Towards autogenerated IQ batteries: Part 1, number series
I have long had an idea that one needs to be able to generate problems for IQ batteries automatically. Some things are very easy to generate. Digit spans just require…
Test prepping discussion
From reddit http://www.reddit.com/r/Khan/comments/1znhcx/khan_academy_gets_rare_partnership_to_close/ Me: Test prepping does not work very well, so it's a minor issue. SAT and ACT tests are mainly tests of g and one cannot train g.…
“Why is humankind doomed without eugenics?” #2
From reddit http://www.reddit.com/r/genetics/comments/1z1tli/design_your_own_baby_a_genetic_ethics_dilemma/cfqrlol Zorander22 writes: 1) I would wager a guess that most people are capable of far more than they're current employment situations might indicate. The idea that machines…
Educability and group differences (Arthur Jensen, 1973)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/786753.Educability_And_Group_Differences http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=501f355b6e474bdc0b7f3130dc3bf9c0&open=0 Why read a book from 1973? 41 years old? Well, it was a good read indeed! It is interesting how much of the evidence for racial differences…
Net contributions in the EU, g and the former east block
Seeing that countries vary wildly in how much they contribute to the EU, and vary somewhat in g in Europe, it seems worth checking if it there was a correlation.…
Review: Democracy and Political Ignorance: Why Smaller Government Is Smarter (Ilya Somin)
This book is a quick read and covers the area decently well. The major drawback is that it doesnt discuss deliberative democracy or liquid democracy. IMO this book is not…
Are compensatory education IQ gains g-loaded? No one knows, because the data are probably lost
It has been shown that training effects and the FLR effect are not g-loaded. Spitz in his discussion of the many types of compensatory education that has been tried, mentions…
Semantic discussions of intelligence and the (un)importance of the study of race and g: A comment on Hunt and Jaeggi (2013)
I submitted this paper to the new open access Journal of Intelligence. But apparently, the first issue is invite only, so they won't accept my paper. At least it is…
Eugenics and the Welfare State: Sterilization Policy in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland (1996)
Interesting small book that casts light on the use of sterilizations in nordic countries. It shows quite clearly that eugenics has it origin in collectivist and socialist thinking and was…
Paper published: Predicting Immigrant IQ from their Countries of Origin, and Lynn’s National IQs: A Case Study from Denmark
I published my first peer reviewed paper in a journal. Predicting Immigrant IQ from their Countries of Origin, and Lynn's National IQs: A Case Study from Denmark
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