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- <s>Al Fin</s> Original Al Fin blog — Blocked by Google
- AetherCzar The Hidden Truth
- Al Fin Family of Blogs All the Al Fin blogs since 2005
- Al Fin, The Dangerous Child The Dangerous Child Blog
- An Audacious Epigone A statistical look at important social issues of the day
- Anthony Watts Independent and irreverent look at the turbulent world of climate change
- Anti Puritan Axel McKibbens Neoreaction Blog
- Anti-Feminist Tech Pro Technology, Pro Future, Anti Hag-Nags
- Bayou Renaissance Man Eclectic blog from the better informed backwaters of the bayou
- Brian Wang's NextBigFuture Optimistic Science & Technology Future Website
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- Addicted to Distraction Bruce Charlton Looks at Mass Delusion
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- Nick Land's Dark Enlightenment The Dark Enlightenment Series
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- Orwell's 1984 A fictitious dark future that sometimes seems all too possible
- Popper: Logic of Scientific Discovery Popper’s classic text on growing sound science
- Race Differences in Cognitive Ability (30 Years) Black-White IQ differences persist over time
- Readings on Philosophy of Science, Physics, Maths Miscellaneous readings of interest
- Richard Feynman Physics Lectures 3 vol. Online Read Feynman’s famous physics lectures free online
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- Robinson Self-Taught Homeschool Curriculum A gift of cognitive and motive independence
- Scientific Understanding of Consciousness Useful Gateway to Modern Research on Consciousness
- Survivor Library Files Survival/prepper file flood
- Text Files . com Copious text files on forbidden and not forbidden topics
- The Industry Handbook Quick and useful overview of a number of industrial sectors for investors
- The Law Frederic Bastiat’s classic critique of socialism and democracy
- The Nuclear Energy Option Online Ebook Free online ebook by by Bernard L Cohen
- Thomas Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolutions On Scientific Paradigm Shifts
- Why Wind Won't Work Clear explanation of the many problems with wind energy in a 30 pp PDF document
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- Bjorn Lomborg Getting the facts straight
- Brian Wang's NextBigFuture Optimistic Science & Technology Future Website
- Grey Enlightenment Conservatively optimistic economics/finance
- John McCarthy: Sustained Progress How Scientific and Technological Progress can be Sustained
- Julian Simon Online works of Julian Simon, eternal optimist
- Lifeboat Foundation blog Blog of the futurist Lifeboat Foundation
- Matt Ridley Rational Optimism
- Mike Rowe Works Foundation Correcting the Skills gap
- Patri Friedman and Seasteading Projects of Patri Friedman, grandson of Milton, son of David
- Peter H. Diamandis' website X Prize, Singularity University, Planetary Resources, etc.
- Ray Kurzweil Kurzweil’s Singularity
- Robert Bryce Better Living Through Technology
- Seasteading Institute Quest for Free Living on the Oceans
- The Arts Mechanical An exploration of the technologies that affect our lives
Category Archives: Cognition
How to Think Better
1. Understand deeply 2. Make mistakes 3. Raise questions 4. Follow the flow of ideas 5. Change __ Burger and Starbird, quoted here Note: The following article is adapted from a piece previously published on The Dangerous Child blog How … Continue reading
What if the Average Human IQ Were 200 Points?
The Average Human IQ is Now About 90 Points Worldwide You may think that the average human IQ is 100 points, by definition, but that is only true for particular populations, such as that of the UK. Globally, average IQ … Continue reading
A Buzzing in Your Head: We Are All Cyborgs Now
Cyborg Transition: Staying Ahead of AI First We Learn to Understand the Brain Three tech pioneers whose work can bring about the age of human cyborgs: Tech Pioneer #1: Jeff Hawkins Jeff Hawkins founded Palm Computing, and is currently involved … Continue reading
Posted in Cognition, Human Brain, Machine Intelligence
Tagged Artificial Intelligence, Brain, Cyborgs
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Pity the Accursed Black Man in the Age of White Privilege
Beneath the Blood, Beneath the Bones: The Abiding Curse It is the sad misfortune of African-derived black people to be eternally saddled with a debilitating curse. The curse runs so deeply through the very marrow of black Africans — and … Continue reading
Idiots Think in Words: A Global Revolt Against Pseudo-Experts
Human Intelligence Manifests in Multiple Ways I often say that a mathematician thinks in numbers, a lawyer in laws, and an idiot thinks in words. These words don’t amount to anything. I think you have to draw the conclusion that … Continue reading
Posted in Cognition, Groupthink, Ideology, IQ
Tagged IQ, propaganda media
Can Donald Trump Stop this Idiocracy from Happening?
