The Neuroscience of Intelligence: An Interview with Richard Haier
1–10 of 40 posts
Re: The Neuroscience of Intelligence: An Interview with Richard Haier
#2>Based on decades of compelling data (including the latest DNA analyses), many researchers, myself included, think that the g-factor is influenced mostly by genetics.
Good luck trying to reasonably discuss this finding here, lol.
Re: The Neuroscience of Intelligence: An Interview with Richard Haier
#3Lower intelligence is a limiting factor when it comes to education, employment, and economic success but IQ has nothing to do with dignity, friendliness, compassion, honesty and a host of other positive human attributes. Access to all the opportunities imaginable will not be effectively used by individuals with low IQ through no fault of their own. There is no rational reason to stigmatize people and every reason to provide support in everyway possible.
Well, he was nice about it, but it still sounds pretty bad. He’s also talking about supporting people, and recognizing mothers role of personal fault... as though we already do that. The truth is that his insights, in the world as it is rather than as he imagines it, this would essentially be Gattaca.
Edit sp
Re: The Neuroscience of Intelligence: An Interview with Richard Haier
#4Lower intelligence is a limiting factor when it comes to education, employment, and economic success but IQ has nothing to do with dignity, friendliness, compassion, honesty and a host of other positive human attributes. Access to all the opportunities imaginable will not be effectively used by individuals with low IQ through no fault of their own. There is no rational reason to stigmatize people and every reason to…
Ever since I saw Gattaca, I knew it was exactly where society would be heading. Minus all the fear-mongering and scary music.
It's a very fundamental human (nay, multi-celled organism) instinct to try to pass on our strongest genes.
If there was anything I could do to ensure my kids had 150 or 160 IQs (without any obvious downsides) I would do it in a heartbeat. And so would everyone else I know, if they're honest.
Re: The Neuroscience of Intelligence: An Interview with Richard Haier
#5Lower intelligence is a limiting factor when it comes to education, employment, and economic success but IQ has nothing to do with dignity, friendliness, compassion, honesty and a host of other positive human attributes. Access to all the opportunities imaginable will not be effectively used by individuals with low IQ through no fault of their own. There is no rational reason to stigmatize people and every reason to…
The truth is that IQ is a determining factor. It's reality, why are we painting it as something else?
Re: The Neuroscience of Intelligence: An Interview with Richard Haier
#6>Based on decades of compelling data (including the latest DNA analyses), many researchers, myself included, think that the g-factor is influenced mostly by genetics. Good luck trying to reasonably discuss this finding here, lol.
YeH exactly
Re: The Neuroscience of Intelligence: An Interview with Richard Haier
#7Can't we agree that there are people on extreme ends of the mental capabilities spectrum? That is, people who are mentally challenged couldn't reasonably hold down a programming job, and people who are geniuses discover new theorems.
We know that a whole host of mental handicaps are likely genetic (they show up very early in development).
If that is the case, then why is it not reasonable to assume that there is a whole range of IQ in between that might be genetically determined that result in differences in educational and employment outcomes for different people?
Re: The Neuroscience of Intelligence: An Interview with Richard Haier
#8Can't we agree that there are people on extreme ends of the mental capabilities spectrum? That is, people who are mentally challenged couldn't reasonably hold down a programming job, and people who are geniuses discover new theorems. We know that a whole host of mental handicaps are likely genetic (they show up very early in development). If that is the case, then why is it not reasonable to assume that there is a wh…
Because that idea could eventually affect the people in charge of applying it.
Re: The Neuroscience of Intelligence: An Interview with Richard Haier
#9Can't we agree that there are people on extreme ends of the mental capabilities spectrum? That is, people who are mentally challenged couldn't reasonably hold down a programming job, and people who are geniuses discover new theorems. We know that a whole host of mental handicaps are likely genetic (they show up very early in development). If that is the case, then why is it not reasonable to assume that there is a wh…
[deleted]
Re: The Neuroscience of Intelligence: An Interview with Richard Haier
#10Lower intelligence is a limiting factor when it comes to education, employment, and economic success but IQ has nothing to do with dignity, friendliness, compassion, honesty and a host of other positive human attributes. Access to all the opportunities imaginable will not be effectively used by individuals with low IQ through no fault of their own. There is no rational reason to stigmatize people and every reason to…
Ever since I saw Gattaca, I knew it was exactly where society would be heading. Minus all the fear-mongering and scary music. It's a very fundamental human (nay, multi-celled organism) instinct to try to pass on our strongest genes. If there was anything I could do to ensure my kids had 150 or 160 IQs (without any obvious downsides) I would do it in a heartbeat. And so would everyone else I know, if they're honest.
Everyone would... who could afford to. Now ask yourself what the majority who couldn’t afford it would do to protect and advantage their offspring. Gattaca is probably a fairly tale, and a nuclear wasteland the reality.