InquilineKea

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	age	93
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Quora page: http://www.quora.com/Alex-K-Chen
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Feel free to stalk my Internet name(s) if you wish - it's how I make most of my closest contacts these days. Just note that I don't really believe in social constructs when they get in the way of satisficing (or in the way of my goal of learning as much as possible).

Don't take anything I say/do too seriously. A lot of the things I do (that may look weird/stupid on the outside) are the types of things that help me adjust my posterior probability of various things - especially low probability events.Sometimes I hit on a jackpot/very interesting idea. I'm kind of messy since it helps facilitate creative destruction.

I have a lot of respect for all of the sciences. Tactically, I'm developing heuristics for rationality, impartiality, anti-laziness, and creation+identification+searching for what's relevant+reliable. Strategically, I just want to learn everything.

A lot of my thought processes involve my creating new hypotheses and refuting them on my own. I still document the thought process since it's important and may be important for future "true" hypotheses.

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Jan 19	asked	What transient factors affect performance on IQ tests?
Jan 19	asked	Is the decline of fluid IQ with age less severe for professors and scientists than it is for other people?
Jan 19	asked	Do expert computer gamers have unusual physiological or mental characteristics?
Jan 19	revised	Beyond a certain level, is reading comprehension affected more by psychological intuition than by verbal intelligence? edited tags
Jan 19	asked	Can intense multitasking improve fluid intelligence/working memory?
Jan 19	asked	What are the effects of implanting electrodes into the brains of monkeys?
Jan 19	asked	What do the super-large brains of whales and elephants map to?
Jan 19	asked	Are end-stage Alzheimer's patients still conscious?
Jan 19	asked	If someone becomes a split-brain patient, which side will “maintain” the continuity in their consciousness?
Jan 19	asked	Is there a practical limit to the amount of knowledge a human can learn?
Jan 19	asked	What is a neurobiological explanation of borderline personality disorder?
Jan 19	asked	Does IQ affect learning speed?
Jan 19	asked	Do people with ADD or Asperger's Syndrome often show different learning curves than neurotypical individuals?
Jan 19	asked	Do people feel emotions less strongly as they grow older?
Jan 19	asked	How does posture affect cerebral blood flow?
Jan 19	asked	What is the effect of ADD/ADHD on performance variability on cognitive tests over time?
Jan 19	awarded	Supporter
Jan 19	comment	What hidden latent variables could be responsible for the high correlation between WORDSUM and IQ? Ah - thanks very much for the response! Yeah - I made the question specific since I've had bad experiences with asking broad questions on SE. And yes, your point (b) in your last sentence was definitely the thing that I'm looking for!
Jan 19	comment	Beyond a certain level, is reading comprehension affected more by psychological intuition than by verbal intelligence? Heh, I don't think that the Philosophy SE would appreciate this type of question. :) But yes - I'm interested in the cognitive factors behind reading comprehension, and whether or not there is a "ceiling effect" with respect to improvements in reading comprehension ability, and if this "ceiling effect" has to do with understanding psychology.
Jan 19	asked	Are IQ tests “biased” against individuals with Asperger's Syndrome?