I.Q. IN THE HIGH RANGE CORRELATES NEGATIVELY WITH INDICATORS OF DISORDER AND DEVIANCE by Paul Cooijmans This result has surprised me, and for years I thought it might be due to sampling error and would disappear as more data came in. It did not, and I am now fairly confident that there is indeed a significant, albeit small (about .3 to .4), negative correlation between high-range mental test scores and indicators of disorder and deviance such as the actual presence of psychiatric disorders, the presence of such in relatives (which reveals genetic disposition), and personality test scores related to deviance. The main reason I had not expected this result is the persistent notion in “giftedness” circles that “gifted” individuals often experience psychosocial or psychiatric problems and may need special treatment and help. At events related to “giftedness” one can nowadays see committees of all sorts of (often quack) therapists, eager to “help”, and whenever they spot someone “diagnosed” with “giftedness” those vultures come down from the trees. I have believed in this interpretation of “giftedness” until about the late 1990s, but gradually became sceptical as I saw the statistics build up, and as I got in contact with many people with known I.Q. scores on many tests; my experience in such contact is that, within the high range of intelligence, those with higher I.Q.’s are more normal, less deviant, undergo less psychosocial suffering, than those with somewhat lower I.Q.’s. Do notice that the fairly small size of the negative correlation certainly allows some part of the population of intelligent to be deviant, disordered, or suffering; but it is apparently not the intelligence that causes their problems. Also, this result by no means excludes the possibility of a positive (genetic) link between intelligence and certain disorders, like schizophrenia and Asperger syndrome. The eventual correlation may result form a complex of mechanisms, such that a possible positive genetic relation is turned into negative by for instance (1) the fact that a high I.Q. suppresses the expression of the disorder, and (2) the fact that, in cases where the disorder does become fully expressed, the disorder depresses one’s I.Q.
Category: Human Behavior and Cognitive Science
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The High Range Correlates Negatively with Indicators of Disorder and Deviance
I.Q. IN THE HIGH RANGE CORRELATES NEGATIVELY WITH INDICATORS OF DISORDER AND DEVIANCE by Paul Cooijmans This result has surprised me, and for years I thought it might be due to sampling error and would disappear as more data came in. It did not, and I am now fairly confident that there is indeed a significant, albeit small (about .3 to .4), negative correlation between high-range mental test scores and indicators of disorder and deviance such as the actual presence of psychiatric disorders, the presence of such in relatives (which reveals genetic disposition), and personality test scores related to deviance. The main reason I had not expected this result is the persistent notion in “giftedness” circles that “gifted” individuals often experience psychosocial or psychiatric problems and may need special treatment and help. At events related to “giftedness” one can nowadays see committees of all sorts of (often quack) therapists, eager to “help”, and whenever they spot someone “diagnosed” with “giftedness” those vultures come down from the trees. I have believed in this interpretation of “giftedness” until about the late 1990s, but gradually became sceptical as I saw the statistics build up, and as I got in contact with many people with known I.Q. scores on many tests; my experience in such contact is that, within the high range of intelligence, those with higher I.Q.’s are more normal, less deviant, undergo less psychosocial suffering, than those with somewhat lower I.Q.’s. Do notice that the fairly small size of the negative correlation certainly allows some part of the population of intelligent to be deviant, disordered, or suffering; but it is apparently not the intelligence that causes their problems. Also, this result by no means excludes the possibility of a positive (genetic) link between intelligence and certain disorders, like schizophrenia and Asperger syndrome. The eventual correlation may result form a complex of mechanisms, such that a possible positive genetic relation is turned into negative by for instance (1) the fact that a high I.Q. suppresses the expression of the disorder, and (2) the fact that, in cases where the disorder does become fully expressed, the disorder depresses one’s I.Q.
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Why Women Got the Vote
Why Women Got the Vote https://propertarianism.com/2020/05/28/why-women-got-the-vote/
Source date (UTC): 2020-05-28 20:52:04 UTC
Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1266110011119267841
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Why Women Got the Vote
Mar 20, 2020, 11:24 AM Women got the vote because they were entering the workforce during the war; out of a feeling of moral gratitude for their having done so; and the government wanted to tax them, and the reason for the american revolution was ‘no taxation without representation’. In addition, they wanted to reduce the conflict postwar. women weren’t happy just ‘going home’ now that they could find work. Men wanted them to go home so that they could have their jobs bad. The politicians found women were more pliable (open to political manipulation) and so both parties cooperated on the integration of women. That’s the reason. There is nothing more complicated than that. War, labor shortage, women filled the shortage, tax revenues could be increased by women working at the cost of number of children. The only mistake was not giving women a separate house. This wasn’t such a big problem until the pill. The pill and jewish anti-male feminism were concerted efforts by the jewish socialists to undermine the family institution so that women could be used to undermine men. This is all well covered in the literature. Everyone knew what was going on. But it was regarded as a conspiracy theory. It was, but it was true.
