Wednesday, 27 February 2013

The ordinal scale of IQ could be converted to an interval scale of 'rtIQ', using reaction time measurements

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* One of the major limitations of IQ as a measure of general intelligence is that it is an ordinal scale, not an interval scale. As an o...
Monday, 25 February 2013

Relationship between intelligence and life history speed: population and individual levels

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* The relationship between population and speed of life history is probably somewhat complex; but (as far as I understand the matter) I th...
Thursday, 7 February 2013

What is the main selection mechanism causing the 'dysgenic' decline in intelligence over the past couple of centuries?

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* It seems very probable that general intelligence (or 'genotypic IQ') has declined by more than one standard deviation since late...
Friday, 30 November 2012

Who is NOT over-promoted, in the over-promoted society

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* Continuing from http://charltonteaching.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/the-over-promoted-society.html * In a world of declining general in...

How to simplify over-complex systems (in an over-promoted society)

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* [Following from http://charltonteaching.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/the-pyramid-of-technology-and-of.html  ] In the long run, institutions ...

The pyramid of technology, and of intellectual functions

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[Following on from http://charltonteaching.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/the-over-promoted-society.html  ] There seems to be a pyramid of technol...

The over-promoted society: Bishops and other religious leaders

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* In an over-promoted society, where the majority of people can do their jobs but do not understand them http://charltonteaching.blogspo...

The over-promoted society

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* I am now pretty much convinced that average and peak general intelligence (g) has been declining in the West for at least the past 200 y...
Wednesday, 21 November 2012

What can be done about the Genius famine?

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* I seem to have evolved such a distinctive view of the nature and effect of Creative Genius that I don't suppose anyone else holds an...

Neglected genius?

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* The neglected genius, unrecognized during his lifetime is a standard concept in modern discourse. Yet good examples are exceedingly rare...

Is the lack of modern geniuses because there are no big things left to discover?

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* One of the most frequent arguments about the lack of modern geniuses hinges around the assertion that it was easier for geniuses of the...
Monday, 17 September 2012

P or not-P: the lack of a characteristic cognitive style in low trait Psychoticism?

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* High trait Psychoticism is in bold font ; Low trait Psychoticism is normal font. 1. Cold - versus warm, charming 2. Aggressive - ...

Evil Genius

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* For a long while we have been living in a world where most instances of Genius, and indeed most of the most talented people, are evil in...
Friday, 14 September 2012

Evolution of Creative Genius in European populations

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* Why did the European population develop such a high concentration of Creative Geniuses growing and peaking sometime late-ish in the span...
Saturday, 8 September 2012

The nature of understanding in a genius - understanding and creativity.

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* To be a genius is to understand, to understand is to have appropriated to the imagination. And this appropriation is not so much '...
Monday, 6 August 2012

Pioneering studies of IQ - and the suppression of intelligence research

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Tuesday, 30 September 2008 Pioneering studies of IQ by G.H. Thomson and J.F. Duff – An example of established knowledge subsequently ‘hidden...

Do elite US colleges choose personality over IQ?

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Wednesday, 27 May 2009 Sex ratios in the most-selective elite US undergraduate colleges and universities are consistent with the hypothesis ...