koti

 

I can see a certain connection here with dick size**. By the way, is there any correlation with that and IQ at all? positive or negative?

I love this thread.

This is it: everybody has some sort of strong ability towards something which may not be problem-solving that IQ tests are supposed to measure

I can solve a few problems with my ability

Two identical guitars are played by two persons to give notes of same pitch . Will they differ in quality ? give me reason

This question is a bit vague. Could you give a little more background? Is it maybe that the guitars are being played simultaneously?

If your question is what it is than there is a lot of room for player interpretation while playing the same notes on a guitar (or any other instrument)

Also there is no such thing as "identical" guitars, every guitar sounds a little different due to age, usage, small construction differences, etc. Air temperature, air pressure have impact too. If we look at this from a cold, science point of view, heres what it would look like. If you put 2 identical guitars played by a robot into a studio, they would sound the same. Except they wouldn't, for the reasons above.

 

Edit: Just to give you an example of what might be relevant here, here's a "phase shift" example:

 

 

If the 2 guitars are being played (almost) simultaneously and their "phase shift" is lets say 1/10 of a second you would hear a slight echo effect. If the shift would be larger, lets say half a second - you would hear a significantly stronger echo effect. Hope this helps.

Because.... she's so ugly!

 

She's so ugly that I bet she split doesens of marriages and relationships

This is it: everybody has some sort of strong ability towards something which may not be problem-solving that IQ tests are supposed to measure

 

With the complexity of the human mind I think we are very far away from creating a truly adequate IQ test.

From what I've seen, these online IQ tests don't even scratch the surface.

Plus a thought of such a complex IQ test coming into existence makes me sick. Imagine what would employers do with it.

LOL! You get the idea? The OP - although they may not realise it - is a "Mine's bigger than yours question". You never see "My IQ's 100. What's yours?"

 

My IQ on the other hand is 460 pounds in deadlift.

Mine's 8 inches.

 

I'm sory StringJunky but this is a science forum and proof is required.

 

Ah - that's what Descartes meant - habeo smartphonum ergo sum. True true

My latin is a little rusty but that sounds about right. If you don't belive Descartes on that one just ask any child

 

Edit: "habeo smartphonum ergo sum" I am stealing this Sir.

 

 

Does that make me far more ignorant than average because I don't actually have one?

 

I'm afraid DrKrettin that you might not even exist if you don't have one

Maybe it didn't evolve. Since it's happened in such a short time it seems unlikely to me.

Brain power evolved to handle the basic needs which could be selected for, and then more recently that brain power was expanded more by collective learning and by passing on that knowledge through the generations by teaching rather than via mutation and selection.

 

+1. Wise words.

 

If our capacity for mathematics is not tied to the evolution of our species, then where did it come from? Some supernatural source?

 

I think what delboy means is that we didn't evolve enough as individuals. Only a handful of people have knowledge and the rest of civilisation advancement was done by collective learning and passing of the knowledge from generation to generation. As an example I would use a smartphone - everybody has one but only a handul of us could describe in detail how it works.

irishkid200, your idea might be possible to implement but I suspect it would be severely expensive and unprofitable.

@ koti: If that is the case, I withdraw- and apologise for my furious reaction. I hope you understand why I over-reacted though...it is easy to misinterpret...just look at it from a slightly different angle and you will see what I mean:

No problem Memammal, the important thing is that we got to the bottom of this.

You have a very short fuse if you managed to conclude what you concluded - my personal request to you is please take this into account as these religious arguments can escalate faster than things escalated in the first seconds at T-0.

 

My command of the English language is far from perfect as I am a non native but in my opinion, the sentence at hand is very clear and contains no personal implifications towards you.

Peace Sir.

 

Edit: Now that we have all that out of the way, would you care to adress the issues I raised?

 

@ koti: You are free to share your opinion. I really did not want to be dragged into this and if you or Ten oz have first read my post in its right context, you should have been able to pick up on its intended nuance.

 

This, I am afraid, cannot be tolerated. You somehow conclude from what I have said that I am staunch theist, which is an outright lie. You then go further to associate me with those who have persecuted non-believers. Again that is an outright lie and a personal insult. If you would have taken a minute or so from your time to read some of my arguments in this thread, it should have been abundantly clear to you (and to anyone with a speck of intellect) that I am not a staunch Christian. As such I would like you to apologise for what you have implied with the sentence above.

Memmamal, you horribly missunderstood what I wrote. You falsy concluded that I implied that you are a "staunch theist" There is not a trace of anything in my writings that would imply that you are a staunch theist. In fact there is not a trace in my writings of any kind of implification towards you. Please read again what I wrote.