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Train the Elephant – All the Way
Train the Elephant – All the Way https://propertarianism.com/2020/05/28/train-the-elephant-all-the-way/
Source date (UTC): 2020-05-28 20:51:49 UTC
Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1266109946703351815
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Train the Elephant – All the Way
Mar 20, 2020, 11:33 AM The more agency the have the less intuition to rely on to choose, the more you rely on intuition to falsify. I think that’s the net of it. “What does my intuition say? Ok. how can that be false? What’s the evidence that falsifies my intuition? And repeat that endlessly.” I mean, I know that’s how I think. Free association, falsification, loop until I have a first principle. Normal human reaction is just to seek a response from intuition. You have to train the elephant.
—“It’s like an OODA loop for combat with the self.”—Kris Rue
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Train the Elephant – All the Way
Mar 20, 2020, 11:33 AM The more agency the have the less intuition to rely on to choose, the more you rely on intuition to falsify. I think that’s the net of it. “What does my intuition say? Ok. how can that be false? What’s the evidence that falsifies my intuition? And repeat that endlessly.” I mean, I know that’s how I think. Free association, falsification, loop until I have a first principle. Normal human reaction is just to seek a response from intuition. You have to train the elephant.
—“It’s like an OODA loop for combat with the self.”—Kris Rue
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On the Pill
On the Pill https://propertarianism.com/2020/05/28/on-the-pill/
Source date (UTC): 2020-05-28 20:48:50 UTC
Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1266109199219593220
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On the Pill
Mar 20, 2020, 1:02 PM www.sciencedaily.com sciencedaily.com
— “We validated methods for assessing the volume of the hypothalamus and confirm, for the first time, that current oral contraceptive pill usage is associated with smaller hypothalamic volume.” “The sample size of the study was quite small: 50 women, 21 of whom were on the pill. The study’s findings, which were presented at the Radiological Society of North America, found a six percent decrease in the size of the hypothalamus among women who took birth control pills.” “Women should not be too concerned about these associations, as there currently is not enough information to change hormonal contraceptive use based on this and similar studies,” Alexandra Herrera, a University of Southern California gerontologist who is not involved in the study, said.”— Herrara (Female)
STUDY AUTHOR
–“”We found a dramatic difference in the size of the brain structures between women who were taking oral contraceptives and those who were not,” Dr. Lipton said. “This initial study shows a strong association and should motivate further investigation into the effects of oral contraceptives on brain structure and their potential impact on brain function.””– Dr Lipton (Male)
COMMENTS Note that (a) while the sample size is under 100, it’s not tiny. (b) 6% is a non trivial decline in hippocampal size, (c) the hippocampus is where your concept of the world is integrated and output for emotional reaction, (d) this is not the first study to illustrate the shrinkage. AND (a) both men and women emotionally coddle women. (b) the author of the comment is a woman. (c) she’s using the vocabulary of coddling. if you asked me how a drug would show up in a problem of emotional regulation i would say ‘somewhere within the hippocampal region”. STUDY: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/12/191204090819.htm
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On the Pill
Mar 20, 2020, 1:02 PM www.sciencedaily.com sciencedaily.com
— “We validated methods for assessing the volume of the hypothalamus and confirm, for the first time, that current oral contraceptive pill usage is associated with smaller hypothalamic volume.” “The sample size of the study was quite small: 50 women, 21 of whom were on the pill. The study’s findings, which were presented at the Radiological Society of North America, found a six percent decrease in the size of the hypothalamus among women who took birth control pills.” “Women should not be too concerned about these associations, as there currently is not enough information to change hormonal contraceptive use based on this and similar studies,” Alexandra Herrera, a University of Southern California gerontologist who is not involved in the study, said.”— Herrara (Female)
STUDY AUTHOR
–“”We found a dramatic difference in the size of the brain structures between women who were taking oral contraceptives and those who were not,” Dr. Lipton said. “This initial study shows a strong association and should motivate further investigation into the effects of oral contraceptives on brain structure and their potential impact on brain function.””– Dr Lipton (Male)
COMMENTS Note that (a) while the sample size is under 100, it’s not tiny. (b) 6% is a non trivial decline in hippocampal size, (c) the hippocampus is where your concept of the world is integrated and output for emotional reaction, (d) this is not the first study to illustrate the shrinkage. AND (a) both men and women emotionally coddle women. (b) the author of the comment is a woman. (c) she’s using the vocabulary of coddling. if you asked me how a drug would show up in a problem of emotional regulation i would say ‘somewhere within the hippocampal region”. STUDY: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/12/191204090819.htm