THE ACCURACY OF INFERENCES ABOUT CRIMINALITY But they didnt control for IQ which is strange. They even mention it that one can spot intelligent people: “As far as empirical findings…
gordon-1997-everyday-life-as-an-intelligence-test-effects-of-intelligence-and-intelligence-context (Thanks to this guy for making me aware of the paper) "Take, for example, complaints concerning a Year IV-6 Stanford-Binet item, which shows three pairs of sharply contrasting drawings…
http://www.amazon.com/Psychology-Applied-Modern-Life-Adjustment/dp/1111186634/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1332697052&sr=8-1 I heard of the book from LessWrong. I was reading the series about the science of winning at life by Lukeprog and he recommended this book if one had…
“If taking up mindfulness meditation does not seem to be a likely course of action for you anytime soon, there is a simpler way for you to increase your atten-…
A friend of mine recently showed me a blog of one of her friends. Since it has an absurd amount of posts (like my blogs, but even more!), i tried…
http://testyourvocab.com/blog/2011-09-10-Results-by-country.php Somewhat surprising Denmark and Norway (difference perhaps not statistically significant) are at the top. I was expecting to see France because most english words have french or latin (both…
Focus article: Intelligence and past use of recreational drugs Summary: (Using the 'the Savannah principle') one gets the idea that the smarter people are, the more likely it is that…
Introduction Many studies show that self-assessment is hard and often biased in a positive direction, i.e., people tend to overestimate themselves. Therefore, if one wants a correct self-assessment one needs…
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2012/01/classicists-are-smart Not surpriesed to see fysisists as the smartest. Sumwot surpriesed to see filosofy students do soe wel. Espeshaly skoring hier verbal skors than linguists. Not surpriesed to see edukaeshon…
Because of clarity, I feel that I should write this review in standard English. (How boring!) The book can be downloaded here: http://www.spellingsociety.org/journals/books/books.php or from my mirror (in one file)…