intelligence

Of all places, I found this article link in a Cracked.com article about weird places animals have been found. The author brings up some excellent theories about why the octopus evolved the way it did and how, a lot like us, uses it intelligence to make up for a lack of a shell (or, in our case...

I have a question... I am sure you're all familiar with the classic sentient alien depicted in science fiction - a humanoid in some sort of suit to make them look odd. I've heard people remark that statistically, the odds of a sentient alien species resembling humans even a little bit is very...

I was wondering whether those two are related - if yes, how strongly. I know that skepticism isn't the natural state of everyone with a high intelligence, not only because of real-life examples, but because there are other personal qualities also related to that, but let's not get into detail...

Pretty much what the title says. Is there any real connection or is just a myth?

Harvard Professor Howard Gardner and his revolutionary concept of "Multiple Intelligences"... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_multiple_intelligences http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Gardner I tend to like his ideas, but admittedly don't see the value of his approach over traditional...

Now I know many of you will laugh at the thread's title because of all the non-intelligent people you see on a daily basis, but I was wondering why human beings have evolved to the point where they can destroy the environment in which they were created and ultimately lead themselves to...

Prodigy, 13, claims age discrimination by UConn http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100325/ap_on_re_us/us_prodigy_study_abroad The short: he is in College and wants to go to S.Africa in the summer as part of school field program. College said: "nah, you're too young." Mayhem ensues.. I'm really less...

"Intelligence is Self Teaching" A paranormal experience into A.I and Intelligence. This link is found on the front page of Reddit/Science. http://www.realitysandwich.com/intelligence_self_teaching The article is a personal account of an experience on Ayahuasca, where the purported 'spirit' of...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2003/jul/03/research.science Very interesting stuff. Does anyone here have more intimate knowledge of this kind of research? I am wondering about this part in particular: Given the fact that the ape sign language people are somewhat woo-ish I wonder how...

Back in August '06, Scientific American published an article by Philip Ross entitled "The Expert Mind" which presented evidence that geniuses -- from Amadeus Mozart to Garry Kasparov to Tiger Woods -- shared a few traits in common. Among these were: 1. Intense training in their specialty...

Could scinetists through genetic manipulation over a period of several years develope an ape perhaps a chimpanzee with a head as big as a human head and a brain as intelligent as a human brain?

If you could take a pill* that makes you 5-10% smarter than your former self, would you? What if it made you 25%-50% more intelligent? What if we could "restore" mentally handicapped people to average levels of intelligence (perhaps without affecting personality and demeanor directly?) Are...

Greetings. I just got an article accepted today on IQ and religious belief. I thought some here might be interested in it, given our many debates about IQ. It's in press in the Elsevier journal, Intelligence. I own the copyright to the pre-print version which is available here...

Fear not fence sitters :blush: You still fare better than believers, both conservative and liberal: Atheists: Mean IQ 111.08 Agnostics: 109.13 Liberal religions: 107.26 Dogmatic religions: 105.19 From an in press article in Intelligence; sample sizes are between 100,000 and millions...

Andrew Sullivan and Mark Ambinder discuss the question of whether John McCain is smart enough to be president. He graduated near the bottom of his class at the Naval Acadamy. This right-wing hatchet job informs us that:

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Let the debating begin: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2111174/Intelligent-people-'less-likely-to-believe-in-God'.html

In press in the journal, Intelligence Average intelligence predicts atheism rates across 137 nations Richard Lynna, , , John Harveyb and Helmuth Nyborg Abstract Evidence is reviewed pointing to a negative relationship between intelligence and religious belief in the United States and...

I'm Curious, how did personality, intelligence, and humor, come out of non-living chemicals?

[B]:D In my opinion, atheism is a bogus philosophy, at least for all practical purposes. Maybe it's just a crappy word. Sure, I can understand someone wanting to call their self an atheist to avoid being associated with some organized religion, which I believe are also bogus as Hell...

For Athon. In my worldview (where the sky is blue!) one's IQ causes how successful he/she will be in life and how much money he/she will make (or Socio Economic Status-- SES). Many would argue the opposite-- that the environment and opportunity you get as a kid (with SES being a crude measure...

:blush: In my OP, I made a couple statemants, as I guess I was inclined to do, and am now here to try to "put my money where my mouth is". :blush: I really don't know how to do this sufficiently, without giving away all my methods, which appear to be valuable to me at this time, and are...

I didn't see a post on this yet, sorry if one exists. http://news.independent.co.uk/sci_tech/article3067222.ece Cut: The newly formed Equality and Human Rights Commission, successor to the Commission for Racial Equality, said it was studying Dr Watson's remarks " in full". Dr Watson told The...

I promised I would post this once it got published. Not sure who might be interested, but it's only 8 pages or so. I own the copyright to this version. Yer free to do what you want with it, as long as you don't sucker someone else into buying it, or use it in anyway for profit (not sure how...

I'm gonna try running one. Measures include: The Wonderlic (12 minute paper and pencil IQ test). Tests of basic cognition (reaction time and inspection time) Overclaiming (a signal detection based measure of familiarity with general world knowledge; correlates pretty nicely with IQ). Surveys...

I've put this in this forum because it is largely concerned with an arbitrary (but, I believe, defensible) definition of "intelligence." I've been looking for a reasonable definition of intelligence that does not depend on demonstration of the ability to communicate with humans. This is what...

Are differences in intelligence (or different types of intelligence) between individuals in large part due to genetic difference? How about critical thought capacity specifically?

Hello, I'm currently doing a study on Emotional Intelligence (EI or EQ or whatever) but I have little knowledge about the idea. I am also quite skeptical to the idea that the methods and tests used in EQ actually works (such as NLP which has not been proven scientifically). I would like to...

This is an offshoot of the Number Freaking thread: Ant colonies exhibit surprisingly complex behaviour, which emerges from a set of simple rules. In fact, it is almost as though the colony itself is the organism, and the ants merely cells. For example: * When the nest is damaged, the ants...

I'm interested in what (if any) consensus there is.