Curt Doolittle

Category: Human Behavior and Cognitive Science

  • SMARTEST CITIES BY ‘DEGREES’ (note: degrees are a terrible proxy for IQ unless l

    SMARTEST CITIES BY ‘DEGREES’

    (note: degrees are a terrible proxy for IQ unless limited to STEM+LAW degrees. Most of these cities have high numbers of women with ‘fake degrees’, which is what skews the numbers. )

    #1, Boston, Mass. Daily Beast IQ Score: 176.68 2009 rank: 3 Metropolitan area population: 4,588,680 Bachelor’s degrees: 24% Graduate degrees: 18% Year-to-date adult nonfiction booksales: 7,031,000

    #2, Hartford, Conn. Daily Beast IQ Score: 159.98 2009 rank: 6 Metropolitan area population: 2,044,004 Bachelor’s degrees: 19% Graduate degrees: 15% Year-to-date adult nonfiction booksales: 2,263,000 (This is the most laughable here, since hartford is a “sh—hole city”, the seat of government, and full of ‘education’ and other ‘degrees’ (trade certificates) )

    #3, San Francisco Bay Area, Calif. Daily Beast IQ Score: 156.69 2009 rank: 2 Metropolitan area population: 6,157,736 Bachelor’s degrees: 26% Graduate degrees: 17% Year-to-date adult nonfiction booksales: 7,785,000

    #4, Raleigh/Durham, N.C. Daily Beast IQ Score: 148.36 2009 rank: 1 Metropolitan area population: 1,627,055 Bachelor’s degrees: 27% Graduate degrees: 16% Year-to-date adult nonfiction booksales: 1,913,000

    #5, Denver, Colo. Daily Beast IQ Score: 146.70 2009 rank: 5 Metropolitan area population: 2,554,474 Bachelor’s degrees: 25% Graduate degrees: 13% Year-to-date adult nonfiction booksales: 4,040,000

    #6, Seattle, Wash. Daily Beast IQ Score: 141.69 2009 rank: 7 Metropolitan area population: 3,407,848 Bachelor’s degrees: 24% Graduate degrees: 13% Year-to-date adult nonfiction booksales: 5,154,000

    #7, Austin, Texas Daily Beast IQ Score: 140.01 2009 rank: 12 Metropolitan area population: 1,705,075 Bachelor’s degrees: 26% Graduate degrees: 13% Year-to-date adult nonfiction booksales: 1,553,000

    #8, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn. Daily Beast IQ Score: 138.34 2009 rank: 4 Metropolitan area population: 3,269,814 Bachelor’s degrees: 25% Graduate degrees: 12% Year-to-date adult nonfiction booksales: 3,275,000

    #9, Washington, D.C. Daily Beast IQ Score: 130.05 2009 rank: 7 (tie) Metropolitan area population: 5,476,241 Bachelor’s degrees: 25% Graduate degrees: 23% Year-to-date adult nonfiction booksales: 7,356,000

    #10, Rochester, N.Y. Daily Beast IQ Score: 126.65 2009 rank: 26 Metropolitan area population: 1,035,566 Bachelor’s degrees: 19% Graduate degrees: 13% Year-to-date adult nonfiction booksales: 745,000

    #11, Portland, Ore. Daily Beast IQ Score: 125.02 2009 rank: 9 Metropolitan area population: 2,241,913 Bachelor’s degrees: 22% Graduate degrees: 12% Year-to-date adult nonfiction booksales: 2,936,000

    #12, Kansas City, Missouri Daily Beast IQ Score: 124.98 2009 rank: 17 (tie) Metropolitan area population: 2,066,732 Bachelor’s degrees: 21% Graduate degrees: 11% Year-to-date adult nonfiction booksales: 1,455,000

    #13, Salt Lake City, Utah Daily Beast IQ Score: 123.36 2009 rank: 14 Metropolitan area population: 1,130,293 Bachelor’s degrees: 20% Graduate degrees: 10% Year-to-date adult nonfiction booksales: 2,699,000

    #14, Philadelphia, Penn. Daily Beast IQ Score: 123.34 2009 rank: 11 Metropolitan area population: 5,968,252 Bachelor’s degrees: 19% Graduate degrees: 13% Year-to-date adult nonfiction booksales: 6,151,000

    #15, Milwaukee, Wisc. Daily Beast IQ Score: 121.66 2009 rank: 15 Metropolitan area population: 1,559,667 Bachelor’s degrees: 20% Graduate degrees: 11% Year-to-date adult nonfiction booksales: 1,340,000

    #16, New York, N.Y. Daily Beast IQ Score: 120.02 2009 rank: 13 Metropolitan area population: 19,069,796 Bachelor’s degrees: 21% Graduate degrees: 15% Year-to-date adult nonfiction booksales: 18,831,000

    #17, Cleveland, Ohio Daily Beast IQ Score: 119.99 2009 rank: 31 (tie) Metropolitan area population: 2,091,286 Bachelor’s degrees: 17% Graduate degrees: 10% Year-to-date adult nonfiction booksales: 2,024,000

    #18, San Diego, Calif. Daily Beast IQ Score: 116.68 2009 rank: 20 (tie) Metropolitan area population: 3,053,793 Bachelor’s degrees: 22% Graduate degrees: 13% Year-to-date adult nonfiction booksales: 2,624,000

    #19, Columbus, Ohio Daily Beast IQ Score: 116.65 2009 rank: 17 (tie) Metropolitan area population: 1,801,848 Bachelor’s degrees: 22% Graduate degrees: 11% Year-to-date adult nonfiction booksales: 1,248,000

    #20, Baltimore, Md. Daily Beast IQ Score: 115 2009 rank: 10 Metropolitan area population: 2,690,886 Bachelor’s degrees: 20% Graduate degrees: 15% Year-to-date adult nonfiction booksales: 2,303,000 (OMFG Baltimore?)

