The US has imploded into its collection of affluent delusions - a kind of cognitive black hole. For outsiders like me, who studied the depredations of the Bush administration, total collapse of the American economy was not a surprise, but no-one could predict the details. The Bush group created fear, if not panic, in most of the rest of the world. The Bush group displayed a remarkable ability to create enemies inside and outside the country.
Barak Obama has come to rescue the good citizens of that country from their own excesses. He is, by all the measures, a perfect president and an exemplary man. His wife is an exemplary woman. Barack has renewed permission for the smarter US citizens to review what has happened to their great experiment in civil society, engage in intelligent conversation, and plan for a better future. I am enjoying his example of a good natured, rational man confronting an endless series of problems in a methodical manner. He has assembled a talented and able team of advisors and administrators. If there is justice in world, he will succeed and we will all live happily ever after.
Obama gets top IQ marks on my scale. Here is a brief description:
IQ is a handy short form for overall intelligence and IQ scores could be considered as approximate measurements of a number of underlying abilities. Comprehensive IQ testing would go far beyond the relatively selective IQ tests in common use. Comprehensive testing would evaluate at least eight critical domains of mental ability:
1. The ability to live in a group, to cooperate with others and, at the same time, to compete successfully for status, privileges, resources and mates.
2. The ability to recognize what is really going on out there in diverse situations and to act appropriately.
3. Information processing ability including the ability to find, evaluate and apply knowledge relevant to completing real world tasks.
4. The ability to navigate through different environments and to move skillfully with minimal risk of injury or death.
5. The ability to send and receive communications with language and other expressive modalities such as mime, singing, dancing, rhythm, drawing, sculpture, model-making, playing musical instruments.
6. The ability to design, make and use tools effectively.
7. The ability to set goals, sequence, plan and implement strategies
8. The ability to self-evaluate and correct behavior, ideas and strategies when they are not working.
Stephen Gislason April 21 2009.
See Intelligence and Learning
Barak Obama has come to rescue the good citizens of that country from their own excesses. He is, by all the measures, a perfect president and an exemplary man. His wife is an exemplary woman. Barack has renewed permission for the smarter US citizens to review what has happened to their great experiment in civil society, engage in intelligent conversation, and plan for a better future. I am enjoying his example of a good natured, rational man confronting an endless series of problems in a methodical manner. He has assembled a talented and able team of advisors and administrators. If there is justice in world, he will succeed and we will all live happily ever after.
Obama gets top IQ marks on my scale. Here is a brief description:
IQ is a handy short form for overall intelligence and IQ scores could be considered as approximate measurements of a number of underlying abilities. Comprehensive IQ testing would go far beyond the relatively selective IQ tests in common use. Comprehensive testing would evaluate at least eight critical domains of mental ability:
1. The ability to live in a group, to cooperate with others and, at the same time, to compete successfully for status, privileges, resources and mates.
2. The ability to recognize what is really going on out there in diverse situations and to act appropriately.
3. Information processing ability including the ability to find, evaluate and apply knowledge relevant to completing real world tasks.
4. The ability to navigate through different environments and to move skillfully with minimal risk of injury or death.
5. The ability to send and receive communications with language and other expressive modalities such as mime, singing, dancing, rhythm, drawing, sculpture, model-making, playing musical instruments.
6. The ability to design, make and use tools effectively.
7. The ability to set goals, sequence, plan and implement strategies
8. The ability to self-evaluate and correct behavior, ideas and strategies when they are not working.
Stephen Gislason April 21 2009.
See Intelligence and Learning