It’s often the case that several things leap out at you all at once and upon closer inspection, they all seem to be connected in a meaningful way. Jung called it synchronicity. This morning is one such occasion. Firstly, I noticed this article by John Leake:
It has been my experience that - certainly in academia - an individual's stupidity coefficient can be observed by the number of letters they have after their name and the number of framed bits of paper on their office wall purporting to show how clever they are.
The really clever ones don't have time for all that crap, they're too busy doing stuff out there in the real world.
Albert Einstein — 'Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.'
Bogus papers with the most laughable methodologies have been consistently published for at least the last 50 years.
So twitter kids got one rejected. As you pointed out, the proposal and conclusion were not very important for many reasons. I question the use of IQ testing.
I have not seen testing for Intelligence Quotient since the 1950s. At least in America. ACT, SAT, and GMAT are commonly used. Iowa Basics was another.
The corrupt and the stupid are the useful idiots out in front. Behind them is something much darker that is deliberately working to undermine western civilization and freedom.
For the sake of successive generations and the good of the human race we need to find ways of avoiding the catastrophe that will surely come if we do nothing. The cards are definitely stacked against those who believe in democracy.
Talk is easy but engineering a practical and workable way forward is hard. My own efforts in this direction are only at an early stage.
I guess what we're all desperately trying to avoid is a reprise of the Soviet Union. The outbreak of common sense at the end of the 80s was sadly short-lived though.
I think (perhaps wishfully) that It's finely balanced and just a little enlightenment can tip the future back into a free and happy society. So it's worth the effort.
Michael Moore was ahead of the game at the Oscars c.2003 when he said "we live in fictitious times".
It has been my experience that - certainly in academia - an individual's stupidity coefficient can be observed by the number of letters they have after their name and the number of framed bits of paper on their office wall purporting to show how clever they are.
The really clever ones don't have time for all that crap, they're too busy doing stuff out there in the real world.
Albert Einstein — 'Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.'
Joe and Frito are walking through a Costco, much bigger than what was in Joe's time
Greeter:
Hi, welcome to Costco. I love you.
Frito:
Yeah, I know this place pretty good. I went to law school here.
Joe:
You went to law school at Costco?
Frito:
So did my father. Thank God for being a legacy, or else I might not have gotten in.
From the movie "Idiocracy"
Source: https://www.quotes.net/mquote/117155
When you are a criminal enterprise profiting from death you have to censor the truth or be strung up. Justice is what they fear the most.
Bogus papers with the most laughable methodologies have been consistently published for at least the last 50 years.
So twitter kids got one rejected. As you pointed out, the proposal and conclusion were not very important for many reasons. I question the use of IQ testing.
I have not seen testing for Intelligence Quotient since the 1950s. At least in America. ACT, SAT, and GMAT are commonly used. Iowa Basics was another.
The corrupt and the stupid are the useful idiots out in front. Behind them is something much darker that is deliberately working to undermine western civilization and freedom.
Yes, western civilisation has popped some rivets. This may be part of a Tytler cycle - the natural two century lifetime of human societal systems (aka empires) [https://thinkingwest.com/2022/11/16/tytlers-cycle-of-civilizations/#google_vignette]. There are perhaps a couple of phases of the cycle left: apathy->dependence->bondage.
For the sake of successive generations and the good of the human race we need to find ways of avoiding the catastrophe that will surely come if we do nothing. The cards are definitely stacked against those who believe in democracy.
Talk is easy but engineering a practical and workable way forward is hard. My own efforts in this direction are only at an early stage.
That was an interesting read. Good to know even the bondage stage doesn't last forever.
I guess what we're all desperately trying to avoid is a reprise of the Soviet Union. The outbreak of common sense at the end of the 80s was sadly short-lived though.
I think (perhaps wishfully) that It's finely balanced and just a little enlightenment can tip the future back into a free and happy society. So it's worth the effort.