We speak with intelligence researcher Emil Kirkegaard about giftedness, IQ, stupidity, regression to the mean, his dream data sets, whether you should freeze your sperm and much more.
This episode was previously published on Aporia.
Timestamps:
(00:00) - Education and Giftedness
(12:25) - Egalitarianism and Determinism in Scandinavia
(17:27) - Early Academic Development and Intellectual Growth
(26:17) - Promoting Excellence in Education
(36:31) - Regression Towards the Mean in Genetics
(46:09) - Intergenerational Social Mobility and Heritability
(55:42) - IQ, Metrics, and Intelligence Rankings
(01:00:59) - Challenges of Measuring Intelligence Across Time
(01:11:38) - Intelligence Measurement and Psychological Profiles
(01:21:25) - Predicting Gender and Intelligence With Tests
(01:32:03) - Understanding Human Rationality and Knowledge Trends
(01:35:46) - Reading Ability and Cognitive Assessment
(01:39:02) - Politics, Ignorance, and Rationality
(01:50:53) - Effectiveness of Cognitive Training in Education
(01:56:20) - Desired Access to Ad Health Data
(01:59:56) - Sperm Selection and Genetic Intelligence
(02:10:14) - Genes, Books, and Knowledge Expansion
(02:15:22) - Advice for Young People in Academia
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