tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post3438133840212767664..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: Cognition über allesSteve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-20488290719012783972014-05-07T09:09:48.542-04:002014-05-07T09:09:48.542-04:00I posted a reply to you on the other thread as yo...I posted a reply to you on the other thread as your post is hanging for approval and it can not be replied to so you see the reply above your post.tstevnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-90218741832652765152014-04-22T20:18:31.919-04:002014-04-22T20:18:31.919-04:00NOT imminent.
http://infoproc.blogspot.com/2008/0...NOT imminent.<br /><br />http://infoproc.blogspot.com/2008/06/singularity-ai-and-ieee.htmlsteve hsuhttp://duende.uoregon.edu/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-15267454002959231402014-04-22T20:04:19.074-04:002014-04-22T20:04:19.074-04:00Steve, what's your take on AGI-is-imminent? Ar...Steve, what's your take on AGI-is-imminent? Are you as concerned as some others (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stephen-hawking/artificial-intelligence_b_5174265.html ) are about it?ESRogsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-5011914776130554322014-04-22T03:16:14.416-04:002014-04-22T03:16:14.416-04:00I've read his paper on Ashkenazi intelligence ...I've read his paper on Ashkenazi intelligence and I've read his blog. That was plenty, much more than enough. But microcephaly <i>is</i> genetic, so I pity him.ronthehedgehognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-37989556220299052842014-04-22T01:47:12.437-04:002014-04-22T01:47:12.437-04:00Have you read any of Cochran's papers or book ...Have you read any of Cochran's papers or book with Harpending? The idea that he is a "pinhead" is just silly.bottinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-55543374433465943682014-04-21T22:49:53.829-04:002014-04-21T22:49:53.829-04:00I think cognition is like Turing-completeness in a...I think cognition is like Turing-completeness in a computer artchitecture: as you gradually add complexity and abstraction, you suddenly cross a threshold where the system becomes Turing-complete. Similarly, the difference between Neandethals and homo sapiens genomes are small, but we crossed the cognition threshold where we can laboriously bootstrap ourselves up to thinking and talking about Rogernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-78945177332455800172014-04-21T22:27:05.586-04:002014-04-21T22:27:05.586-04:00I would be pretty interested in a common factor fo...I would be pretty interested in a common factor for intelligence and height, but the correlation there is very small. I think a lot of the fuss on this topic is dedicated to the use of the term "general intelligence" which people don't like for various reasons. Okay, then just say the g factor. Everything is still the same.twoLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-42828215707784495692014-04-20T21:37:09.987-04:002014-04-20T21:37:09.987-04:00so men's testes are golf balls compared to chi...so men's testes are golf balls compared to chimps' beach balls, but their penises are fire hoses compared to chimps' coffee straws?<br /><br />look, as london young might say,...<br /><br />rushton was a moron.ronthehedgehognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-41540949429156406042014-04-20T12:29:04.635-04:002014-04-20T12:29:04.635-04:00Rushton focused on penis size because we have good...Rushton focused on penis size because we have good statistics from the World Health Organization, but his point was about sex organs in general. Chimps have double the testicle size of humans.Iamexpertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-16387495990322840192014-04-19T01:10:59.508-04:002014-04-19T01:10:59.508-04:00Humans are very sexually dimorphic; when only musc...Humans are very sexually dimorphic; when only muscle-mass is concerned the disparity is as big as with gorillas. Human females are unique amongst the primate species to carry large amounts of fat in their bodies.namae nankahttp://endofwomen.blogspot.in/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-19366107937957124252014-04-18T01:00:06.623-04:002014-04-18T01:00:06.623-04:00perhaps you might consider forcing commentators to...perhaps you might consider forcing commentators to just use one name when posting ?<br />or even more radically stop one commentator from poisoning every single thread by repeating exactly the same comments, over and over again, as part of his obsession with disproving psychometrics ?iamtestsubject111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-17480962021765743462014-04-17T23:11:27.055-04:002014-04-17T23:11:27.055-04:00But even given the h^2 of height, according to the...But even given the h^2 of height, according to the P = G + E model, if one twin had an IQ of 145, the other twin would score so high or higher 20.5% of the time. if one twin had an iq of 160, the other would score >= 160 13.6% of the time.a last a loved a long thenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-88121856919133927922014-04-17T22:32:04.325-04:002014-04-17T22:32:04.325-04:00If verbal and math scores correlate due to mutatio...If verbal and math scores correlate due to mutational load or some other indirect relationship, then continued belief in general intelligence is little more than an expression of political supremacy of psychologists over the subject. The field should be allowed to merge with neuroscience. You wouldn't be so interested in a common factor for intelligence and height.nooffensebuthttp://theunsilencedscience.