 

Edit:

Just to give you a hint of how horribly wrong you are in your line of thought of accusing me, consider that if were to use your aproach I would conclude that you imply that I am a millitant atheist...which is ofcourse preposterous. Take a deep breath, I am not your enemy and I am not implying anything towards you personally.

imatfaal,

 

Sounds like you are in good shape. I wonder about the far too much time on the internet fora. It's sort of a subset of my dopamine theories to consider victory or "being right", as a source of dopamine. In a debate, you pretend you are right and the other is wrong, or at least not as right as you. I am thinking evolutionarily, as humans, we were rewarded by dopamine when we got it right. Solved a problem, remembered where a food source was, outtsmarted an animal, or in some way did a thing right, it made us feel good (dopamine) so we did it again, shared the idea with family and tribe, and basically did things that "felt" good to do. We reward each other with smiles and laughter and song and praise, when we do "good" things. When we get it right.

 

Regards, TAR

+1 on that tar.

We also get "rewarded" when we agree on things. The search for agreement is as strong with many of us as the need to be right.

So you want to discuss some English and not science?

I would prefer discussing science ofcourse (or better put learning science) but it is crucial in my opinion to phrase sentences as simple as possible when dealing with complex concepts.

 

As you were saying - no one realy knows...please continue, this is fascinating.

M-theory which is formulated in 10+1 dimensions has as certain low energy limits a supergravity theory in 10+1 dimensions and then superstring theories in 9+1 dimensions.

M-theory which is formulated in 10+1 dimensions has (as certain low energy limits) a supergravity theory in 10+1 dimensions, and then superstring theories in 9+1 dimensions

 

It is certainly a lot easier to read for me. Would that be acceptable ?

 

Well, M-theory is a theory of branes (M2 and M5 where the number refers to the dimension) in 10+1 dimensions.

 

Superstring theories can be seen as certain limits of M-theory and these live in 9+1 dimensions. Another limit is a 10+1 dimensional supergravity theory.

Yes, yes, this is clear. In laymen terms M theory unified the 5 superstring theories adding an additional dimension on the way. But I want to understand that initial sentence of yours.

I'm serious ajb, can you at least put 1 little comma in there somewhere or rephrase this? :

"M-theory which is formulated in 10+1 dimensions has as certain low energy limits a supergravity theory in 10+1 dimensions and then superstring theories in 9+1 dimensions. "

 

It's a mind bender in its present state for me and Witten is my hero btw.

The quantum theory of a single superstring only works properly in 9+1 dimensions.

 

M-theory which is formulated in 10+1 dimensions has as certain low energy limits a supergravity theory in 10+1 dimensions and then superstring theories in 9+1 dimensions.

Dang ajb. I needed to read the above 3 times to grasp it, due to the lack of commas. Have mercy for us non natives

AngelicAlibis, my unprofessional diagnosis is that as to lying, you sound like a perfectly healthy human without any symptoms of dissorder. Sociopaths or trained professionals can have it differently but in general, most people give physical signs of lying and preffer not to lie. Unless we are talking about a life thretening situation which the OP might have had in mind. Hypotheticaly, if your life or the life of a dear person to you would be at stake, would you have second thoughts about giving a harmless lie? I think this is what the OP means, an extreme, hypothetical situation in which a man cant deny that he ate a cookie while his life is at stake.

 

Great post - and very honest.

 

But I will point out that it is not universal. It is very rare that I even think of myself smoking and cannot remember the last day I actually wanted one

 

It depends on many factors but I can tell you that you are very lucky to be built the way you are.

I'd like to share what I know about this subject as I've been a "flashaholic" for many years and batteries are the key part of flashlight building & modding.
LiOn IMR (safe chemistry) is the "best" we have right now as far as delivering most current in the shortest time. Sony VTC5 18650 cells are capable of delivering 60 ampers in short bursts and 20 ampers constant. These 18650 cells are the size of cells that laptop batteries are built of. They are rechargable cells, 4.2V fully charged/3.7V discharge voltage. The "IMR" chemistry is safe as opposed to regular LiOn cells which can explode or burn with lithium fire when missused (when voltage goes lower than about 2.5V)
The Sony and Panasonic LiOn IMR cells are the best we have right now and they are used in Teslas and Koenigsegg hyper cars.

Phi for all is right. I ment a gravitational singularity. A technological singularity concept is something completely different but it does sound like a cool idea to incorporate it into a story too

@ Ten oz: I don't want to be dragged into this argument. I did not mean to imply that (militant) atheists are worst than staunch theists, only that they too may have an agenda.

 

I wonder...who would you call a millitant atheist and what kind of agenda would you say they might have ?

 

Edit:

I will answer this question myself as it is a purely rhetorical question and it might be viewed as bad intension from my side if I continue this line of discussion.

 

Firstly Memammal, I think you twisted the words around, it would be more accurate to ask about "staunch atheists" and "millitant theists"

Secondly, the most staunch atheists I know of, are Richard Dawkins and deceased Christopher Hitchens. I do not know of any more "millitant" atheists out there. Both of them dedicated most of their lives to spread the word of science and actively "fight" against bigotry of both faith (any faith) and the church (any church) by giving speaches, writing books and doing scientific research. Both of them are decent people with families. On the other hand we have the "staunch" theists like you adress them, who for the past thousand years run around burning and killing the "millitant" atheists who spread the word of science.