Intelligence
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The Dark Side of Smart
Intelligence is associated with coming up with more convincing bullshit and with being a better liar, but not associated with a better ability to recognize one’s own bias.Photograph by ArTono / Shutterstock Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . Manipulative communication surrounds us. With misinformation and disinformation about the pandemic, […] -
How a Genius Is Different from a Really Smart Person
The most intelligent two percent of people in the world. These are the people who qualify for membership in Mensa, an exclusive international society open only to people who score at or above the 98th percentile on an IQ or other standardized intelligence test. Mensa’s mission remains the same as when it was founded in […] -
How Poverty Changes Kids’ Brains
Hill Street Studios/Getty Images Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . When children grow up in poverty, their brains can take a different shape. That’s one of the stark and uncomfortable findings from the lab of Kimberly Noble, a pediatrician and cognitive neuroscientist at Teachers College, Columbia University. Noble has […] -
Why Facebook Is the Junk Food of Socializing
Have you ever been walking in a dark alley and seen something that you thought was a crouching person, but it turned out to be a garbage bag or something similarly innocuous? Me too. Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . Have you ever seen a person crouching in a […] -
Will Humans Be Able to Control Computers That Are Smarter Than Us?
Let’s consider the fear that once surrounded another powerful technology: recombinant DNA.
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Why Are You So Smart? Thank Your Mom & Your Difficult Birth
Our inability to care for ourselves as babies is a key to the genius of our species.
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Before We Painted Like Picasso, We Had to Share Like Gandhi
A comparison of the facial features of ancient modern humans (left) to more recent modern humans (right). Modern specimens have a less prominent brow ridge and a shorted upper face. Researchers suspect these changes were caused by a decrease of testosterone.Robert Cieri Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . […]
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How Is a Genius Different From a Really Smart Person?
You can have a very high IQ and be a complete idiot.
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Steal a Skull, Understand a Genius
Can you match the skulls of Schubert, Haydn, and Beethoven with the musical style of its owner?