tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post6720420703895890233..comments2023-10-30T04:16:25.917-04:00Comments on Sentient Developments: Rethinking IQ: The rise of 'rational intelligence'Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003484633933455827noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-72962150621685216272009-02-14T14:06:00.000-05:002009-02-14T14:06:00.000-05:00@Jack Things like the rise in popularity of emotio...@Jack Things like the rise in popularity of emotional intelligence and the entire field of AGI which looks to understand such things as common sense and intuitiveness.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13003484633933455827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-68306950233322219102009-02-14T13:59:00.000-05:002009-02-14T13:59:00.000-05:00"Prior to the advent of computers it was thought t..."Prior to the advent of computers it was thought that number crunching and pure logic was the penultimate measure of intelligence. But after the invention of the calculator, which could suddenly do math thousands of times better than we ever could, <B> we were forced to shift our definitions of intelligence to other seemingly more intractable cognitive functions. </B>"<BR/><BR/>What's the evidence for this? I'm just curious, not necessarily denying it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-7816642889618204372009-01-30T01:00:00.000-05:002009-01-30T01:00:00.000-05:00"Rather, Stanovich suggests that IQ tests should b..."Rather, Stanovich suggests that IQ tests should be adjusted to focus on valuable qualities and capacities that are highly relevant to our daily lives."<BR/><BR/>The idea that IQ tests should be 'improved' by fusing them with measures of personality and other abilities (some of which are valid and reliable, while others are of very dubious scientific quality) seems wrongheaded.<BR/><BR/>In an athletics training program many different characteristics are of interest, from lung capacity to muscular strength to body mass, but it would be absurd to fuse the measures in a way that reduced their predictive value relative to separate numbers.<BR/><BR/>What would be helpful would be the development of novel, reliable, and valid tests of other traits that would give us increased predictive power, but that is difficult psychological work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com