Der Mensch kann tun was er will; er kann aber nicht wollen was er will.
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The 10 Israeli localities with populations exceeding 10,000 that recorded the highest & lowest Total Fertility Rates in 2024.
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It happens due to genetic predispositions making the follicles sensitive to androgens (eunuchs don't bald), interestingly, it provides an example of the connection people make between aesthetics & health, the signal isn't always reliable, but we still perceive it as such.
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Virtual communities have emerged as substitutes for traditional communities, but while group self-policing (banning or downvoting those who violate the guidelines or unwritten rules) stayed, the satisfaction declined substantially, as for privacy, surveillance is the norm online
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a lot of romanticizing of “living in community” rn in light of the loneliness epidemic, but not a lot of remembering that community requires allowing other people into your business. We traded community away in part because we valued freedom from the opinions of busybodies
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So essentially, cognitive biases are mental shortcuts to solve recurrent problems efficiently (which is why they're predictable & occur systematically), & their foundational goals are: self-preservation, social standing & risk aversion.
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Psychologists have posited hundreds of cognitive biases over the years. A fascinating new paper argues that they all boil down to one of a handful of fundamental beliefs coupled with confirmation bias. doi.org/10.1177/174569162211…
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The limbic system is the prompt engineer of the prefrontal cortex.
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A new study introduces a multi-strategy eye-tracking model (MEM) to the Raven's APM. Merging eye-tracking with psychometrics, MEM reveals how intelligence correlates with problem solving methods, offering a more comprehensive conception of cognition.
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Describe your aesthetic in 4 pictures
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International Math Olympiad 2023 - Top 20 countries
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All of those credentials are essentially hard to fake (ideally) signals for different Personality traits & cognitive abilities that are vital for a competent & reliable judge, seeing their IQ & SAT scores, combined with their Big Five breakdown would be much more informative.
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"Hypothesis 1, g predicts firearms proficiency, was supported in all four datasets. It is a notable finding that g predicted a criterion that is entirely objective and does not involve the use of tests or ratings."
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The cities with the highest & lowest fertility rates in Israel (as of 2021).
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The dynamic process of self-overcoming through the adaptive enhancements of one's potential, the affirmation of life with all its vicissitudes & the cultivation of internal virtues that enable one to interact harmoniously with the flux of existence.
12 Jun 2023
What is your definition of success?
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True kindness emerges when one can choose an alternative path without fear of societal repercussions, yet still opts for benevolence.
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We are often moral out of feebleness
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According to Bond, C.F., Robinson, M. The evolution of deception. J Nonverbal Behav 12, 295–307 (1988).
The strongest psychological family similarity was the tendency to lie, you can run from your parents, but you can't hide from their genetics, including trying to lie about it.
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Fundamentalism test: every time you're encountering a new article or essay on mainstream media & suspect its objectivity, try replacing words such as: "experts", "the president" or "science" with "god", "the clergy" or "the bible" & see how it affects the meaning of the message.
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Russell T. Warne, Ross A.A. Larsen, Jonathan Clark,
Low base rates and a high IQ selection threshold prevented Terman from identifying future Nobelists,
Intelligence,
Volume 82,
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According to the study, an IQ of around 120, would be enough to create the possibility that the individual will generate the intellectual achievements necessary to receive the nobel prize, which raises a few questions:
• Are current IQ tests missing important aspects of g?
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• The significance of certain personality traits.
• The flawed decision-making of the Nobel prize committee.
• Does very high IQ leads to intellectual achievements that are less valued by the criterions of the Nobel prize (& it's different other prizes such as Fields Medal)
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According to Cronbach, L. J. Essentials of Psychological
Testing. New York: Harper, 1949 & Hilgard, E. R Introduction to psycliology.
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1953.
Without taking into account the Flynn effect, its reverse or the field, 120 is the minimum IQ for a top uni.
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"One of the effects of civilization is to diminish the rigour of the application of the law of natural selection. It preserves weakly lives that would have perished in barbarous lands."
- Francis Galton
3 Apr 2023
The share of children who died before they are 5 years old declined in all world regions.
Africa 32% ➘ 7%
Asia 25% ➘ 3%
Oceania 9% ➘ 2%
Latin America & Carib. 21% ➘ 2%
Northern America 4% ➘ 0.6%
Europe 9% ➘ 0.4%
Globally 22% ➘ 3.7%
From OurWorldInData.org
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