Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Dec 24, 2015Replying to @pmarca@pmarca @CTZN5 @ribbonfarm I'd argue though that humans don't get more *complex*, they just reallocate cognitive resources differently24
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Dec 24, 2015Replying to @vgr@pmarca @CTZN5 (modulo nootropics and prosthetics of course that change the hardware. Also some think flynn effect = bigger brains)13
JJ@CTZN5·Dec 24, 2015Replying to @vgr@vgr re Flynn I'm of the opinion it's bigger PFCs and ACCs, not brains per se @pmarca11
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Dec 24, 2015Replying to @CTZN5@CTZN5 @pmarca I have a more basic problem with Flynn effect in that I don't think IQ measures anything very interesting.22
JJ@CTZN5·Dec 25, 2015Replying to @vgr@vgr it's highly correlated with G w/in the 1st sigma. Etc etc all of the limitations that implies for the remaining bell curve, lol @pmarca1
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Dec 25, 2015Replying to @CTZN5@CTZN5 @pmarca g=hedgehoG. I prefer x-factor as in foX.21
JJ@CTZN5·Dec 25, 2015Replying to @vgr@vgr this is now beyond the capacity of a tweet, lol. but tldr this interests me as well @pmarca1
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @CTZN5@CTZN5 Howard Gardner kinda started down the right bunny trail with MI but then got distracted by schooling politics and pop neuroscience12:42 AM · Dec 25, 2015