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On January 19 2008 12:03 zdd wrote:
Having a bigger head doesn't mean being smarter, look at elephants, whales, and other big headed creatures versus monkeys and ravens, who are clearly more intelligent.
I found his centipede example to be particularly amusing. Apparently, centipedes don't exhibit much intelligence because of their head size, and it has nothing to do with their incredibly simple nervous system.
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"no better or no worse than anyone else but they have more responsibility"
For a high iq, this man needs to spend more time thinking of better social theories. People with high iq's aren't special since one can train their IQ, it doesn't really say much about a persons intelligence it's a mere false.
read more, study harder that's how you get smarter & how you can develop a high IQ. If you want to be able to see patterns in numbers play around with them, more neuron paths will grow in your brain and you'll be able to see these patterns.
To become intelligent by my definition, is to spend more time thinking, philosphising about a theory of 'something'. By the way Langan speaks in the video its quite clear that he spent some time about it, but he hasn't really thought about the ethics of breeding a perfect genome society, and there were many more things he pointed out about his 'version' of society.
Last time i did a proper pen/paper IQ test was in primary school it was 144 at that time now I'd be lucky to beat 120. Why? because my numeracy skills died after i was given a calculator, only thing i really love doing are the image/spacial problems, vocabulary.. haha after engineering at uni and barely any side-reading that all vanished.
and terrance tao tutored a subject at my uni! :D too bad he left a year before i came in >_<
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Well he's definitely got a big head.
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intelligence without a foundation is idle.
I have a high IQ, but Im not a genius. If I ever want to use intelligence, I will need to study and learn to do that.
Unfortunately, while I believe this person has ability, he doesnt have the necessary foundation to use it.
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"I'm closer to absolute truth than any man has been before me." ..etc
Thanks for the laugh.
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This guy does have an off the chart IQ. And we can't imagine how it would be to experience the world with such an IQ.
But at the same time this guy is a proponent of Intelligent Design, an idea with no merit. And he is also a human. But at the same time he also supports the theory of evolution.
Also, I think many people here are taking his ideas too shallow or misunderstanding him.
And it's true that EQ shows a correlation between relative brain size and intelligence. It's just a very odd one with a lot of exceptions.
Just having a high IQ doesn't make you understand things. It just makes you understand things easier or faster.
On January 19 2008 12:27 ilj.psa wrote:
the eugenics part was completely crazy, reminded me of Hitler or something
It will safe suffering in the end. Especially getting rid of genetic diseases.
It's also true that we all can't claim the right to have as many children as we want. Think about it. If we all did that we would be screwed over. Well, we are getting screwed over by that right now.
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On January 19 2008 12:30 Eskii wrote:
Is Eugenics really that crazy? And hes NOT talking about breeding smarter or better looking people, hes talking about taking out the genetic problems such as downs syndrome etc...
It's a slippery slope. The same justification for breeding "genetically healthy" people can be applied for breeding smarter and more beautiful people; all three are for the purpose of making human beings more "successful."
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You have to understand that he is human, and knowing you are smarter than everyone else tends to lead to this sort of arrogance/defensiveness.
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On January 19 2008 12:42 skindzer wrote:
What a dumbass.
???? at least elaborate
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On January 19 2008 12:43 SilenTLurker wrote:
"I'm closer to absolute truth than any man has been before me." ..etc
Thanks for the laugh.
It might be true, but it probably just means he's 1/100000000000...th of the way there.
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On January 19 2008 12:47 Jibba wrote:Show nested quote +On January 19 2008 12:30 Eskii wrote:
Is Eugenics really that crazy? And hes NOT talking about breeding smarter or better looking people, hes talking about taking out the genetic problems such as downs syndrome etc... It's a slippery slope. The same justification for breeding "genetically healthy" people can be applied for breeding smarter and more beautiful people; all three are for the purpose of making human beings more "successful."
Ah but I dont believe that intelligence breeds intelligence, I know people that have grown up in seperate houses that are brothers and never interacted, one is extremely smart and the other is a twit. I believe its a matter of environment, although you can have negative genetic traits which will influence it in a negative way.
