... Thank you for the link, the book looks very promising. Perhaps it will help broaden Szasz's readership as it deals with a literature topic. I hope so! ...
I have bought the book, but I have not gotten around to reading it except I did read the appendix about "The Mad Genius Problem". In the discussion about...
... I agree. The phenomenon is unique to organisms with human genes. ... If it is. And if it isn't? What is madness? Who is mad? Who decides what is madness...
Mira, there is much to respond to in your message. Do not have enough time at the moment, but will make a few comments. If you want to play the "dumb ass"...
... Intelligent, beautiful, charming, sweet, and rich. However, most people don't agree with me... ... I do not object to either the study of rocket science...
Why do you describge yourself as "intelligent"? What is your definition of intelligent? Has the study of genetics ever been at your expense? What does "at my...
... It is certainly true that our genes contain a lot of objective knowledge that affects our interpretation of the world around us. For example, information...
Alan, would you mind boiling your message down a little? Give us the main points? ... and ... modern ... may ... may ... Szasz ... is ... that ... of...
In a message dated 3/27/2006 11:54:00 AM Central Standard Time, ozarkheretic@... writes: Has the study of genetics ever been at your expense? What does...
You are so right in your observations Mira, genius is always a product of the Zeitgeist. How long will it take for history to recognize Szasz or Duesberg?...
Mira, I don't believe you ever answered my questions about intelligence. Do you use the word intelligence? Of course, you use the word. And your friends use...
Martin, Do you know anyone who thinks the word "genius" has a precise meaning? Doesn't it simply mean that in the estimation of the speaker the person called...
... This was irony. ... Like most people, I sometimes use meaningless words or use them in a meaningless way. I might say that I think that somebody who...
Mira: OK, so you apparently believe the word "intelligence" is a "meaningless" word. If somebody describes another person as being intelligent, you do not...
Einstein was probably recognized as a genius because of what was going on in theoretical physics at the time his revelations were precient. Duesberg like...
... My physicist son says that there were many physicists who contributed no less to the field than Einstein, and that Einstein's name became a household word...
There are surely many different types of intelligence,scientific, artistic,musical, emotional even spiritual.IQ tests are really very limited.Someone once...
... snip ... I.m.o. it is precisely this plasticity of meaning that makes a concept invalid. If we discussed things like birds, trees or the sun (which in ...
I agree - you also have to "look" like a genius. Einstein fulfilled that requirement in spades - he created (if that is correct) a new fashion style as well....
Sean, I certainly cannot agree with your statements. There are not many different types of intelligence, as you believe. There is only kind of intelligence,...
... I don't understand how an IQ test could ever work. The problems on the test would, by necessity, have to be the same on each test, otherwise the test would...
... I happen to have (or used to) a special talent for passing multiple choice tests. I sailed through high school in the US this way. I would make good grades...
Obviously you do not understand how IQ tests are constructed and evaluated. Find Arthur Jensen's books, "Straight Talk about Mental Tests" and "Bias in Mental...
Oh, yes, of course. Assuming your memory is correct, so what? ... do is ... multiple ... would ... book or ... barely ... which I ... would ... would ... me ...
... You are assuming you are right, and not bothering to explain what it is you assume you are right about. What I stated was extremely easy to follow. It's...
Hi , what you say is certainly very interesting but defining 'it' is still very difficult. The 'g' as I understand it can't be seen to be fixed in any way....
The standard IQ tests are fair. Do you think the tests are unfair? If so, why? As for the tests' being "different", I am not sure what you mean. People who...
Yes, the definition of "intelligence" is not as easy to define as many words. As I have said in an earlier message, I think an acceptable definition...
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