tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8716347331682132223.post3333245058110205604..comments2023-10-20T02:08:39.524-07:00Comments on Atheism: Proving The Negative: IQ and the Origins of ReligionsMatt McCormickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17071078570021986664noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8716347331682132223.post-18172788693991621412009-11-01T16:43:18.913-08:002009-11-01T16:43:18.913-08:00It's almost always a mistake to generalize fro...It's almost always a mistake to generalize from a single case like this. Avoid the temptation.Matt McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17071078570021986664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8716347331682132223.post-22675971888392778242009-11-01T13:53:21.300-08:002009-11-01T13:53:21.300-08:00I have lived in a third world country 45 of my 50 ...I have lived in a third world country 45 of my 50 years, and it was in that where I was born. Since I was preschooling through college I was scoring all the time in IQ tests over 140, but I did not feel smarter than most people around me. BTW those tests usually where directly translated from English, a foreign language to us and not adapted to our cultural background. Since my teen years I have been in the USA and Europe many times and the common people in those places appear to me less sharp than the folks backhome, and This is especially worse in the USA. I don't know, maybe the rednecks were dummered by environmental pollution. We have very few religious fundamentalists, attendance to church is low and most people agree with the evolution theory. Our per capita income is about a fifth of the USA's.Miguelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8716347331682132223.post-28561613412397225002009-07-19T04:24:56.398-07:002009-07-19T04:24:56.398-07:00最近TVや雑誌で紹介されている家出掲示板では、全国各地のネットカフェ等を泊り歩いている家出娘のメッセ...最近TVや雑誌で紹介されている家出掲示板では、全国各地のネットカフェ等を泊り歩いている家出娘のメッセージが多数書き込みされています。彼女たちはお金がないので掲示板で知り合った男性の家にでもすぐに泊まりに行くようです。あなたも書き込みに返事を返してみませんか家出http://ruby.iwatukisan.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8716347331682132223.post-87760540963050530662009-07-17T08:01:48.724-07:002009-07-17T08:01:48.724-07:00最近仕事ばかりで毎日退屈してます。そろそろ恋人欲しいです☆もう夏だし海とか行きたいな♪ k.c.07...最近仕事ばかりで毎日退屈してます。そろそろ恋人欲しいです☆もう夏だし海とか行きたいな♪ k.c.0720@docomo.ne.jp 連絡待ってるよ☆メル友募集noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8716347331682132223.post-79286610602191613342009-07-06T06:49:58.715-07:002009-07-06T06:49:58.715-07:00みんなの精神年齢を測定できる、メンタル年齢チェッカーで秘められた年齢がズバリわかっちゃう!かわいいあ...みんなの精神年齢を測定できる、メンタル年齢チェッカーで秘められた年齢がズバリわかっちゃう!かわいいあの子も実は精神年齢オバサンということも…合コンや話のネタに一度チャレンジしてみよう精神年齢http://new.haaaasagasou.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8716347331682132223.post-90378486422946839382009-07-04T05:38:04.428-07:002009-07-04T05:38:04.428-07:00さあ、今夏も新たな出会いを経験してみませんか?当サイトは円助交際の逆、つまり女性が男性を円助する『逆...さあ、今夏も新たな出会いを経験してみませんか?当サイトは円助交際の逆、つまり女性が男性を円助する『逆円助交際』を提供します。逆円交際を未経験の方でも気軽に遊べる大人のマッチングシステムです。年齢上限・容姿・経験一切問いません。男性の方は無料で登録して頂けます。貴方も新たな出会いを経験してみませんか逆円助http://new.googlejuku-navi.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8716347331682132223.post-53683503278147940212009-06-16T12:31:41.960-07:002009-06-16T12:31:41.960-07:00hey matt, you are saying IQ's were lower in th...hey matt, you are saying IQ's were lower in the past compared to now. How is it fair to comapre IQ's from diiferent eras when the available data set is drastically different? Isnt there a hint of argumentum ad novitatem going on here?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8716347331682132223.post-61670170103021295282009-06-01T11:30:50.589-07:002009-06-01T11:30:50.589-07:00Thanks Eric. But being doubtful that these claims...Thanks Eric. But being doubtful that these claims about IQ are true doesn't amount to much unless we have some substantial reason to doubt them. I don't make a strong claim about what exactly the average IQ was in ancient times, nor do I think we should project a steady decline backwards in time. What is clear from Nisbett's argument and the research is that it will be much lower--dozens of points lower--in ancient times than it is