Comments on: Motivation, IQ, and the great intelligence debate https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/05/25/motivation-iq-and-the-great-in/ Sat, 28 May 2011 16:02:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/05/25/motivation-iq-and-the-great-in/#comment-503317 Sat, 28 May 2011 16:02:44 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/05/25/motivation-iq-and-the-great-in/#comment-503317 Alcohol in utero may be one of the largest single factors in variation in adult cognitive performance in may parts of the world.

]]> By: daedalus2u https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/05/25/motivation-iq-and-the-great-in/#comment-503316 Sat, 28 May 2011 14:31:03 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/05/25/motivation-iq-and-the-great-in/#comment-503316 I asked the author who responded and posted a link to his paper on the genetics of functional anisotropy what was his definition of the term “genetic”, did it mean “everything that MZ twins share that is not shared by their siblings”.

I then asked if the MZ twins had been exposed to alcohol in utero and the siblings not, would the shared effects of alcohol be considered “genetic” using his definition?

So far, no reply.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/05/25/motivation-iq-and-the-great-in/#comment-503315 Sat, 28 May 2011 04:23:16 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/05/25/motivation-iq-and-the-great-in/#comment-503315 Daedalus2u, I haven’t looked lately, but note that their comments section have multiple pages.

]]> By: daedalus2u https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/05/25/motivation-iq-and-the-great-in/#comment-503314 Sat, 28 May 2011 00:05:58 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/05/25/motivation-iq-and-the-great-in/#comment-503314 It looks like I killed the thread over at SA, or maybe I give myself too much credit.

]]> By: Anonymous https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/05/25/motivation-iq-and-the-great-in/#comment-503313 Thu, 26 May 2011 18:49:47 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/05/25/motivation-iq-and-the-great-in/#comment-503313

but however deluded, a society based on individualism and exceptionalism requires it.

Much like the paradox of â??free willâ?: itâ??s impossible to act as if you donâ??t have it, even if you actually do not.

]]> By: vnm https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/05/25/motivation-iq-and-the-great-in/#comment-503312 Thu, 26 May 2011 01:25:58 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/05/25/motivation-iq-and-the-great-in/#comment-503312 “Why are empirical questions about how the mind works so weighted down with political and moral and emotional baggage?” I’m not sure I can answer Pinker’s question, but maybe he’s been asking the wrong people.

Is this not a rhetorical question? Clearly the world is governed based on erroneous and outdated views of how the mind works. for example the level of control we have over what thoughts we happen to have on any given day, for which blame and/or reward is
assigned inappropriately and unfairly.

but however deluded, a society based on individualism and exceptionalism requires it.

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