Looks like a good one for late night listening. Does Phillip Rushton’s name come up by any chance?
The heart of the matter.. IQ rears its head in group dynamics.. A synchromesh force multiplier.. Its what they mean by white privilege..
Race aside.. Men run the full gambit of intelligence.. From bone stupid to genius.. This lowers the curve in the middle.. Women do the same with a large boost in the middle.. As a whole women are smarter with far less idiots and genius’s on the ends..
So?.. What do we do?..
The magic, the scientific breakthroughs that have given us our modern society have been developed by genius men.. Just more of them.. Yet over all the ladies are smarter.. The idiot male and average male just cant compete..
Im not sure identity politics can alter this reality..
“Yet over all the ladies are smarter”
I call BS on that.
The ladies are not smarter.
My wife has ZERO space orienting … or visual understanding of maps. Literally … my wife CANNOT read a map AT ALL. Can’t orient herself in compass directions … nada.
But she is very sweet and nice …
Except when I’m asking her to navigate …
About 40 years ago, I read an article in “Cosmopolitan” magazine (I know, I know – don’t make jokes!) about the different types of intelligence. The writer identified about 6 types of intelligence:
1. Musical which is closely allayed to
2. Mathematical (computer programming and engineering).
3. Spatial (map and blueprint reading; think architects and engineers)
4. Physical (athletes and actors)
5. Social/People ( Princess Diana had this in spades) AND
6. Analytical which also encompassed reading and writing well; and understanding immediately the context of the writing.
Everyone has all of these with between 2-3 being the main components of each person’s intelligence. Think about the character Sheldon Cooper from “The Big Bang Theory” who had mathematical and analytical in abundance and was woefully deficient in physical, spatial, musical and social skills.
I myself have strong spatial and analytical skills. sadly our western societies put a premium on musical and physical skills – see the adulation of musicians, actors and athletes.
However, that’s a personal thing in her case. Many (possibly most) women have very good map reading skills. I’m one of them, and I rarely if ever don’t know where N-S-E-W is related to where I’m standing (or driving).
Is the following related to that ability? I don’t know: My husband will attest that I have an uncanny ability to visualize how much space a three- dimensional thing will take up (e.g., furniture in a room; the exact size container I need for the amount of leftovers I have; how many vegetables, and rows of each, I can plant and fit into my garden space — the vegetables wildly varying in size when grown. Etc.
I probably shouldn’t reveal this … but I am professionally a #3 … and strong #5. But the rest I am very good at too. I play guitar competently … but not intuitively great. Strong in math … but frankly more cookbook math … not a derivative master. Reasonable athlete played football and rugby into my 30’s (as a scrawny little 170lb’er. Yes, I was a hooker … let the comments begin 😉
People ! people! Don’t you know that having neck tattoos, nose piercings and using the correct pronouns compensate for low IQ ?
( sarcasm volume at 10 )
A watered-down, post-modern woke take on “The Bell Curve.”?
The Vesuvius cone is mostly volcanic cinder, easy to lose footing. Also active steam vents. Great views toward Pompeii, Naples harbour, Mediterranean.
Road to trailhead is great on a moto! Watch out for tour buses lined up at ticket booth.
“Intelligence” is the capacity to process information quickly and accurately. Some are born with more ability in this area than others. It is our biological inheritance, if you will. But it is but one component of “general ability”. One also needs knowledge and experience. One also needs the requisite tools and, of course, motive. These latter traits are a result of the environment we are born into: our cultural inheritance, again, if you will.
To be successful one must be ready, willing and able. To the extent that you have these three essential traits you have “ability”. Lacking in any one of these areas will reduce one’s chances of successful action.
Within reason, good training combined with an average I.Q. will often result in a more successful individual than poor training combined with a superior I.Q.
Males secrete testosterone (another part of male genetic inheritance) and operate under a “testosterone imperative” and harnessing testosterone, i.e. self discipline, is, by far, the most important reason we have what is called “civilization”.
Females do not operate under this “imperative” and, to the extent we let our culture become feminized, our culture will be hobbled.
Jordan Peterson has said publicly that people with an I.Q. of 83 or lower are useless. Not only is this uncharitable but it neglects to take into consideration proper training as a means to a successful life.
I would advise everyone to take I.Q. scores as a predictor of success with a large grain of salt.
“ Jordan Peterson has said publicly that people with an I.Q. of 83 or lower are useless. Not only is this uncharitable but it neglects to take into consideration proper training as a means to a successful life.”
Yeah but he also said they can’t be trained. Not saying I agree.
Well, Bill, that is not exactly what he said. He actually said that they couldn’t be trained to be “militarily” useful. If anyone were to say that the bottom 10% were permanently useless in any capacity then we would be presented with a very big moral dilemma. And does that designation mean that they are incapable of “moral agency”? Because if that is what “useless” means then we are designating them as being no better than animals. And I don’t need to point out the danger that that presents to the social order.
And there is a further danger here in designating the bottom 10% as useless. If anyone were to suggest that we get rid of these useless people and we actually did so, we would still end up having a bottom 10% of the population. Would this new 10% be designated as useless? And, btw, who gets to decide who is useless?
Well most people with IQs of less than 140 SBS are idiots, there’s that!
I test at jusssst slightly below 140 at 138 … but that’s why I’m a Christian, eh? I’m too dull witted to know better
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Everything will be fine … we are in good hands.
I look forward to this one. I suspect I know exactly what will be spoken though. A book called “In The Know” was life changing.
https://www.amazon.ca/Know-Debunking-Myths-about-Intelligence/dp/1108493343
Looks like a good one for late night listening. Does Phillip Rushton’s name come up by any chance?