Global average human IQ has been declining for decades. Scientists are just beginning to decipher the genetic code for why an Idiocracy is looming on the horizon. A study from Iceland is the latest to raise the prospect of a … Continue reading
Posted in Cognition, Coming Anarchy, Demographics, Donald Trump, Fertility, Idiocracy, IQ
Tagged genes and IQ, Idiocracy
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Advanced Brain Training Helps Make Dangerous Children a Potent Force
The following article is adapted from recent postings on The Dangerous Child On “Videogames” That Help Dangerous Children become more Dangerous Adam Gazzaley’s (MD, PhD) talk on optimising the human mind using advanced tools of cognitive neuroscience begins at about … Continue reading
Posted in Cognition, Human Brain, Knowledge, Learning Theory
Tagged Brain, Education
How to Find Happiness in an Unhappy World
Dimensions of Happiness Happiness is almost never where you think you will find it. If you become too impatient — if you never learn how to set the table and allow happiness to come to dinner — you may set … Continue reading
Why Hillary Clinton Can’t Think
Video Source Parkinson’s Disease Dementia This is What Caused Comedian Robin Williams to Kill Himself A type of dementia similar to but different from Alzheimer’s disease was recognized and called dementia with Lewy bodies. Dementia with Lewy bodies is now … Continue reading
Half Your Brain Tied Behind Your Back
The following article was previously published on The Dangerous Child blog Unihemispheric Sleep; Unihemispheric Waking Whales and dolphins live underwater but must come to the surface periodically to breathe. They cannot allow both hemispheres of their brains to drop into … Continue reading
The Gamble
You’ve got to know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em, Know when to walk away, know when to run. You never count your money when you’re sittin’ at the table, There’ll be time enough for countin’ when … Continue reading
Posted in Cognition, Demographics, Future
Tagged dementia
Supersmart Individuals Control the Future
“Whether we like it or not, these people really do control our society,” says Jonathan Wai, a psychologist at the Duke University Talent Identification Program in Durham, North Carolina… “The kids who test in the top 1% tend to become … Continue reading
Posted in Cognition, Education, Executive Functions, IQ
Tagged Executive Functions, genes and IQ
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The Tragic Consequences of Forced Egalitarianism
Different Breeding Populations Evolved Differently When life or death depends on your ability to follow a certain way of life, you are necessarily being selected for certain heritable characteristics. Some of these are dietary—an ability to digest milk or certain … Continue reading
How Do Brains that Evolved for Hunting and Scavenging Learn Advanced Science and Maths?
The human brain was initially used for basic survival tasks, such as staying safe and hunting and gathering. Yet, 200,000 years later, the same human brain is able to learn abstract concepts, like momentum, energy and gravity, which have only … Continue reading
Posted in Cognition, Human Brain, Learning Theory, Sensitive and Critical Periods of Development
Tagged Brain, raising children
An Uber Style of Medical Care for the US?
The Tech Revolution is Sweeping Over Much of US Society — Why Not Health Care? Health care-market distortions have considerably worsened since Kenneth Arrow famously described them in 1963; but in other industries less dominated by misguided government intervention, similar … Continue reading
Posted in Cognition, Disruptive Technologies, Future, Human Brain, Knowledge, Medicine, Practical Medicine, Technology
Tagged Medicine
Neurotrophins, Neurogenesis, and Depression
Neurotrophins Help Nerve Cells Develop, Function, and Survive Natural brain neurotrophins can encourage neurogenesis, as well as helping to guide neurons to their proper locations in the brain, helping them make functional connections, and promoting their survival under certain adverse … Continue reading
Posted in Cognition, Disruptive Technologies, Human Brain
Tagged human brain
Computer-Aided Cognitive Brain Training: How Well Supported? How Expensive?
Western societies are aging rapidly. Because cognitive decline often seems to accompany aging, it is important for susceptible individuals to explore different ways by which he might keep (or reclaim) as much of his mental complement as possible, for as … Continue reading
Human Brain — The Undiscovered Country
[One] region of the brain that is masculinized during development is the amygdala, which in addition to its roles in the processing of emotions is a key region regulating social play behavior by juveniles, sometimes called rough-and-tumble play, which differs … Continue reading
Posted in Cognition, Connectome, Creativity, Dysgenics, Human Brain, IQ, Machine Intelligence, Science, Sex Differences
Tagged Brain Connections, human brain
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Brain Wiring and Life Trajectory
Brain Connections and Destiny Smith and his colleagues ran a massive computer analysis to look at how these traits varied among the volunteers, and how the traits correlated with different brain connectivity patterns. The team was surprised to find a … Continue reading
Posted in Cognition, Human Brain, IQ
Tagged Brain Connections, human brain, Human Connectome Project
Looking for Drug Utopia and Genius
Mind-altering drugs are both promise and curse. Make the right choices, and a better life can open up before you. Make the wrong choices and you may lose the ability to make any more choices at all. “OxyContin, Xanax bars, … Continue reading
Will Machine Intelligence Be the Child of Man that Ends Up Killing Us?
… “any sufficiently advanced benevolence may be indistinguishable from malevolence.” __ Charles T. Rubin We are being warned by prominent scientists, engineers, and men of commerce that machine intelligence — as implemented by military powers — is a threat to … Continue reading
Cognitive Enhancers
If you’ve seen the movie “Limitless,” you probably want to get your hands on some “NZT” cognitive enhancer: “You know how they say that we can only access 20% of our brain?” says the man who offers stressed-out writer Eddie … Continue reading
Posted in Cognition, Human Brain
How Long Before We Can Print a Human Brain in 3-D?
The human brain is an intricately complex organ — perhaps the most complex single structure in the universe. Today, human brains simply “make themselves” in the course of human development. But what if we could print exact working “replicas” of … Continue reading
Posted in 3D Printing, Cognition, Future, Human Brain, Sensitive and Critical Periods of Development
Tagged 3D Printing, Brain
Will Intelligent Apes Do the Jobs that Black People Won’t Do?
Note: Source material below may have been inadvertently “paraphrased” in the course of editing and publication, to highlight some of the more subtle aspects of the genetics revolution __ Ed. [satire] High in the Bolivian Alps, deep in the lowest … Continue reading
Contingency and Constraint Propagation
To have an intelligent conversation about what should be done in the present to prepare for a better future, a number of basic concepts should be understood. Two of these basic concepts are “contingency” and “constraint propagation.” What does “contingency” … Continue reading
Posted in Cognition, Human Brain
