tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post7767077366625008014..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: Dept. of Nobody Knows Anything: redshirting childrenSteve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-84183525381149879552013-10-05T00:29:44.460-04:002013-10-05T00:29:44.460-04:00Possibly a thief. I don't know the man, but I ...Possibly a thief. I don't know the man, but I do know fairly<br />well the capabilities of scientists, having been around them<br />a lot. There is no more overrated lot of men than the scientist.<br />Morally blank. Presumed to be smarter than they really are.<br />Socially inept, and the better they are as scientists, the more<br />grating they are as people- Newton is the prime example.<brHaciendanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-71341639178889901262013-10-03T11:32:10.337-04:002013-10-03T11:32:10.337-04:00Rorty talking about how great U. of C. taking him ...Rorty talking about how great U. of C. taking him at a young age was for him: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11CqZd3B8B8FredRRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-57054295141012416302013-10-03T11:24:14.509-04:002013-10-03T11:24:14.509-04:00He said some dumb things, but I'm still a big ...He said some dumb things, but I'm still a big fan. I like the bored, 'deflationary' tone he takes when discussing abstruse philosophical debates.FredRRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-30232674266895261392013-10-02T23:14:30.296-04:002013-10-02T23:14:30.296-04:00the smartest of anglo-american "philosophers&...the smartest of anglo-american "philosophers" yet (if you'd read him you'd know) an imbecile compared, well, to all the smart people i went to school with at least.Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-44406315282129169372013-10-02T23:12:42.446-04:002013-10-02T23:12:42.446-04:00though it is very imperfect, AND MUCH LESS perfect...though it is very imperfect, AND MUCH LESS perfect than that of other countries, achievement in academia is the closest to a meritocracy the us has next to sports. <br /><br /><br /><br />there are many academics who could never have made it outside academia, but they're a minority.<br /><br /><br />money isn't their motivation, obviously, i hope.Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-69148080001032250302013-10-02T23:08:00.317-04:002013-10-02T23:08:00.317-04:00you're either joking or you've been fooled...you're either joking or you've been fooled.Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-86376325447867554532013-10-02T23:06:22.934-04:002013-10-02T23:06:22.934-04:00schwarzkopf won a celeb jeopardy tournament, so hi...schwarzkopf won a celeb jeopardy tournament, so his verbal iq was high. <br /><br /><br /><br />BUT here's class again in america...in case you didn't know...<br /><br /><br /><br />the us military is for the lower class (YET flag waving). whether enlisted or officers, to be in the us military is to be stupid.<br /><br /><br />at least this is the prejudice of bobos and swipls.Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-45271188899084539282013-10-02T15:04:43.868-04:002013-10-02T15:04:43.868-04:00I'm sure he thinks in terms of the Special The...I'm sure he thinks in terms of the Special Theory thought experiments about flashlight beams bouncing off a fast moving spaceship ceiling as seen by an outside observer. I remember discussing this with my teacher in sixth grade.oregonlocalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-71352192337527704402013-10-01T21:35:39.817-04:002013-10-01T21:35:39.817-04:00Thief? I assume you are referring to their use of...Thief? I assume you are referring to their use of some new Franklin and Goslings X-ray crystallography pics of the DNA molecule that they had not previously seen. They had originally come up with an incorrect model based upon previous data. At any rate, of the three Nobel winners: Watson, Wilkins, and Crick, it was the non-Phd. Crick who immediately noted the double-helix structure in the new oregonlocalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-23963653376354921432013-10-01T21:35:04.434-04:002013-10-01T21:35:04.434-04:00"(I fear affirmative action poster child Bara..."(I fear affirmative action poster child Barack Obama may be in the low to mid-teens.)"<br /><br />I read somewhere that in high school Obama was pondering on whether time was a fundamental dimension. No ordinary high school student would do that. Thus I was not surprised when I saw this,<br /><br />http://www.jstor.org/stable/1341407<br />The Curvature of Constitutional Space: What dxie48noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-85802549714594527662013-10-01T14:12:29.328-04:002013-10-01T14:12:29.328-04:00"maybe aboveall dreams the stuff from an very..."maybe aboveall dreams the stuff from an very early age can become a Feynman despite not spectacular g"<br /><br /><br />Didn't Shockley have an IQ in <br /><br />Many studies have put the average IQ of non-Peace Prize Nobel winners in the low to mid 140's. It should be no surprise that many have IQ's of 130. There is a lot more to intellectual achievement than sheer brainoregonlocalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-74662031116086496242013-10-01T13:11:28.671-04:002013-10-01T13:11:28.671-04:00Watson and Feynman < 130. No big deal I think. ...Watson and Feynman < 130. No big deal I think. Have you read Feynman's political thoughts? Laughable. <br />A man of great spatial talents, who eats, lives, hero worships those in those in his field, and maybe above<br />all dreams the stuff from an very early age can become a Feynman despite not spectacular g.<br /><br /><br />Watson at less 130 is almost no mystery at all. Socially Haciendanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-57268087663209256622013-10-01T11:23:59.429-04:002013-10-01T11:23:59.429-04:00"talk surfer jive"
And why shouldn'..."talk surfer jive"<br /><br />And why shouldn't I? I am after all an avid surfer.<br /><br /><br /><br />I'm sorry that whoever wrote the subtitles for your copy of the flick didn't know how to translate slang. Must have been another hodad like yourself.oregonlocalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-82087534112119087522013-10-01T10:35:40.857-04:002013-10-01T10:35:40.857-04:00They took Richard Rorty at 15 too.They took Richard Rorty at 15 too.FredRRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-140832798297375902013-10-01T06:02:54.271-04:002013-10-01T06:02:54.271-04:00You do make a good point. Unfortunately, we live ...You do make a good point. Unfortunately, we live in more rural county without HAG support. That's why we have to resort to skipping a grade.Bellcurveolinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-51275221054325427562013-09-30T20:50:29.946-04:002013-09-30T20:50:29.946-04:00or talk surfer jive.
