Why break it down like that? IQ isn't a fixed measurement of intelligence. Someone with an average IQ today would be considered brilliant at the beginning of the 20th century.
I know and agree. But we're just talking about the present right now, 3:46 AM GMT+2.
People are getting smarter and thoughts are getting more and more complex. On a side note; how have IQ tests evolved over the years? I wonder what the reputability of a 20th century Southern Egyptian University IQ tests is.
IQ has declined since the Greek times. Moreover, the distribution was significantly shifted leftward in a more scarce world. There are nonlinear effects, you can't feed your child a ton of food everyday and result in 2000 IQ, if you feed an average the expected value is 100, if you're malnourished you end up in the 80s.
What are the effects of said malnourishment on the offspring of the child? Does it affect their genetic sequence? Genuinely don't know this.
I read some post about "caveman living to the age of 200" or some dumb shit on here: completely false. Good people die young.
The idea that people are smarter now is so laughably stupid: it's like saying "forum software is getting better". It's fake cope put out by the government.
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Saying âmost arenât goodâ doesnât really mean anything to me when in all likelihood unless you work with groups of therapists or youâve been in and out of large mental institutions, therapy, and meeting with psychologists your whole life then Iâve had far more exposure to therapists than you and theyâre all pretty much bad, there was one guy who I thought was decent but he ended up leaving the company I was at during that time and did his own thing
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Yeah the good ones do that
The "empathy" in those sub-125 are is likely just cultural brainwashing; you simply live in a time (moreover, your conception of "empathy" is shaped by said culture) where it's inconvenient to run people over with cars.
Look to China if you want to see the opposite.
Flashlight with a dying battery.
At this level of analysis; your emotions are also cultural brainwashing - and so are mine. I agree, but you need to recognize that.
No, I have autism and thus only experience the anger emotion.
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There is a probably hypothetical "turing test" for whether you are an actual free, ubermensch, or a culturally programmed subcon slave. Think of something like the "The Chinese Room" and the "Trolley Problem".
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I was discussing this with Robert, I never considered that how the Eggs of the Chickens are affected by what they eat - thus our DNA is not just a result of our parents initial DNA, but also the current culture and economy.
Maybe this science on this is decades away from being figured out.,,
In all likelihood, once Strong AI is developed what will be considered "human" or not will be that which can (or perhaps, cannot) outperform said AI: said metric will shift as Strong AI scales.
1000 years after that, everyone left will be considered "human" and there will still be people on the same relative level as PlasmaNation. No progress made?
If there is an AI that surpasses human thought then there will be no humans left: it will be an inconsequential question. If you're not first, you're last. Who cares about the vagaries of ants. What do you think I am, some worthless stooge academic counting bugs?
It's like quantifying the number of caveman left on Earth and relating it to "progress": it is effectively a non-sequitor.
Well sure - there are "no humans left" on a metaphorical and intellectual level, but I personally I won't feel the sudden urge to commit suicide if that AI came to being, trapped on a computer screen.
If you think the western economy is healthy and will continue in eternity then it's obvious that people of plasmanation (and worse) stature will be demanded by the market for whatever reason.
Funny - but I doubt anybody here thinks that.
On an unrelated note; just ran into this old friend of ours by accident - Terrence M. Glad to see he's doing good.