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by hirvi74 2y ago
In any bubble where IQ is considered legitimate, just mention that Richard Feynman apparently had a recorded IQ of 124 or so (or Lewis Terman's study of gifted children). You'd think someone tried to convince those in the bubble t
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by hirvi74 2y ago
Interesting. I was given an IQ test for ADHD diagnostic purposes. There were other test given, as well. And in my opinion, the other tests were more indicative than the IQ test was (which I think is falling out of favor with ADHD testing).
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by hirvi74 2y ago
How do you define 'serious scientific literature?' In other words, what type of evidence would you like me to present? Does any peer reviewed research that uses IQ as a factor count as serious? (Obviously, I won't present res
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by hirvi74 2y ago
> I've yet to see anyone who doesn't believe that stupidity exists and it's the other side of the same coin. I do not think that is the argument though. Clearly, there is some sort of distribution of all human attributes.
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by hirvi74 2y ago
I was administered the WAIS-IV for the purpose of a clinical diagnosis about 10 years ago. My state still considers it one of many factors in whether one is a candidate for the death penalty. Some gifted programs still accept the scores as
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by hirvi74 2y ago
> Even in popsci/social media I've seen more and more awareness that it's "bunk" science. Devil's Advocate: Then why is it so heavily used still? (Then again, I guess back to my initial point -- the same cou
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by hirvi74 2y ago
FWIW, anecdotal data is also considered a valid diagnostic tool too, and we know how unreliable such information can be. Also, by populations, do you mean groups of particular types of people or just groups of people in general? If anything
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by hirvi74 2y ago
People say that, but then people like me are administered the tests for clinical diagnostic purposes (right or wrong), and even my state still considers the scores to be a valid measurement of intelligence, and thus a factor in whether some
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by hirvi74 2y ago
> there are bubbles of academia, industry, and the general population that swear by them and work to legitimize them. Perhaps you a right, because this is my main exposure to psychometric. From much of what I have read from various jou
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by hirvi74 2y ago
Perhaps IQ is becoming a poorer measurement as we progress? As in, IQ tests might test for more attributes that are less advantageous in modern times. I do not believe students are less intelligent now than previous generations. However, I
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by hirvi74 2y ago
> special-needs school for all the students who had learning disabilities, behavioral issues, etc What about the students that fit into more than one group? I did not "thrive" in any classroom nor would I still. I had behavio
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by hirvi74 2y ago
I am curious, if you don't mind. Have you noticed any other fringe benefits? By that, I mean a reduction in alcohol consumption or other non-food vices? Any cognitive benefits like an increase in focus or concentration?
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by hirvi74 2y ago
I apologize if this is tangential, but I have noticed BMI research is often heavily criticized, but the same issues that plague BMI can easily be applied to psychometric measurements of intelligence (IQ), but somehow IQ is spared the same b
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by hirvi74 2y ago
Who knows too... maybe if we have better access to affordable quality (mental) healthcare, which does not deny millions of claims in any given year, then we might perhaps have less murders, rapist, and abusers running around. An ounce of pr
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by hirvi74 2y ago
Depends how you cut it. The acts of Murders, rapist, and child abusers are far more heinous than health insurance CEOs. However, I would argue the magnitude of damage is larger from the decisions of health care CEOs.
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by hirvi74 2y ago
I feel a sense of hope in a weird way. Maybe we are farther away from living in "1984" or "A Brave New World" than I previously felt?
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by hirvi74 2y ago
This could be an opportunity for me to learn something new... I thought the American Medical Association were the ones who artificially constrain the supply of physicians. Is that not true, or is the AMA constraint transitively related to t
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by hirvi74 2y ago
Justifications are meaningless when the end result is all the matters.
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by hirvi74 2y ago
Predominately England though France did benefit some as well.
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by hirvi74 2y ago
I do not know anyone that has taken Depakote for the purpose of perfect pitch. The individuals that I have known have taken it for severe psychotic/mood disorders. From what I remember, it's not a fun time for the side-effects can
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by hirvi74 2y ago
What you are describing is known as "perfect relative pitch." It's quite a feat to acquire it -- takes many years of practice. My understanding of true, perfect pitch is something a bit more innate. Individual with perfect
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by hirvi74 2y ago
Musical abilities?
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by hirvi74 2y ago
I believe with great confidence that this board has a higher than average population of individuals that were in gifted and talented programs compared to most sites. I was in the 'ungifted and talentless' program in my youth. I am
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by hirvi74 2y ago
László Polgár kind of did it three times. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/László_Polgár
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by hirvi74 2y ago
So, the closest that I am aware of is the multi-decade study conducted by, the psychologist and intelligence researcher, Lewis Terman. The study was originally called, "Genetic Studies of Genius." You can read about it here: http
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by hirvi74 2y ago
I kid you not, I am about to start learning more about compilers to myself. I would like to write my own, and I have a few resources to dive into which I hope will help. I am not trying to make the next LLVM or anything, but I hope writing
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by hirvi74 2y ago
I can see what you mean by LLMs making the same mistakes. I had that experience with both GPT and Claude, as well. However, I found that GPT was better able to correct its mistakes while Claude essentially just doubles down and keeps regurg
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by hirvi74 2y ago
I'm in my early 30s and I am so close to hitting this point myself. I entered this field because I found the craft to be fascinating. I learned how beautiful the fields of computer science and programming truly are as well as the mathe
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by hirvi74 2y ago
What is the reason for the limit of stacked effects being n <= 3? Is it an accessibility issue, performance issue, maintenance issues, or what? CSS is by far my weakest skill in terms of development, so I am completely unaware of the bes
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by hirvi74 2y ago
Quite impressive to be honest. I always enjoy seeing how creative and powerful CSS can be. Though, I feel like there is some level of understanding of HTML/CSS that I will never be able to grasp -- like this demonstration. This person

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