Estimating sex intelligence difference based on high-IQ samples?
To my knowledge this has not been so extensively done, but it seems like an interesting line of evidence. Here is a random sample i came across: Lubinski, Webb, et…
Education, autodidactism, etc.: Another Wikipedia trip
It began with this conversation with my friend Chad on Skype: [09:54:34] Chad Stearns - Economist: A friend of mine met Aubrey De Grey [09:54:41] Chad Stearns - Economist:…
Mining data from OKCupid: using OKC’s questions as an IQ-test
Is it possible? Yes. In the exact same way that one normally makes an IQ-test, one can do so with OKC. Handpick a lot of questions that have to do…
Thoughts and comments: Is psychology a science? (Paul Lutus)
http://www.arachnoid.com/psychology/index.html In order to consider whether psychology is a science, we must first define our terms. It is not overarching to say that science is what separates human beings…
Some quotes from Giving Debiasing Away: Can Psychological Research on Correcting Cognitive Errors Promote Human Welfare? (Scott O. Lilienfeld, Rachel Ammirati, and Kristin Landfield)
Some quotes from Giving Debiasing Away: Can Psychological Research on Correcting Cognitive Errors Promote Human Welfare? by Scott O. Lilienfeld, Rachel Ammirati, and Kristin Landfield. I was happy to learn…
Some parafilias (Wiki quotes)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybristophilia Hybristophilia "is a paraphilia of the predatory type in which sexual arousal, facilitation, and attainment of orgasm are responsive to and contingent upon being with a partner known to…
Thoughts about Freakonomics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freakonomics Freakonomics expanded In general, this book is not so bad. But it is not so good either. Light nonfiction reading. I didnt read it for any particular reason other…
Big Five’s Openness to Experience and declicious correlations (yummy!)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Openness_to_experience Lots of interesting correlations! “Intelligence and knowledge Openness correlates with intelligence, correlation coefficients ranging from about r = .30 to r = .45.[11] Openness is moderately associated with crystallized…
Wiki quotes 01-07-2012
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_von_Neumann#Cognitive_and_mnemonic_abilities Cognitive and mnemonic abilities Von Neumann's ability to instantaneously perform complex operations in his head stunned other mathematicians.[67] Eugene Wigner wrote that, seeing von Neumann's mind at work, "one…
So.. i stumbled upen some random feminist study… and decided to take a closer look
Media coverage of study: http://www.b.dk/viden/muskuloese-maend-er-mere-sexistiske (danish) http://videnskab.dk/kort-nyt/muskulose-maend-er-mere-sexistiske (danish) http://www.livescience.com/21172-men-sexist-attitudes-muscles.html First, ill whine about the media. Was sort of difficult to find the actual study. None of them linked…