tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post3455705853717140635..comments2024-03-14T09:50:44.315+00:00Comments on Psychological comments: What intelligence researchers think about heritabilityAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09320614837348759094noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-47753578471165863322016-04-02T14:23:20.618+01:002016-04-02T14:23:20.618+01:00I'm expecting a HONEST answer, please.
Scient...I'm expecting a HONEST answer, please.<br /><br />Scientists dislike real imagination.Santocultonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-71488449696518311932016-03-31T14:26:56.899+01:002016-03-31T14:26:56.899+01:00why you took my comment ***why you took my comment ***Santocultonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-4340805644170894952016-03-30T22:31:07.432+01:002016-03-30T22:31:07.432+01:00http://drjamesthompson.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/mult...http://drjamesthompson.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/multiple-emotional-intelligence.html<br /><br />Multiple and emotional intelligence add about 1% to the accuracy of job selection processesAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09320614837348759094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-88850970394454039382016-03-30T21:08:46.816+01:002016-03-30T21:08:46.816+01:00Come, now. All progressive thought, authority and ...Come, now. All progressive thought, authority and thought authority now agree that the concept of race is as culture-bound as geography, and intelligence is as relative to differing norms as altitude. Indeed, such regressive notions as geography and altitude are often associated with hateful reactionaries who maintain that there are geographical and even altitudinarian absolutes. "Assistant Village Idiot" and "reiner Tor" at West Hunter <a href="" rel="nofollow">handled</a> these pernicious misconceptions admirably back in 2013: <br /><br /><b>Assistant Village Idiot:</b> Altitude is a notoriously difficult concept to define. It is highly culture-bound. Do you mean altitude above the base of the mountain, as in Mauna Loa, the height above sea level, the distance from the center of the earth, the height above the nearest inhabited area, or some other definition of altitude? Modern thinkers prefer to speak in terms of “multiple altitudes.” A person born at a lower elevation may have had to climb a greater distance to get to 10,000 ft or 15,000ft. (Reported altitudes higher than that should be regarded with suspicion.) And are we sure it is the alleles, after all? People born at certain privileged altitudes might be merely defining their own mountains as “highest.” Additionally, their children might only seem to be better adapted to altitude because of better nutrition, plumbing, and access to medical care. Bringing pre-K children up mountains under government sponsorship might be more effective than looking for some purported genetic connection.<br /><br /><b>reiner Tor:</b> Also, when talking about “altitude of geographical regions”, you need to ask: what is a geographical region? Is it even relevant to “altitude”?<br /><br />The famous scientist Lewontin has shown that distances within a certain geographical region can be much higher than between two regions. Take for example Sichuan and Tibet. The distance between Chengdu (the capital of Sichuan) and Lhasa (the capital of Tibet) is 2079 kilometers. However, the distance between Ngari and Qamdo (two Tibetan cities) is 2142 kilometers. (And Tibet is even larger than that!) Moreover, if you are on the border between Sichuan and Tibet, than the distance between the two provinces falls to zero! Any part of Tibet or Sichuan will be more distant from the border than the border itself. Amazing, isn’t it? And that’s not everything.<br /><br />As we now know, people have called an ever changing area “Tibet” or “Sichuan”. Some Tibetans still think that the Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture to be part of Tibet. Historically, the border between the two has never been stable. So basically both historical regions are mere social constructs.<br /><br />It is also well-known that however you measure it, the altitudes within a given geographical region can widely differ, according to where you measure it. How can you say that Tibet is higher than Sichuan, when Sichuan’s highest peak is already above 7,500 m, whereas there are points in Tibet below even 3,000 m?<br /><br />In other words, just as altitude doesn’t even exist, neither does geographical region, and the “altitude of a geographical region” is a totally meaningless concept. Those who say that “Tibet is higher than Sichuan” are not even wrong.<br /><br />What is sure is that the geographical region covered with snow (the white region) is the cancer of the Earth. Regions of color have unfortunately been always oppressed by the white region, so it needs more diversity: the snow needs to be molten so that it gets more brown.<br />savantissimonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-53138688991117726812016-03-29T22:52:56.044+01:002016-03-29T22:52:56.044+01:00My guess is that within a few years, the answer wi...My guess is that within a few years, the answer will either be 80% or it will be 0% if you can even get experts to fill out the survey.pyrrhushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06150605108788285274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-71849674830902932072016-03-29T22:48:58.962+01:002016-03-29T22:48:58.962+01:00It seems from Prof Greg Hsu's research that th...It seems from Prof Greg Hsu's research that the interdependence of genes is questionable. The graphic results appear to represent thousands of independent switches that are either on or off. Culture, however, could drastically affect the value of intelligence, leading to negative feedback in some cases.pyrrhushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06150605108788285274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-63845457775157237492016-03-29T17:06:06.189+01:002016-03-29T17:06:06.189+01:00IF the question were: "how much of the B-W di...IF the question were: "how much of the B-W difference in crime, academic and job performance is due to environmental effects on Blacks that could be changed to reduce the gap?" then the answer might well be a negative number, as we're already doing as much as possible and well past the point of net benefit to society, and without those environmental supports, Blacks would be performing worse, approaching African levels of worse.EHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-35850468794831568832016-03-29T01:50:36.962+01:002016-03-29T01:50:36.962+01:00If they already haven't, the chances of that h...If they already haven't, the chances of that happening on account of more studies coming out are pretty slim. It's not like scientific position is primarily based on facts :-) Self-deceit is a powerful force. <br />DKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04761138604438222762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-22591653370055855952016-03-28T16:43:25.675+01:002016-03-28T16:43:25.675+01:00I was assuming that some people would change their...I was assuming that some people would change their mind, if only on anonymous surveys.