    Source date (UTC): 2018-06-06 09:41:00 UTC

  • “If you are trying to a convince a woman of something, you will be better off ta

    —“If you are trying to a convince a woman of something, you will be better off talking to a wall. Both will not listen or take your advice but at least the wall won’t argue with you.” — Old Adage.

    Um. My advice is different. (a) You cannot compel women to do much of anything other than ‘fit in’, ‘signal’, and ‘advance her offspring’. (b) You can only say ‘no’ to what will negatively affect you, or that you cannot afford, or that you are unable to do. In other words, argue possibility with women not preference or good. Otherwise you are attacking her intuition not her reason.

    A woman’s intuition (impulse) is not only unavoidable but her identity. If you argue against it then you are in fact criticizing HER, not the idea. Ergo, avoid doing so.

    My philosophy with women is to help them be all they can be, just like we should our children. And to leave decisions to them that do not REQUIRE a ‘no’ from you (man) because it is inter-temporally dangerous, economically, or physically costly for you.

    Source date (UTC): 2018-06-06 09:37:00 UTC

  • SCHOOLING REVERSES FERTILITY RATES Amt of Schooling # Children —————–

    SCHOOLING REVERSES FERTILITY RATES

    Amt of Schooling # Children

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    No schooling 6.67

    Islamic Schooling, no Western Schooling 7.78

    Western Schooling to ages 7 to 11 4.5

    Western Schooling to ages 12 to 13 1.44

    Western Schooling to ages 15 to 16 1.57

    Western Schooling to age 17 and above 1.50

    Source date (UTC): 2018-06-06 08:58:00 UTC

  • WHY WOMEN LIVE LONGER By Eric Kristof Reasons women live longer: 1) Genetics: wo

    WHY WOMEN LIVE LONGER

    By Eric Kristof

    Reasons women live longer:

    1) Genetics: women’s telomeres are longer than men’s.

    2) Genetics: women’s XX chromosomes provide a “backup” of sorts in comparison to men’s XY chromosomes.

    3) Hormones: estrogen protects women from cardiovascular disease in comparison to men.

    4) Hormones: testosterone increases risk taking behaviors. Women have less of it. Women with higher testosterone levels don’t live as long as their peers who don’t (and are more likely to bring a U-haul to their second dates).

    5) Men have higher body mass and higher metabolisms. Body mass (people over 6 feet tall tend to die of cancer more often than shorter people). Higher metabolism means that men tend to burn through their stem cells quicker.

    6) Social factors: men are more often convicted of criminal activity and incarcerated (men get prison while women get therapy). Higher risk environments and working conditions. Wars and military service. Men are less health conscious and tend to avoid doctors more when their health takes a dump.

    7) Evolutionary factors: women have historically been the primary caretakers in societies throughout the world and tend to have more social connections than men . Isolation is the ultimate poison as Howard Bloom likes to point out.

    Source date (UTC): 2018-06-05 08:29:00 UTC

  • Married men live longer because men who are not married are so for reasons that

    Married men live longer because men who are not married are so for reasons that shorten their lives. Marriage does not extend your life. It’s one of the things that people with good life extending potential do.

    Source date (UTC): 2018-06-04 17:00:07 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1003682823906177030

  • Married men live longer because men who are not married are so for reasons that

    Married men live longer because men who are not married are so for reasons that shorten their lives. Marriage does not extend your life. It’s one of the things that people with good life extending potential do.

    Source date (UTC): 2018-06-04 12:59:00 UTC

  • A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE IS A DANGEROUS THING. A LITTLE INTELLIGENCE IS A WAAAAAYYYYYY

    A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE IS A DANGEROUS THING. A LITTLE INTELLIGENCE IS A WAAAAAYYYYYY MORE DANGEROUS THING…..

    Source date (UTC): 2018-06-02 08:45:00 UTC

  • Do you want brothers in escape, brothers in safety, brothers in comfort, brother

    Do you want brothers in escape, brothers in safety, brothers in comfort, brothers in values, or brothers in action?

    The able do.

    Source date (UTC): 2018-06-01 15:57:58 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1002580018168508417

  • Do you want brothers in escape, brothers in safety, brothers in comfort, brother

    Do you want brothers in escape, brothers in safety, brothers in comfort, brothers in values, or brothers in action?

    The able do.

    Source date (UTC): 2018-06-01 11:57:00 UTC

  • Curt: “That’s ridiculous. Do women ever understand men? At all?” Woman: “No. We

    Curt: “That’s ridiculous. Do women ever understand men? At all?”

    Woman: “No. We aren’t taught and we don’t understand strategy. We just use tactics over and over again to get what we want. Men only use strategy.”

    Curt: “Because we don’t have the impulses to behave otherwise.”

    It’s a bi-direction problem. The fact that we can speak in the same language, and can cooperate, obscures our vast differences in perception, cognition, forecasting, valuation, and consequent actions actions.

    Source date (UTC): 2018-06-01 11:14:00 UTC