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Democracy, Hollingworth, and the ingenuity gap

Published in October 22nd, 2020
Posted by in Philosophy
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Hollingworth’s research in intelligence showed that the communications range from one person to another extends about two standard deviations(*) of IQ(**) points. [Suddenly certain communications barriers you may have make perfect sense, no? 😀 ] (*) Note that discussions on IQ rarely mentions which standard deviation is used which of course makes the number almost […]

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Two different roads to comfort

Published in October 21st, 2020
Posted by in Health, Philosophy
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There are two different ways to achieve comfort. Comfort is one, if not the prime value of utility or satisfaction, and so it is wise to study ways to achieve this comfort. The first way is external (and by deduction, the second way is internal, obviously). Striving for comfort by external means has become the […]

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Sacrificing too much for early retirement?

Published in October 20th, 2020
Posted by in Early Retirement, Philosophy
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The following was written as a response by “Wild” to a question in the forums about saving too much. I thought it was brilliantly put and capable of standing on its own as a blog post. I therefore asked if I could post it here and got the affirmative. I found Jacob’s book to be […]

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