The heart of the matter.. IQ rears its head in group dynamics.. A synchromesh force multiplier.. Its what they mean by white privilege..
Race aside.. Men run the full gambit of intelligence.. From bone stupid to genius.. This lowers the curve in the middle.. Women do the same with a large boost in the middle.. As a whole women are smarter with far less idiots and genius’s on the ends..
So?.. What do we do?..
The magic, the scientific breakthroughs that have given us our modern society have been developed by genius men.. Just more of them.. Yet over all the ladies are smarter.. The idiot male and average male just cant compete..
Im not sure identity politics can alter this reality..
“Yet over all the ladies are smarter”
I call BS on that.
The ladies are not smarter.
My wife has ZERO space orienting … or visual understanding of maps. Literally … my wife CANNOT read a map AT ALL. Can’t orient herself in compass directions … nada.
But she is very sweet and nice …
Except when I’m asking her to navigate …
About 40 years ago, I read an article in “Cosmopolitan” magazine (I know, I know – don’t make jokes!) about the different types of intelligence. The writer identified about 6 types of intelligence:
1. Musical which is closely allayed to
2. Mathematical (computer programming and engineering).
3. Spatial (map and blueprint reading; think architects and engineers)
4. Physical (athletes and actors)
5. Social/People ( Princess Diana had this in spades) AND
6. Analytical which also encompassed reading and writing well; and understanding immediately the context of the writing.
Everyone has all of these with between 2-3 being the main components of each person’s intelligence. Think about the character Sheldon Cooper from “The Big Bang Theory” who had mathematical and analytical in abundance and was woefully deficient in physical, spatial, musical and social skills.
I myself have strong spatial and analytical skills. sadly our western societies put a premium on musical and physical skills – see the adulation of musicians, actors and athletes.
However, that’s a personal thing in her case. Many (possibly most) women have very good map reading skills. I’m one of them, and I rarely if ever don’t know where N-S-E-W is related to where I’m standing (or driving).
Is the following related to that ability? I don’t know: My husband will attest that I have an uncanny ability to visualize how much space a three- dimensional thing will take up (e.g., furniture in a room; the exact size container I need for the amount of leftovers I have; how many vegetables, and rows of each, I can plant and fit into my garden space — the vegetables wildly varying in size when grown. Etc.
I probably shouldn’t reveal this … but I am professionally a #3 … and strong #5. But the rest I am very good at too. I play guitar competently … but not intuitively great. Strong in math … but frankly more cookbook math … not a derivative master. Reasonable athlete played football and rugby into my 30’s (as a scrawny little 170lb’er. Yes, I was a hooker … let the comments begin 😉
People ! people! Don’t you know that having neck tattoos, nose piercings and using the correct pronouns compensate for low IQ ?
( sarcasm volume at 10 )
A watered-down, post-modern woke take on “The Bell Curve.”?
Totally in keeping with today’s IQ theme.
https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/us-tourist-sustained-injuries-after-falling-mount-vesuvius-while-taking-selfie
The Vesuvius cone is mostly volcanic cinder, easy to lose footing. Also active steam vents. Great views toward Pompeii, Naples harbour, Mediterranean.
Road to trailhead is great on a moto! Watch out for tour buses lined up at ticket booth.
“Intelligence” is the capacity to process information quickly and accurately. Some are born with more ability in this area than others. It is our biological inheritance, if you will. But it is but one component of “general ability”. One also needs knowledge and experience. One also needs the requisite tools and, of course, motive. These latter traits are a result of the environment we are born into: our cultural inheritance, again, if you will.
To be successful one must be ready, willing and able. To the extent that you have these three essential traits you have “ability”. Lacking in any one of these areas will reduce one’s chances of successful action.
Within reason, good training combined with an average I.Q. will often result in a more successful individual than poor training combined with a superior I.Q.
Males secrete testosterone (another part of male genetic inheritance) and operate under a “testosterone imperative” and harnessing testosterone, i.e. self discipline, is, by far, the most important reason we have what is called “civilization”.
Females do not operate under this “imperative” and, to the extent we let our culture become feminized, our culture will be hobbled.
Jordan Peterson has said publicly that people with an I.Q. of 83 or lower are useless. Not only is this uncharitable but it neglects to take into consideration proper training as a means to a successful life.
I would advise everyone to take I.Q. scores as a predictor of success with a large grain of salt.
“ Jordan Peterson has said publicly that people with an I.Q. of 83 or lower are useless. Not only is this uncharitable but it neglects to take into consideration proper training as a means to a successful life.”
Yeah but he also said they can’t be trained. Not saying I agree.
Well, Bill, that is not exactly what he said. He actually said that they couldn’t be trained to be “militarily” useful. If anyone were to say that the bottom 10% were permanently useless in any capacity then we would be presented with a very big moral dilemma. And does that designation mean that they are incapable of “moral agency”? Because if that is what “useless” means then we are designating them as being no better than animals. And I don’t need to point out the danger that that presents to the social order.
And there is a further danger here in designating the bottom 10% as useless. If anyone were to suggest that we get rid of these useless people and we actually did so, we would still end up having a bottom 10% of the population. Would this new 10% be designated as useless? And, btw, who gets to decide who is useless?
Well most people with IQs of less than 140 SBS are idiots, there’s that!
I test at jusssst slightly below 140 at 138 … but that’s why I’m a Christian, eh? I’m too dull witted to know better