Psychology

Do u want kids with bad eyes?

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:6. January 2012
Post category:intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability Medicine Psychology
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Seriusly? Perhaps geting kids with myopia is not such a bad idea. Multiple studis show that IQ is korelated with myopia. Thats rather stranj. I red the Wikipedia artikle and…

Proposal for a Wikipedia-based studi of adult actreses kognitiv abilitis

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:5. January 2012
Post category:intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability Psychology
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Bakground Having reesentli diskovered that at leest one adult aktor1 who has a very hy IQ, namely, Asia Carrera with a reported IQ of 156.2 I wondered if ther is…

LessWrong: Intuitions and Philosophy

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:2. November 2011
Post category:Metaphilosophy Psychology
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http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Intuitions_and_Philosophy This is a great series on the role of intuitions in modrn filosofy and how fruitles that aproach is. It is both siens [science] and meta-filosofy. I agree with…

Paper: R. Lynn and P. Irwing – Sex differences on the Progressive Matrices a meta-analysis

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:1. November 2011
Post category:intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability Psychology
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A frend wantd this. It is a reconstruction based on a scan. Som of the tabls ar mising, but it is reedabl. R. Lynn and P. Irwing - Sex differences…

Review: Richard Lynn – Eugenics: A reassessment, 2001

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:10. October 2011
Post category:Psychology
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Given the Wikipedia page, my expectations were pretty low. That turned out to be unnecessary. The book is pretty clearly written and contains a host of useful information about genetics,…

Amitai Shenhav, David G. Rand, and Joshua D. Greene – Divine Intuition: Cognitive Style Influences Belief in God

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:21. September 2011
Post category:Psychology Religion
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Amitai Shenhav, David G. Rand, and Joshua D. Greene - Divine Intuition Cognitive Style Influences Belief in God A very interesting study. Be sure to also check out Greene's website…

Some IQ studys

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:19. September 2011
Post category:intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability Psychology
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I red these today and needed an easy way to share them. Enjoy. Christopher Eppig, Corey L. Fincher and Randy Thornhill - Parasite prevalence and the worldwide distribution of cognitive…

Ebook: Lakoff – Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:8. September 2011
Post category:Language Linguistics/language Psychology
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Somone requested this. George Lakoff - Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things

Roy F. Baumeister – Is There Anything Good About Men?

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:13. April 2011
Post category:Evolutionary Psychology Psychology
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Caine at FRDB posted a very nice article that I will post here as well for others to enjoy. Do not be fooled by the title. It is very much…

Ars Technica: “Cheaters believe they’re that good, even when they’re not”

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:11. March 2011
Post category:Psychology
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Very much reading reading. And of course, the original Dunning–Kruger paper is very much worth reading. It's time to adjust those self-assessments, is it not?