Intelligence
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Intelligence
Many brilliant people are rewarded early in life but get lapped by those with average intelligence later on.
When test scores are off the table, courage will take you further than knowing the right answer.
When test scores are off the table, courage will take you further than knowing the right answer.
Alex Tan • #094 Done!
The Myth of Artificial Intelligence: Why Computers Can’t Think the Way We Do
Erik Larson • 3 highlights
amazon.comfrom Jeff Bezos on the Lex Fridman podcast:
there are 1000 ways to be smart. when I go around and I meet people, I'm always looking for the way that they're smart. and you find that's one of the things that makes the world so interesting and fun, is that it's not like IQ is a single dimension. There are people who are smart in such unique ways.
Brain measurement goes mainstream: Bryan Johnson on "reading our minds" at Reflect Festival
youtube.comThe Neuroscience of Intelligence (Cambridge Fundamentals of Neuroscience in Psychology)
O'Reilly Media • 6 highlights
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A lot of very smart people work in strange ways / with a lot of quirks (e.g. contemplating for hours and appearing to do nothing, while then suddenly having 100x output burst). This usually makes them not a great fit for traditional corporate world, where you often have to fake…
Laura Wendelx.comSpeaking of what excites you…The psychologist Angela Duckworth (best known for her research on grit) talks about “the complex dance between having intelligence and having interest.” The more she studies intelligence, she said, “the more I’m like, ‘I don’t even know what it is.’” People who have interest in a topic or subject learn better and... See more