There's a lot of claims that IQ can't be raised or that people don't know how to raise it. But on specific tests, people can get better scores, right? So if you're just practicing just one very specific type of IQ test, like a vocab test, there's sometimes included in IQ tests. And clearly, you can improve your vocab or memory tests,. Like people can practice and get better at memory. There's lots of tricks for that and so on.
Read the full transcript here.
How are curiosity and innovation connected? What's the most important problem in your field? And are you working on it? Why or why not? Is curiosity the best heuristic — either for an individual or for society at large — for finding valuable problems to work on? What mental models do people tend to use by default? How much is an academic degree worth these days? What are some alternatives to degrees that could count as valid credentials, i.e., as unfakeable (or very-hard-to-fake) signals of someone's level of skill in an area? Can people learn to fake any kind of signal, or are there some that are inherently unfakeable?
Rohit Krishnan is an essayist at Strange Loop Canon, where he writes about business, tech, and economics. He's been an entrepreneur and an investor and is very excited to see when crazy ideas meet the real world. Follow him on Twitter at @krishnanrohit.
Staff
Music
Affiliates