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-91841066976362847572014-04-17T21:01:27.134-04:002014-04-17T21:01:27.134-04:00Yet Rushton claimed of one of the most salient cha...Yet Rushton claimed of one of the most salient changes in anatomy from ape to man...the stupid have more of it. The smart less. <br /><br /><i><br /> For example, an adult gorilla's erect penis is about 4 cm (1.5 in) in <br />length; an adult chimpanzee, significantly smaller (in body size) than a<br /> gorilla, has a penis size about double that of the gorilla. In <br />comparison, the humanronthehedgehognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-74084778774697902002014-04-17T09:17:21.281-04:002014-04-17T09:17:21.281-04:00If they are there :)If they are there :)RMBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-80491872978568991322014-04-17T05:01:36.347-04:002014-04-17T05:01:36.347-04:00"or detect others of its kind across galactic...<i>"or detect others of its kind across galactic distances."</i><br /><br /><br />ORLY? I somehow must have missed that happening.James Hedmanhttp://www.dhs.gov/how-do-i/report-suspicious-activitynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-86734485021426649592014-04-17T02:16:32.144-04:002014-04-17T02:16:32.144-04:00If Bouchard's data is corrected for restrictio...If Bouchard's data is corrected for restriction of range and if the reliability is taken to be .90 for the WAIS, then even this lowest correlation of Bouchrad's three IQ measures is "really" about .86, the same as for height.<br /><br />.86*.9 = .774. If the range is restricted so that no values less than z = -1.4 and none higher than z = 2.2 (the minimum and maximum of the MZAsronthehedgehognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-24144770056280380902014-04-16T22:22:58.917-04:002014-04-16T22:22:58.917-04:00Also, I don't think you quite understand what ...Also, I don't think you quite understand what "truthiness" means. It is something that is factually correct on its face but is misleading in context or presentation. For example, let's say I do some research and find out that the population of black homosexuals who voted GOP increased by 50 percent between 2008 and 2012. It's a "true" statement but it is Asher Jacobsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-25000246537451898752014-04-16T22:18:29.772-04:002014-04-16T22:18:29.772-04:00@ a last a loved a long the
Truth is an available...@ a last a loved a long the<br /><br />Truth is an available explanation that best fits, explains and predicts the observable facts. That's it. If you have a better quantifiable model that fits, explains and predicts human behavior and outcomes then I welcome you to offer it.Asher Jacobsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-40436673969834393792014-04-16T21:53:32.576-04:002014-04-16T21:53:32.576-04:00has a much better mental model of the world than a...<i> has a much better mental model of the world than any animal</i><br /><br />And so the individualist ideology shows itself again. Who needs facts when you've got truthiness?<br /><br />Man is an idiot without the society of other men. Even if one lived as a hermit in a Montana shack, if he reads, he's part of that society.<br /><br /><br />Lee Kuan Yew on individualism: “In the East a last a loved a long thenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-22750742616806949482014-04-16T21:35:15.688-04:002014-04-16T21:35:15.688-04:00"The higher-order “g” factor is an artifact o..."The higher-order “g” factor is an artifact of tasks recruiting multiple networks"...Don't the g fairies already admit this?<br /><br /> "It's a fact that most of the variance can be capture by one variable...the vast majority of the variance..."<b>FALSE.</b><br /><br />If each system, as they claim, was really independent of the others, we would have measured it."a last a loved a long thenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-5361941913774155322014-04-16T19:42:10.529-04:002014-04-16T19:42:10.529-04:00http://infoproc.blogspot.com/search/label/books t...http://infoproc.blogspot.com/search/label/books then search on page for word "finance"?<br /><br /><br />Results are not that great but you could also squint at the photo of my bookshelf :-)<br /><br /><br />Somewhere on my blog there is a list of recommendations but I can't seem to find it now, sorry!steve hsuhttp://duende.uoregon.edu/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-65173970511451831102014-04-16T10:46:21.475-04:002014-04-16T10:46:21.475-04:00Couldn't a "g" be derived for the co...Couldn't a "g" be derived for the common component of intelligence and height, since they correlate and reflect development factors and mutational load. If general intelligence doesn't have a neural basis, then other formulations seem as legitimate, though not as a refutation of differential psychology.nooffensebuthttp://theunsilencedscience.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-10069192011795923312014-04-16T10:06:30.464-04:002014-04-16T10:06:30.464-04:00Long time lurker of your blog... Big fan! I wonder...Long time lurker of your blog... Big fan! I wonder if you could share some reading tips regarding finance books?big fannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-21043314126230531762014-04-16T09:27:08.176-04:002014-04-16T09:27:08.176-04:00Even a feral child has a much better mental model ...Even a feral child has a much better mental model of the world than any animal.<br /><br />"how to achieve it" -- Deutsch is referring to the *difference* in learning ability between apes and man.<br /><br />The brain evolved to learn from its environment. Its DNA program is short, but it requires interaction to develop properly.steve hsuhttp://duende.uoregon.edu/noreply@blogger.com