on people with ADHD is obviously very different. I've heard it described as a difference in magnitude. If a person with ADHD has an arbitrary &
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by hirvi74 1y ago
> I’ve seen friends with stimulant and can say with full confidence they are not reacting to them the way I am. That means very little. Do you think all people react the same way to all medications? If someone takes an SSRI and it doesn&
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by hirvi74 1y ago
> Interesting. FYI ADHD people feel none of that. If anything, the opposite: on stimulants ADHD people feel relaxed and normal, bringing them down from hyperactivity and allowing them to focus on their life. That is common myth. It'

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