now. If our culture, education, medicine, families, and environments are contributing to our IQs now, then if you remove those advantages, you remove the positive contribution to IQ. <br /><br />As for smart ancients--no doubt there were stand outs. I concede Aristotle and Newton, for instance. But we can't be selective here about the geniuses and then generalize about the population at large. We can see that the average would have been much, much worse then than now on the basis of Nisbett's argument. <br /><br />And yes, it does appear from the empirical research that IQs are commensurately lower in 3rd world countries and places where the positive contributing factors are present. <br /><br />MMMatt McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17071078570021986664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8716347331682132223.post-91102139509057670602009-06-01T10:39:31.309-07:002009-06-01T10:39:31.309-07:00(A) I am very very skeptical of IQ as a measure of...(A) I am very very skeptical of IQ as a measure of intelligence (assuming 'intelligence' can be reliably defined in the first place).<br /><br />(B) Projecting backwards in time and assuming a steady decline in IQ as we go assumes that as we go back we will not run out of IQ-elevating factors. This seems implausible to me. Rather, we would expect that people 100 years ago would probably be relevantly similar to people 1000 years ago.<br /><br />(C) It just seems implausible that the average IQ during the heights of the great ancient civilizations was around 70.<br /><br />(D) Cancelling out the IQ-boosting factors of education, diet, etc., what is the average IQ in the current world of people living without the advantage of these factors (in parts of the 3rd-world, for example)? I highly doubt it is around 70, and if it is, for me that would most likely show that IQ is an unreliable measure of intelligence.Eric Sotnakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06162425851889399481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8716347331682132223.post-86683877679101155312009-05-31T07:12:37.823-07:002009-05-31T07:12:37.823-07:00On the other hand, the Jews have always put a high...On the other hand, the Jews have always put a high value on learning and literacy. The writers of the gospels (who, by definition, could read and write!) would have grown up in a better intellectual environment than the 1st century average. I doubt that their IQ could be as low as 60.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8716347331682132223.post-20620835502240779782009-05-29T14:13:54.293-07:002009-05-29T14:13:54.293-07:00See this is exactly the problem with modern philos...See this is exactly the problem with modern philosphers and why the current world rebukes them> they contribute nothing but lousy conjecture based on their professors.<br /><br />Nothing new here professor in claiming people that disagree with you are dummer...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8716347331682132223.post-51001106290690600892009-05-26T09:43:23.662-07:002009-05-26T09:43:23.662-07:00LOL! I knew it...LOL! I knew it...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8716347331682132223.post-88939658442280051752009-05-26T04:32:07.008-07:002009-05-26T04:32:07.008-07:00Malcolm Gladwell has his own take on the Flynn eff...<A HREF="http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2007/12/17/071217crbo_books_gladwell?printable=true" REL="nofollow">Malcolm Gladwell</A> has his own take on the Flynn effect and the rise of IQ scores. Personally, I'm not too keen on IQ studies after reading Gould.Danny Boy, FCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188779170739251410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8716347331682132223.post-19768430854010418572009-05-26T00:09:28.351-07:002009-05-26T00:09:28.351-07:00Hi!
Maybe, lower IQ was associated with more ente...Hi!<br /><br />Maybe, lower IQ was associated with more entertaining fantasies!<br /><br />Well written!<br /><br />Take care.Ketanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02622410643454108685noreply@blogger.com