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Comment Re:Duh (Score 1) 144

You comparison is flawed. Because people with high intelligence and people with low intelligence will never have "the same knowledge about something". Approach, stance, startegies are part of knowledge about something and these will be very different. They will be different among those with high intelligence too, but you will not find more independent thinkers among people with high intelligence than with lower intelligence. They are all areounf rare. And the intependent thinkers are the ones using general intelligence.

You are just in denial about your own low IQ. Besides, your last statement is falsified. It is called the Dunning-Kruger effect. Look it up.

Ah, I see you are just here to be an asshole. Well done, you succeded. And FYI, I am in the upper range were tests lose meaning. Obviously, a defective like you is unable to grasp that.

Comment Re:IQ is not a good measurement of intelligence (Score 1) 144

It's not a good measurement of either your ability to create new things or solve problems or avoid being trick using critical thinking. At best and measures your ability to take tests.

Well, mostly. It is a measure of the ability to handle complexity in tests under time pressure. But, you know, somebody that has a really good idea after thinking about it for a few days, is generally and righfully cosidered more intelligent than somebody that can do simpler stuff really fast, but never has that good idea.

But because our education system is focused on filtering out who is and isn't useful to large corporations test taking is heavily emphasized. Also it's tough to teach good critical thinking because kids want critical thinking skills come home and lay into the parent's sacred cows.

I am not sure you can teach critical thinking. It seems to be something you come into the world with or not. You can help those with the ability to get better at it though. Not that parents, politicians, administrators, bosses, etc. want that.

Comment Re:ok? (Score 1) 40

> So don't let random people you don't trust onto your home network?

Let?

If you allow WPA2 anyone with a laptop and Kali can get on in under an hour.

Depends on who you're defending against.

Spooks will probably get on while you're away when an IoT device associates and set up an APT in your printer.

Which violates the 3rd Amendment IMO but I LARP as someone living in a Republic.

Comment Linux Firmware Tool (Score 1) 40

Not tested here yet, but this exists:

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fsedrubal%2Fbr...

I'm a bit hesitant as I don't remember the outcome of the Brother toner lockin scare a few months back. I think it wound up being overblown but I'll check before updating.

Worst case I move the printers to their own subnet, because I probably should have a decade ago.

Comment Re:Him, what about healing the original heart (Score 1) 35

It might be possible to decellularize the heart and then use pluripotent stem cells to rebuild it but it might also need to be exercised for a while before implantation

A main advantage would be, aside from rejection, that an artificial heart could be used for a couple months while it grows. This would save donor heart supply.

Good idea, I think.

Comment Re:...will have to act immediately to remove mater (Score 1) 30

The article is paywalled but if the profits outweigh the consequences they'll stay.

Russia has some businesses practices that are illegal but reasonable so the fines are $30 a year. Some politician got his win but not really.

It's either cynical or a business license depending on how you look at it. In many US places being in businesses is illegal if you don't pay the government for the privilege of earning a living.

On the other hand EU fines US Big Tech hundreds of millions for stuff they don't like. Apple is implementing several functions that were "technically impossible" just a year ago.

But, yes, if the liability is high they have to leave to protect their investors.

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