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On January 19 2008 13:01 Eskii wrote:Show nested quote +On January 19 2008 12:47 Jibba wrote:On January 19 2008 12:30 Eskii wrote:
Is Eugenics really that crazy? And hes NOT talking about breeding smarter or better looking people, hes talking about taking out the genetic problems such as downs syndrome etc... It's a slippery slope. The same justification for breeding "genetically healthy" people can be applied for breeding smarter and more beautiful people; all three are for the purpose of making human beings more "successful." Ah but I dont believe that intelligence breeds intelligence, I know people that have grown up in seperate houses that are brothers and never interacted, one is extremely smart and the other is a twit. I believe its a matter of environment, although you can have negative genetic traits which will influence it in a negative way.
its definitely both. There is some inherent talent along with environment
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I would like to see the unedited verision tho cause this one seems chopped up and edited.
But anyone who thinks this guy is dumb is automaticly an idiot themselves
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On January 19 2008 13:01 Eskii wrote:Show nested quote +On January 19 2008 12:47 Jibba wrote:On January 19 2008 12:30 Eskii wrote:
Is Eugenics really that crazy? And hes NOT talking about breeding smarter or better looking people, hes talking about taking out the genetic problems such as downs syndrome etc... It's a slippery slope. The same justification for breeding "genetically healthy" people can be applied for breeding smarter and more beautiful people; all three are for the purpose of making human beings more "successful." Ah but I dont believe that intelligence breeds intelligence, I know people that have grown up in seperate houses that are brothers and never interacted, one is extremely smart and the other is a twit. I believe its a matter of environment, although you can have negative genetic traits which will influence it in a negative way.
Maybe so, but assuming there is some way to breed intelligence, eventually people will try and take advantage of it and will start customizing their children. I think we're opening up a brand new can of worms though and should call it quits. :x
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Holy crap, I want to gouge his eyes out with a soldering iron.
'I wrote a new theory about computing that is amazingly complex, but then a fight broke out and I lost it, and have no idea what it is that I actually wrote.'
What a douche.
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On January 19 2008 13:07 Jibba wrote:Show nested quote +On January 19 2008 13:01 Eskii wrote:On January 19 2008 12:47 Jibba wrote:On January 19 2008 12:30 Eskii wrote:
Is Eugenics really that crazy? And hes NOT talking about breeding smarter or better looking people, hes talking about taking out the genetic problems such as downs syndrome etc... It's a slippery slope. The same justification for breeding "genetically healthy" people can be applied for breeding smarter and more beautiful people; all three are for the purpose of making human beings more "successful." Ah but I dont believe that intelligence breeds intelligence, I know people that have grown up in seperate houses that are brothers and never interacted, one is extremely smart and the other is a twit. I believe its a matter of environment, although you can have negative genetic traits which will influence it in a negative way. Maybe so, but assuming there is some way to breed intelligence, eventually people will try and take advantage of it and will start customizing their children. I think we're opening up a brand new can of worms though and should call it quits. :x
Why? Wouldnt you have liked to be born more intelligent?
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On January 19 2008 13:12 fusionsdf wrote:Show nested quote +On January 19 2008 13:07 Jibba wrote:On January 19 2008 13:01 Eskii wrote:On January 19 2008 12:47 Jibba wrote:On January 19 2008 12:30 Eskii wrote:
Is Eugenics really that crazy? And hes NOT talking about breeding smarter or better looking people, hes talking about taking out the genetic problems such as downs syndrome etc... It's a slippery slope. The same justification for breeding "genetically healthy" people can be applied for breeding smarter and more beautiful people; all three are for the purpose of making human beings more "successful." Ah but I dont believe that intelligence breeds intelligence, I know people that have grown up in seperate houses that are brothers and never interacted, one is extremely smart and the other is a twit. I believe its a matter of environment, although you can have negative genetic traits which will influence it in a negative way. Maybe so, but assuming there is some way to breed intelligence, eventually people will try and take advantage of it and will start customizing their children. I think we're opening up a brand new can of worms though and should call it quits. :x Why? Wouldnt you have liked to be born more intelligent?
GATTACA...nuff said.
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On January 19 2008 13:10 Lemonwalrus wrote:
Holy crap, I want to gouge his eyes out with a soldering iron.
'I wrote a new theory about computing that is amazingly complex, but then a fight broke out and I lost it, and have no idea what it is that I actually wrote.'
What a douche.
I can relate to the process as I myself can think in highly abstract threedimensional symbols that mean things that are more complex than what words can describe, and these appear at random and has enormous amounts of information connected to eachother. And If concentration is broken I cannot recall the exact combination and therefor the general idea is broken and cannot be retrieved.
I believe that any highly intelligent person would relate to what he said to a degree or another, but the idea they lost might not have been as complex. But the process he speaks of is of course real, yet to someone without the ability it might seem arrogant and completely fuckheadish, but it's not.
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