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The Flynn Effect - Rethinking Intelligence and What Affects It by James R. Flynn
1 The Flynn Effect: Rethinking intelligence and what affects it [Changes since sent in: Lynn/VanC & typo p. 44 end 2nd para 'mentally'] James R. Flynn We now have data for 25 nations and every one of them show IQ gains over time with a majority showing massive gains. Until recently at least, each generation outscored the previous one on mental tests. For example, in The Netherlands, the 18year olds of 1982 scored 20 IQ points higher than the 18year olds of 1952 essentially sons o
Category:ResearchReads:18Uploaded:05 / 03 / 2012ShareAdd to collectionU.N. Report Declares Internet Access a Human Right
United Nations A/HRC/17/27 Distr.: General 16 May 2011 Original: English General Assembly Human Rights Council Seventeenth session Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Frank La Rue* Summary This report explores key trends and challenges to the right of all individua
Category:(not categorized)Reads:95Uploaded:10 / 28 / 2011ShareAdd to collectionWojciech Grzelak ''O Tych, Co Poszli Za Gran''
Rozdział książki Wojciecha Grzelaka o poszukiwaniach Aleksandra Kusia i Kamila Michalika w górach Ałtaju.
Category:ResearchReads:342Uploaded:03 / 28 / 2011ShareAdd to collectionOptimisation in a natural system: Argentine ants solve the Towers of Hanoi, University of Sydney
Natural systems are a source of inspiration for computer algorithms designed to solve optimisation problems. Yet most ‘nature-inspired’ algorithms take only superficial inspiration from biology, and little is known about how real biological systems solve difficult problems. Moreover, ant algorithms, neural networks and similar methods are usually applied to static problems, whereas most biological systems have evolved to perform under dynamically changing conditions. We used the Towers of Hanoi puzzle to test whether Argentine ants can solve a potentially difficult optimisation problem. We also tested whether the ants can adapt to dynamic changes in the problem. We mapped all possible solutions to the Towers of Hanoi on a single graph and converted this into a maze for the ants to solve. We show that the ants are capable of solving the Towers of Hanoi, and are able to adapt when sections of the maze are blocked off and new sections installed. The presence of exploration pheromone increased the efficiency of the resulting network and increased the ants' ability to adapt to changing conditions. Contrary to previous studies, our study shows that mass-recruiting ant species such as the Argentine ant can forage effectively in a dynamic environment. Our results also suggest that novel optimisation algorithms can benefit from stronger biological mimicry. Source: http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/content/abstract/214/1/50
Category:(not categorized)Reads:813Uploaded:12 / 10 / 2010ShareAdd to collectionHans Hahn - Logic, Mathematics and Knowledge of Nature
Source: http://kslinker.site.aplus.net/Logic-mathematics-and-knowledge-of-nature.pdf
Category:Math & EngineeringReads:471Uploaded:08 / 28 / 2010ShareAdd to collectionThe Relation Between Mathematics and Physics by Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac
Lecture delivered on presentation of the JAMES SCOTT prize, February 6, 1939 Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society (Edinburgh) Vol. 59, 1938-39, Part II pp. 122-129 Source: http://www.quantenphilosophie.de/docu/Dirac_The%20Relation_between%20Mathematics_and%20_Physics_1939.pdf
Category:Math & EngineeringReads:1,069Uploaded:08 / 28 / 2010ShareAdd to collectionP. T. Grier - Identity and Difference. Studies in Hegel's Logic, Philosophy of Spirit and Politics
Identityand Difference STUDIES IN HEGEL’S LOGIC, PHILOSOPHY OF SPIRIT, AND POLITICS Philip T. Grier IDENTITY AND DIFFERENCE This page intentionally left blank. Identity and Difference Studies in Hegel’s Logic, Philosophy of Spirit, and Politics EDITED BY P H I L I P T. G R I E R S TAT E U N I V E R S I T Y O F N E W YO R K P R E S S Published by State University of New York Press © 2007 State University of New York All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part
Category:(not categorized)Reads:959Uploaded:08 / 23 / 2010ShareAdd to collectionErich Fromm - Human Nature and Social Theory
Human Nature and Social Theory A Letter by Erich Fromm The following letter Erich Fromm wrote in 1969 to the Russian philosopher Vladimir Dobrenkov is a most impressive document of how deeply he was interested in getting contact with socialist thinkers and to discuss with them his reception of Marx and his understanding of socialism. Dobrenkov intended to write a book on Fromm and therefore started a correspondence with Fromm. Fromm tried to clarify many topics Dobrenkov misunderstood by present
Category:(not categorized)Reads:186Uploaded:08 / 21 / 2010ShareAdd to collectionThe Brain Has a Body Adaptive Behavior Emerges From Interactions of Nervous System, Body and Environment by Hillel J. Chiel and Randall D. Beer 1997
VI E W P O I N T The brain has a body: adaptive behavior emerges from interactions of nervous system, body and environment Hillel J. Chiel and Randall D. Beer Studies of mechanisms of adaptive behavior generally focus on neurons and circuits. But adaptive behavior also depends on interactions among the nervous system, body and environment: sensory preprocessing and motor post-processing filter inputs to and outputs from the nervous system; co-evolution and co-development of nervous system and pe
Category:ScienceReads:447Uploaded:07 / 16 / 2010ShareAdd to collectionThe Flynn Effect: Rethinking intelligence and what affects it by James R. Flynn
1 The Flynn Effect: Rethinking intelligence and what affects it [Changes since sent in: Lynn/VanC & typo p. 44 end 2nd para 'mentally'] James R. Flynn We now have data for 25 nations and every one of them show IQ gains over time with a majority showing massive gains. Until recently at least, each generation outscored the previous one on mental tests. For example, in The Netherlands, the 18year olds of 1982 scored 20 IQ points higher than the 18year olds of 1952 essentially sons out
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