Nothing but a "G" Thing (Intelligence Pt. 1)

Nothing but a "G" Thing (Intelligence Pt. 1) is the 122nd episode of the Very Bad Wizards podcast, released on August 29, 2017. The opening segment is a discussion on . The main segment is a discussion on . The preroll contains the standard disclaimer and theme_music.

Opening Quote

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Show Notes

David and Tamler do their best to talk frankly about intelligence and IQ research. (It's our Patreon listener-selected topic! We probably would never have chosen this one on our own...). Is intelligence a meaningful, definable concept? Can we reliably test for it? How much of the variability in IQ across individuals is due to heritable factors? Are people with higher IQ happier, wealthier, or healthier than people with lower IQ? And why is this topic so controversial anyhow? Plus in the intro segment Tamler and David discuss why you probably don't need fMRI to know what your dog wants, and why cognitive neuroscience seems to confuse otherwise intelligent folks. (Note: This is Part 1 of our discussion on intelligence. In Part 2 will delve into the slightly more controversial topics of IQ, race, and gender). Support Very Bad Wizards

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• What Does Your Dog Really Want? - Scientific American Blog Network
  
• A Very Bad Wizard: Morality behind the curtain by Tamler Sommers [amazon.com affiliate link]
  
• The Simpsons - Crayon in Homer's brain - YouTube
  
• Ritchie, S. (2015). Intelligence: All that matters. Hodder & Stoughton. [amazon.com affiliate link]
  
• [https://click.fireside.fm/e/MTQyODk Stuart Ritchie (@StuartJRitchie)