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Intelligence, Personality and Genius
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Intelligence, Personality and Genius is a personal blog at iqpersonalitygenius.blogspot.co.uk about science. Since 2013, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. The last post was in 2017, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for essays on intelligence, creativity and genius, including arguments that academia rewards conformity over creativity. Most comments only link to posts without judging them.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
This blog collects my postings and publications on IQ, personality and Genius. The Genius Famine, a book written from this blog, is available free at: http://geniusfamine.blogspot.co.uk or can be purchased at Amazon
Most-linked posts?
- /2013/07/the-head-girl-syndrome-opposite-of.html2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-07-29
What Hacker News says?
I agree with lacampbell that we're not responsible for other people's kids. In western society the individual is sovereign and our only responsibility is to do no harm. It is equally important to note however that the individual is missing out if he foregoes the pleasure of friendly interactions with other people, and is free to be a good neighbour and to give where he chooses. He is also wise if he aligns his ambit…
Comment linking /2013/07/the-head-girl-syndrome-opposite-of.html
on “How to Raise a Creative Child – Step One: Back Off (2016)”The word 'spirit' is vague but the older idea is more accurate than the modern assumption that geniuses are merely 'smart' above a certain threshold. In reality creative genius expresses itself through those who love truth to their core and who follow only their inner motivations. These qualities are sometimes abandoned which results in a fall and a loss of former abilities. http://iqpersonalitygenius.blogspot.co.uk…
Comment linking /2015/06/the-endogenous-personality-its.html
on “When Beethoven Met Goethe”There's a great article on this here: http://iqpersonalitygenius.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/the-head-g... Basically, academia loves those who conform to its thinking. This promotes robots, and alienates creativity and intelligence. This is from someone with impeccable academic credentials and experience in multiple disciplines.
Comment linking /2013/07/the-head-girl-syndrome-opposite-of.html
on “Goodbye academia, I get a life (2011)”http://iqpersonalitygenius.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/the-potent... Intelligent un-creatives are, I think, those relatively-few all-rounders among high IQ people: those high-IQ individuals with balanced abilities - including a pro-social (compliant, docile) personality . Whereas potential geniuses have a significant element of unbalance, such that extreme abilities in one or more domains are not balanced by extreme abil…
Comment linking /2012/08/the-potential-genius-is-intrinsically.html
on “Is genius being misdiagnosed as Asperger's?”