[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: There's an article by David Redvaldsen from Norway published in the peer-reviewed journal Psych. It examines the validity of the Mega and Titan tests by Ronald K Hoeflin. After a thorough review, the conclusion is that the Mega test can measure IQ at the one in a million level, while …
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Ask A Genius 821: Nine Years
[Recording Start] Rick Rosner: One of the themes of the talking we've been doing for the past nine years is that Republicans in America just keep getting worse. I think we've used the analogy of a black hole that in traditional black hole theory, you reach a point where the gravitational attraction in the collapsing …
Ask A Genius 820: Addendum to 819
[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Addendum. Rick Rosner: So, the lesson here is always be prepared to lie and cheat because you never know when a situation may come up that will require you having non-rusty fake ID type skills. I haven't had to use a fake ID in decades but here I needed to …
Ask A Genius 819: Legitimacy of Tests
[Recording Start] Rick Rosner: So just a second ago before you started taping, we were talking about whether the Titan and the Mega are legit measures of ultra high IQ. So I've got a story from today which either makes me very smart or very stupid or neither. So that's the whole spectrum. So I'm …
Ask A Genius 818: Proof in Daily Living
[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: So, I was having this discussion about the concept of proof and evidence, and what constitutes a meaningless statement. I categorize proofs as confined to pure mathematics for mathematical proofs or logic for logical proofs. Everything else is statistical and varies depending on the study's domain. Then there are meaningless …
Ask A Genius 817: Following Davidson – More Icelandic Dick
[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: I got a really weird introduction to this. When I was running for Secretary General of Young Humanist International in 2019 in late May early June, I won; a bunch of people didn't go to the Whale Museum in Iceland, they didn't go to the volcanic vents or volcano events …
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Ask A Genius 816: The Reserve Currency of 2110
[Recording Start] Rick Rosner: The future of currency. Somebody was asking a panel I was on this morning, of some bullshitters and some people actually know what they're talking about… I’m one of the bullshitters; if the dollar will remain the currency of record, what do you call it? I don't know. Scott Douglas Jacobsen: …
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Ask A Genius 815: Pete Davidson’s Dick
[Recording Start] Rick Rosner: Pete Davidson is going out with another very pretty woman, Emily Ratajkowski. She is a model turned actress and author. She's the girl from Alan Thicke's kid , like from 10 years ago or eight years ago ‘Blurred Lines.’ Anyway, this has caused a lot of consternation among men in an …
Ask A Genius 814: A Small Library of Religious Beliefs of the World
[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: I'm going to leave this one to you. Rick Rosner: Alright. So in your nicely appointed apartment you've assembled a small library of the religious beliefs of the world and I guess philosophical beliefs because you're very interested in those belief systems and in the people who have those beliefs, …
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Ask A Genius 813: Addendum to 812
[Recording Start] Rick Rosner: I mentioned that I thought there was bullshit going on with the polls. You're not supposed to think that there's bullshit going on with political polls, you're supposed to believe that pollsters are trying their best using the best methodologies to get the most accurate picture of what's going on. Then …
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