tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post8453661071988801905..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: Why does GCTA work?Steve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-49480995144020139442014-03-31T20:06:37.499-04:002014-03-31T20:06:37.499-04:00another person whose iq is higher than steve's...another person whose iq is higher than steve's. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s7pfCtK2MkCharlesRyder1921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-8188079633720146872014-03-31T18:56:26.672-04:002014-03-31T18:56:26.672-04:00steve deletes all comments which he disagrees with...steve deletes all comments which he disagrees with. <br /><br />typical chinaman.gide07noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-85761902349613261242014-03-31T18:22:23.224-04:002014-03-31T18:22:23.224-04:00there's nothing new for me in that article. th...there's nothing new for me in that article. the first article you linked to suggested that alcohol dehydrates the brain. but a 1.5% difference in mass may be described as "insignificant" by some researchers.<br /><br />there are changes in performance on some tests, but general performance (iq) is not affected or the effect is not practically significant (with some rare exceptions).Abruzzi_spurnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-10521933915075566592014-03-31T11:59:58.700-04:002014-03-31T11:59:58.700-04:00Von Neumann probably had a large enough brain that...Von Neumann probably had a large enough brain that he could afford to lose a little brain mass without jeopardizing his super genius statusIamexpertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-3172383365911736472014-03-31T09:47:30.427-04:002014-03-31T09:47:30.427-04:00Why would the effect be different on volume than o...Why would the effect be different on volume than on weight? It's probably just that volume studies are more accurate since they use in vivo MRIs. By contrast measuring brain weight is messy considering it increases 9% postmortem. Anyway here's an article about the damaging effects of alcohol on intellect:<br /><br />http://m.psychologytoday.com/blog/addiction-science/200810/Iamexpertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-72522230333138650872014-03-30T23:21:21.086-04:002014-03-30T23:21:21.086-04:00I was going to mention that too although before a ...I was going to mention that too although before a match he usually had only one or two drinks at most if at all. At those levels alcohol has a mildly stimulating effect.<br /><br /><br />By all accounts von Neumann could drink a whole fifth and remain as brilliant and loquacious as ever. He once downed 16 martinis straight in a row. His friends were constantly covering for him and getting himJames Hedmanhttp://www.dhs.gov/how-do-i/report-suspicious-activitynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-86529000866646605952014-03-30T22:52:00.459-04:002014-03-30T22:52:00.459-04:00so was alekhine.so was alekhine.Abruzzi_spurnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-25991735262643535312014-03-30T22:49:10.374-04:002014-03-30T22:49:10.374-04:00brain volume yes, brain mass no.brain volume yes, brain mass no.Abruzzi_spurnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-63240599884350295762014-03-30T20:19:38.484-04:002014-03-30T20:19:38.484-04:00Brain size & alcohol:
http://www.cnn.com/2008...Brain size & alcohol:<br /><br />http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/diet.fitness/10/14/healthmag.alcohol.brain.shrinkage/<br /><br />With respect to fluid IQ, you're entitled to your opinion.Iamexpertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-72682351113460931462014-03-30T20:03:49.981-04:002014-03-30T20:03:49.981-04:00John von Neumann was a notorious drunkard.John von Neumann was a notorious drunkard.James Hedmanhttp://www.dhs.gov/how-do-i/report-suspicious-activitynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-24966953051178536272014-03-30T19:16:04.084-04:002014-03-30T19:16:04.084-04:00what exactly are you an expert on?
1. there is no...what exactly are you an expert on?<br /><br />1. there is no fluid intelligence, just like there are no angels.<br /><br />2. aside from wk or fas, alcohol and alcoholism have no effect on iq. it can affect performance on some neuropsychological tests, but has no effect on an indivdual's general cognitive ability. this is not a controversial claim. the gross changes in the brains of some Abruzzi_spurnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-25975706993489845862014-03-30T18:09:42.342-04:002014-03-30T18:09:42.342-04:00Havent read the paper, but this sounds like a high...Havent read the paper, but this sounds like a high tech version of kinship-phenotype correlation. Identical twins are phenotypically more similar than regular siblings who are more similar than cousins who are more similar than randomly paired citizens who are more similar than people from different countries etc. But how does that prove heritability? Genetically similar people tend to grow upIamexpertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-2969940959380766712014-03-30T16:52:57.851-04:002014-03-30T16:52:57.851-04:00"What are conservative error estimates for th..."What are conservative error estimates for the derived heritability?"<br /><br />but heritability is merely the square of the coefficient of G for the tangent plane to the GxE to trait surface at a particular point. turkheimer's finding and the heteroskedasticity of g vs iq show that this heritability is a local phenomenon, local to the point in the GxE plane.<br /><br />"In chartreuse1737noreply@blogger.com