Comments on: Are We Getting Smarter?: Rising IQ in the Twenty-First Century http://www.kurzweilai.net/are-we-getting-smarter-rising-iq-in-the-twenty-first-century Accelerating Intelligence Wed, 22 May 2013 06:28:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Elyv http://www.kurzweilai.net/are-we-getting-smarter-rising-iq-in-the-twenty-first-century/comment-page-1#comment-49369 Elyv Tue, 06 Nov 2012 11:50:08 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=169049#comment-49369 IQ is increasing for more reasons than simple external stimulations: we allow ourselves more sensual pleasures. Awakening the mind is happening because we are awakening the body, far from the ancient religious taboos, in line with the Sensual Meditation techniques that state: "pleasure is the fertilizer for opening the mind". IQ is increasing for more reasons than simple external stimulations: we allow ourselves more sensual pleasures. Awakening the mind is happening because we are awakening the body, far from the ancient religious taboos, in line with the Sensual Meditation techniques that state: “pleasure is the fertilizer for opening the mind”.

]]> By: melajara http://www.kurzweilai.net/are-we-getting-smarter-rising-iq-in-the-twenty-first-century/comment-page-1#comment-47359 melajara Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:51:27 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=169049#comment-47359 Concrete operations internalization (e.g. rotation of an imagined object) is improving. However, abstract thought process (e.g. hypothetical-deductive reasoning) is regressing. There are multiple reasons for that, among them: 1, Pressure from an environment with more and more "objects" and gadgets to manipulate (mediated effectors). 2, Mediated access to "engines of creation", i.e. not anymore paper and pencil but a tablet to boot, a software to load, menus to access, mouse or stylus to manipulate and so on, granted, this one will be alleviated by gestures based UI but we are far from a standard for those types of UI. 3, lack of concentration and constant multitasking if not ADHD. 4, too much connectivity among individuals, preventing the emergence of genuinely original thoughts (with a direct impact on the number of really original scientific theories as there were so many from circa 1870 to 1940). So, all in all, averaged increased IQ, yes but with mitigating factors for still unenhanced humans. Concrete operations internalization (e.g. rotation of an imagined object) is improving. However, abstract thought process (e.g. hypothetical-deductive reasoning) is regressing. There are multiple reasons for that, among them:

1, Pressure from an environment with more and more “objects” and gadgets to manipulate (mediated effectors).

2, Mediated access to “engines of creation”, i.e. not anymore paper and pencil but a tablet to boot, a software to load, menus to access, mouse or stylus to manipulate and so on, granted, this one will be alleviated by gestures based UI but we are far from a standard for those types of UI.

3, lack of concentration and constant multitasking if not ADHD.

4, too much connectivity among individuals, preventing the emergence of genuinely original thoughts (with a direct impact on the number of really original scientific theories as there were so many from circa 1870 to 1940).

So, all in all, averaged increased IQ, yes but with mitigating factors for still unenhanced humans.

]]> By: Ralph Dratman http://www.kurzweilai.net/are-we-getting-smarter-rising-iq-in-the-twenty-first-century/comment-page-1#comment-47351 Ralph Dratman Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:15:32 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=169049#comment-47351 It should not be a surprise that IQ would increase as many external factors stimulate the mind. I can't imagine that one could watch television without one's intelligence being extended. But have you studied judgement, reality testing and other non-IQ measures? Those might actually be dropping. It should not be a surprise that IQ would increase as many external factors stimulate the mind. I can’t imagine that one could watch television without one’s intelligence being extended. But have you studied judgement, reality testing and other non-IQ measures? Those might actually be dropping.

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