#302 – Richard Haier: IQ Tests, Human Intelligence, and Group Differences
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Richard’s Website: <a href="https://richardhaier.com/">https://richardhaier.com/</a><br />
Documents & Articles:<br />
1. Child IQ and survival to 79: <a href="https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5491698/">https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5491698/</a><br />
2. Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth: <a href="https://my.vanderbilt.edu/smpy/files/2013/02/DoingPsychScience2006.pdf">https://my.vanderbilt.edu/smpy/files/2013/02/DoingPsychScience2006.pdf</a><br />
Books:<br />
1. The Neuroscience of Intelligence: <a href="https://amzn.to/3n50DcC">https://amzn.to/3n50DcC</a><br />
2. The Book of Five Rings: <a href="https://amzn.to/3y4Xcc6">https://amzn.to/3y4Xcc6</a><br />
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5. The Bell Curve: <a href="https://amzn.to/3Ng4RJe">https://amzn.to/3Ng4RJe</a><br />
6. The Mismeasure of Man: <a href="https://amzn.to/3N9IkxB">https://amzn.to/3N9IkxB</a><br />
7. Human Diversity: <a href="https://amzn.to/3O7Trsc">https://amzn.to/3O7Trsc</a><br />
8. Facing Reality: <a href="https://amzn.to/3bfzqkX">https://amzn.to/3bfzqkX</a></p>
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<p><b>OUTLINE:</b><br />
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(00:00) – Introduction<br />
(08:06) – Measuring human intelligence<br />
(22:34) – IQ tests<br />
(45:23) – College entrance exams<br />
(53:59) – Genetics<br />
(59:58) – Enhancing intelligence<br />
(1:07:27) – The Bell Curve<br />
(1:19:58) – Race differences<br />
(1:39:11) – Bell curve criticisms<br />
(1:48:21) – Intelligence and life success<br />
(1:57:57) – Flynn effect<br />
(2:02:49) – Nature vs nuture<br />
(2:29:42) – Testing artificial intelligence<br />
(2:41:46) – Advice<br />
(2:45:53) – Mortality</p>