i remembered correctly, &qu...or talk surfer jive.<br /><br /><br />i remembered correctly, "soc" is a term from the outsiders. "sosh" is never used.Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-69733851740501503832013-09-30T20:46:29.950-04:002013-09-30T20:46:29.950-04:00even better would be if children like your daughte...even better would be if children like your daughter attended schools full of students like herself.<br /><br />i remember my suburbs talented and gifted had 1/4 of the school, so not so talented or gifted.<br /><br />how do other countries deal with the very smart?Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-52841104508072639052013-09-30T12:31:50.987-04:002013-09-30T12:31:50.987-04:00That's not me (I said uncommon, not unique. I...That's not me (I said uncommon, not unique. I thought demographics would help folks differentiate.). For years I was the only one by that name who showed up on the net, but as it's become more widely used that's not the case.Richard Seiternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-22766711400637773082013-09-30T06:18:12.754-04:002013-09-30T06:18:12.754-04:00all is studied until 16 was the biography of the d...all is studied until 16 was the biography of the dear leader and the great leader.Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-121381680445396452013-09-29T23:44:52.780-04:002013-09-29T23:44:52.780-04:00o'bama's mom, really? i'll have to loo...o'bama's mom, really? i'll have to look that up. still, watson was like feynman, measured iq < 130. he said so himself.<br /><br /><br /><br />his dad had another very smart son, pace the racists. but the mother was jewish, so maybe o'bama sr wasn't so smart. he must've had something. in america, high iq white women are very unlikely to marry black men for whatever Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-91405220801474345692013-09-29T23:39:21.421-04:002013-09-29T23:39:21.421-04:00the only richard seiter i found has something to d...the only richard seiter i found has something to do with prisons.Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-52978952415798987752013-09-29T23:33:15.964-04:002013-09-29T23:33:15.964-04:00i agree with you there.
after sputnik the big pu...i agree with you there.<br /><br /><br />after sputnik the big push for sci and maths worked. in sci and math my brother and i make may mother and father look like the dumb kids and they made their parents look like the really dumb kids.<br /><br /><br />my grandfather learned greek at stonyhurst, but a graphing calculator was pure confusion for him.<br /><br /><br />what's the limit? if all Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-81153004615001040662013-09-29T23:26:04.865-04:002013-09-29T23:26:04.865-04:00i can't say all my fellow students were idiots...i can't say all my fellow students were idiots. at least three were smarter than me. but that doesn't mean the weren't idiots, does it?<br /><br /><br /><br />usnews put my public hs in the 98th percentile and third in the state, but i can say many many years later that i can't believe i didn't set fire to the place. my teachers were lazy morons without exception.<br /><br /><Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-35935146791924011092013-09-29T00:25:32.842-04:002013-09-29T00:25:32.842-04:00Thanks, Steve. I feel better already. My family ...Thanks, Steve. I feel better already. My family emigrated to the west years ago. I could not get into sixth grade but was accepted to seventh grade at a private school since the test for the former was an achievement test and the test for the latter was an aptitude test and I barely spoke English then. I ended up doing just fine and eventually graduated from US medical school before turning Bellcurveolinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-90303308278073630002013-09-28T08:16:48.899-04:002013-09-28T08:16:48.899-04:00It's reasonable to assume that redshirted chil...It's reasonable to assume that redshirted children with relatively high IQs will suffer. Those kids are already held back by an educational system that does little to cater to their needs. Every year of mental age they exceed their school age peers by just adds to their suffering.<br /><br /><br />I entered school early - started kindergarten at 4 - and I still had a very hard time. It wasn&#Corneliusnoreply@blogger.com