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Today an apocryphal quote, which I'll attribute to my father (who in turn attributes it to Piaget)
The circumstances, always relevant, are thus: Piaget, one of the founders & pioneers of the modern IQ test, on his deathbed said:
"I have gotten it wrong. It is not the answers man has that determines his intelligence, but rather the questions that he asks."
Perhaps it's true, perhaps it's not. I like it, and that's enough. The attribution to Piaget simply lends it authority.
On that note, a few links related to intelligence today (note the juxtaposition of opposite ideas: Politics:Intelligence)
First: www.queendom.com, which offers a variety of brain teasers & IQ tests. As well try: www.mindhacks.com/ for an interesting blog on various aspects of mind. Then, if you're feeling bad following your test(s), let this article console you: http://discovermagazine.com/2008/oct/01-20-things-you-didnt-know-about-genius. And if you want to work on developing your mind, you may find this curious: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/123484.php- the article links savant behaviours to an inhibition center in the left brain, I think. . .I forget. I wouldn't have if I were a savant. . .time to reread the article. . .
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We're all familiar with "Optical Illusions", in which we're tricked by clever images into seeing things that aren't really there, or static images which appear to waver, and a host of other tricks played upon our notably visual sense. But fewer of us are familiar with "Auditory Illusions", (by which I don't mean the 1st date post-mortem in which one partner tries to recall if he/she heard "I love you". . .). For a quick introduction try this link:
http://deutsch.ucsd.edu/psychology/deutsch_research1.php#Introduction.php
Note: Laptop speakers won't suffice. Use proper speakers or headphones.
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It doesn't end at Wikipedia, but too often I find I'm in the habit of finding one source for the information I want and not digging further.
The Internet Archive is a site "with the purpose of offering permanent access for researchers, historians, and scholars to historical collections that exist in digital format.". It kind of recalls the ideals of the internet, doesn't it? Link here: http://www.archive.org/index.php
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This is a rather interesting flash video/animation that seeks to explain those dimensions above 4, specifically all the way up to 10.
http://www.tenthdimension.com/flash2.php
Somedays thinking above 2 is tough enough. On that note, perhaps follow this link to learn a little about the classic novel "Flatland" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatland.