I’d like to clearly define what I mean by “intelligence”, state my own opinion and keep a mind to direct the thinking towards a system of action (ie if intelligence is or isn’t inherent, what should we do about it ( Read more... )

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part threeIt’s difficult for most people to understand that someone can be fundamentally smarter than they are. Observe the vast majority of negative comments coupled to these videos. People attempt to discredit him by saying he’s arrogant; an ass; too high on himself. Too me he looks incredibly bored. This man’s IQ is nearly ( Read more... )

The Mexican housekeeper at my place of work was nonchalantly tumbling tied up bags of garbage down a seep flight of stairs. It made me think of the Mayan sacrifices, and how maybe she had some residual genetic impulse.

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Then, on that same arid wind, he heard a voice, a different voice than the stentorian one which moments before had praised him. It was a voice the likes of which he had never heard, nor could ever afterward fully describe. It was a voice of stars and of the sea, of volcanoes and spring rain. It was a voice of moments, a voice of eons, of old ( Read more... )

Most of you have seen this acclaimed film I’m sure. It is considered a “classic” among the film community, and this is something I would agree with primarily for the following reason. It manages to take characters who behave completely unacceptably in a warm and accommodating emotional light that the mainstream can associate with ( Read more... )

Two small examples ( Read more... )