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09320614837348759094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-62848937397457492632016-03-28T14:16:15.027+01:002016-03-28T14:16:15.027+01:00''We are accustomed to the subjective and ...''We are accustomed to the subjective and peaceful world in which we are born and being destroyed''<br /><br />Wesstern of course, ;) Santocultonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-80572589462360617922016-03-28T13:36:25.555+01:002016-03-28T13:36:25.555+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.quisp65https://www.blogger.com/profile/16928796405826327633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-56216379954746120672016-03-28T13:36:06.035+01:002016-03-28T13:36:06.035+01:00The 17% of experts that think genes account for 0%...The 17% of experts that think genes account for 0% of IQ differences can be pretty noisy. Personally I don't call them experts but "guardians of the faith". quisp65https://www.blogger.com/profile/16928796405826327633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-70551401205342682662016-03-28T13:18:49.171+01:002016-03-28T13:18:49.171+01:00Cultures that emphasize hard working may perhaps h...Cultures that emphasize hard working may perhaps have an increase in average intelligence (cognition) because people have to micro-adjust while cultures which have different life styles may have another effect. Speculation of course. This effect can be critical depending on the subgroup of psychological and cognitive combinations.<br /><br />Personality influences cognition (measured by cognitive tests).<br /><br />It is analogous to the anxious people who can not make the cognitive tests for optimum results or in the case of people with bipolar disorder, which they present different scores depending on the mood.<br /><br />In the most, it is the usual, intelligence is not just the job potential and is what the IQ tests measure. IQ tests measure potential and directed to work. But intelligence should never be summarized the efficiency at work or even to your '' potential '', if we can set this way.<br /><br />We are accustomed to the subjective and peaceful world in which we are born and being destroyed. The reality is now. Who can not recognize strengths and weaknesses, recognize the weaknesses and strenghts of others, know how interact and the reality or dynamic in which he lives, will be taken by lucky breaks + super-structure that catapult the most efficient workers for socio-economic security positions but will not come with based on own talent for survival.<br /><br />That's why emotional intelligence is more correlative with individual success than IQ, if we are social species, it will be expected that the more emotionally intelligent are better to accumulate advantages in social environment.<br /><br />Perhaps it makes sense to think reflectively, for you guys of course, about the '' theory '' of the multiple intelligences or cognitive specificities to look for associations between genes and intelligence (s).Santocultonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-40545709859639046852016-03-27T21:34:32.409+01:002016-03-27T21:34:32.409+01:002020? An increase by 20-30%? No way. Way too soon....2020? An increase by 20-30%? No way. Way too soon. That would require ~25% physical change in the population of the said researchers - clearly unrealistic number for [mostly] tenured folks. DKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04761138604438222762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-21531009833935084342016-03-27T20:32:24.099+01:002016-03-27T20:32:24.099+01:00Ah, my mistake.Ah, my mistake.elijahlarmstrongnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-73746645806176835322016-03-27T20:19:47.594+01:002016-03-27T20:19:47.594+01:00Neither pedantic nor NIT-picking. The authors conf...Neither pedantic nor NIT-picking. The authors confess as much: Finally, the expert survey did not address the interdependence of factors. Factors related to cognitive ability may influence each other in complex ways. For example, culture may influence education, genes, health, and cognitive ability, which in turn may influence wealth and economic development (e.g., Rindermann et al., 2013, 2015). These interdependencies could be examined using path models and longitudinal datasets. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09320614837348759094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-83462462678072417972016-03-27T19:23:19.469+01:002016-03-27T19:23:19.469+01:00Pedantic note: Ranking factors such as education, ...Pedantic note: Ranking factors such as education, genetics, etc. by percentages is problematic, since the true factors may be nonadditive and impossible to cleanly separate. Also, "genes" explain much more of the results if you include G-E correlation (e.g., a nation with more low-IQ alleles ––> is poorer ––> has an even lower IQ) than if you just include "direct" genetic effects. elijahlarmstrongnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-90829373033025422872016-03-27T16:50:28.434+01:002016-03-27T16:50:28.434+01:00My precise prediction is that such research will b...My precise prediction is that such research will be funded in China and will produce the result that (almost) everyone knows to be true but many dread to admit.<br /><br />That will be followed by a wonderful display of anti-racists saying you can't believe any result published by Chinamen.deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-77189700030026494672016-03-27T15:25:16.119+01:002016-03-27T15:25:16.119+01:00I try to follow this topic closely on the web and ...I try to follow this topic closely on the web and I can't think of the last study that was touted as supporting the culture only theory.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224280484542390176noreply@blogger.com