# \#intelligence **URL:** https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/tag/intelligence/829.md [Latest](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/latest.md) · [Categories](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/categories.md) · [Tags](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/tags.md) --- ## [Augmenting Human Intelligence vs Artificial Intelligence](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/augmenting-human-intelligence-vs-artificial-intelligence/2809)
**Author:** [@eggspurt](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/eggspurt)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [6 April 2025 16:57 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/augmenting-human-intelligence-vs-artificial-intelligence/2809 "2025-04-06T16:57:41Z")
Here’s a fascinating prototype: It’s also worthwhile looking at Brett Victor’s work that inspired the above: Also, here’s the latest work by Nielsen: --- ## [U.S. House of Representatives “Intelligence” Subcommittee Hearing on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/u-s-house-of-representatives-intelligence-subcommittee-hearing-on-unidentified-aerial-phenomena/1391)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [24 November 2024 03:02 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/u-s-house-of-representatives-intelligence-subcommittee-hearing-on-unidentified-aerial-phenomena/1391 "2024-11-24T03:02:59Z")
Pencil-neck bug-eye committee chairman Adam Schiff (who looks like he’s putting on some weight, perhaps due to an impeachment-rich diet) comes on at 14:31. They don’t get to the first witness until 17:05. --- ## [Which US states are the smartest?](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/which-us-states-are-the-smartest/4375)
**Author:** [@eggspurt](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/eggspurt)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [15 February 2024 02:58 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/which-us-states-are-the-smartest/4375 "2024-02-15T02:58:31Z")
I tried to assemble some new measurements of IQ data from around the US and make them accessible: State IQ can be estimated by analyzing scores from the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competency (f… --- ## [Heads Exploding Everywhere—Richard Lynn's “Sex Differences in Intelligence”](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/heads-exploding-everywhere-richard-lynns-sex-differences-in-intelligence/616)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [26 January 2024 13:56 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/heads-exploding-everywhere-richard-lynns-sex-differences-in-intelligence/616 "2024-01-26T13:56:26Z")
From the description at Amazon: In Sex Differences in Intelligence, Dr Richard Lynn refutes the belief that males and females are equally smart. He presents the findings of his extensive research showing that, on the… --- ## [A Not-Entirely-Awful Introduction to IQ and Psychometrics](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/a-not-entirely-awful-introduction-to-iq-and-psychometrics/3555)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [4 August 2023 20:55 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/a-not-entirely-awful-introduction-to-iq-and-psychometrics/3555 "2023-08-04T20:55:10Z")
I reflexively grit my teeth whenever I encounter a presentation on intelligence (IQ) testing, psychometrics, testing methodologies, correlation of IQ with other measures, group differences in mean IQ, and t… --- ## [Intellect as a trap](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/intellect-as-a-trap/2770)
**Author:** [@eggspurt](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/eggspurt)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [6 April 2023 16:34 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/intellect-as-a-trap/2770 "2023-04-06T16:34:41Z")
A fascinating read: He found that liberals and conservatives scored roughly equally on average, but the highest scoring individuals in both groups were the most likely to display political bias when assessing the truth… --- ## [Reverse Flynn Effect: U.S. Adult IQ Is Declining](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/reverse-flynn-effect-u-s-adult-iq-is-declining/2828)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [7 March 2023 16:59 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/reverse-flynn-effect-u-s-adult-iq-is-declining/2828 "2023-03-07T16:59:02Z")
As noted in Edward Dutton and Michael Woodley’s book, At Our Wits’ End, the Flynn effect, in which intelligence, as measured by IQ test scores, was observed to have risen rapidly during the 20th century among a broadly-b… --- ## [“Artificially Selecting for Intelligence in Dogs to Produce Human-Level IQ within 100 Generations”](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/artificially-selecting-for-intelligence-in-dogs-to-produce-human-level-iq-within-100-generations/2438)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [3 March 2023 00:57 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/artificially-selecting-for-intelligence-in-dogs-to-produce-human-level-iq-within-100-generations/2438 "2023-03-03T00:57:52Z")
Genetically “uplifted” dogs with human-level intelligence figure in a number of science fiction stories such as Travis J. I. Corcoran’s Aristillus novels and L. Neil Smith’s North American Confederacy series (okay, a coy… --- ## [Edward Dutton—Five Reasons We're Becoming Less Intelligent](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/edward-dutton-five-reasons-were-becoming-less-intelligent/2783)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [21 February 2023 13:16 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/edward-dutton-five-reasons-were-becoming-less-intelligent/2783 "2023-02-21T13:16:12Z")
Here is my review of Prof. Dutton’s book, At Our Wits’ End. --- ## [Does Developing Intelligence Doom a Species to Extinction?](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/does-developing-intelligence-doom-a-species-to-extinction/1700)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [12 November 2022 21:01 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/does-developing-intelligence-doom-a-species-to-extinction/1700 "2022-11-12T21:01:55Z")
Well, maybe, but not developing intelligence certainly dooms a species to extinction when its environment becomes inhospitable or a calamity such as an asteroid or comet collision occurs. More than 99% of …