Procedural non-realism in movies (5 min password hacks, heroes stealing fighter jets, instant money transfers) create weird modern blindness
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...this is distinct from physics unrealism, magic, psychological unrealism, which we're more conscious of
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I like this distinction but I'm not sure how modern it is - procedural details have always had to serve narrative
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maybe there are just more procedures now?
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(btw adaptation to modern procedure/rule explosion is what I think to be the most plausible explanation for the Flynn effect)
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we agree 100%... I've argued somewhere that IQ measures adaptation to organizational landscapes via HR as selection pressure
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human resources. Terman IQ testing started for military recruitment remember. Spread to schools/corporations
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No. Started for schools by French, pre-Terman: Binet-Simon Scale
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modern form is due to Terman though right? iirc the older French form was kinda v 1.0 and discarded?
imo the essence is in Binet-Simon, see childpsych.umwblogs.org/intelligence-t that is pre-Terman and still looks like contemporary
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