http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/10/28/how-things-begin-the-flynn-effect/ Self-Experimentation, Scientific Method, the Shangri-La Diet, etc. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:13:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/10/28/how-things-begin-the-flynn-effect/#comment-58605 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:49:31 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/10/28/how-things-begin-the-flynn-effect/#comment-58605 [...] What’s more, these small initial differences are not necessarily even genetic. The children of a good basketball player could end up reaping the same amplifying effect of a small initial difference. It’s what William Dickens and James Flynn, after whom the Flynn effect is named, call social multipliers. [...] […] What’s more, these small initial differences are not necessarily even genetic. The children of a good basketball player could end up reaping the same amplifying effect of a small initial difference. It’s what William Dickens and James Flynn, after whom the Flynn effect is named, call social multipliers. […]

]]> http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/10/28/how-things-begin-the-flynn-effect/#comment-57694 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:37:02 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/10/28/how-things-begin-the-flynn-effect/#comment-57694 [...] What is Flynn effect, and how it came to be? Seth at his blog recounts the story (that he heard from James Flynn himself): In the 1980s, he started to write a book defending humane ideals. One question he wanted to answer was how to combat racism. He came across Arthur Jensen’s work. Jensen’s work was not easily dismissed. It was based on data. To properly answer Jensen, he believed, you needed data — a radical view for a philosophy professor. This was outside his area of training. He asked a professor of psychology for advice. The psychology professor was dismissive; his attitude was “what could you possibly contribute?” But Flynn did not see that psychology professors were substantially smarter than everyone else; the necessary skills should be within his reach, he thought. [...] […] What is Flynn effect, and how it came to be? Seth at his blog recounts the story (that he heard from James Flynn himself): In the 1980s, he started to write a book defending humane ideals. One question he wanted to answer was how to combat racism. He came across Arthur Jensen’s work. Jensen’s work was not easily dismissed. It was based on data. To properly answer Jensen, he believed, you needed data — a radical view for a philosophy professor. This was outside his area of training. He asked a professor of psychology for advice. The psychology professor was dismissive; his attitude was “what could you possibly contribute?” But Flynn did not see that psychology professors were substantially smarter than everyone else; the necessary skills should be within his reach, he thought. […]

]]> http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/10/28/how-things-begin-the-flynn-effect/#comment-57681 Sun, 28 Oct 2007 23:46:16 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/10/28/how-things-begin-the-flynn-effect/#comment-57681 Interesting article, marmolillo, thanks for the link. The study it describes implies that the Flynn Effect is not true everywhere always -- but no one expected that. The interesting lesson to be drawn from the facts Flynn found is that IQ depends heavily on environment in mysterious ways. The study the Guardian article describes supports the same conclusion. Interesting article, marmolillo, thanks for the link. The study it describes implies that the Flynn Effect is not true everywhere always — but no one expected that. The interesting lesson to be drawn from the facts Flynn found is that IQ depends heavily on environment in mysterious ways. The study the Guardian article describes supports the same conclusion.

]]> http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/10/28/how-things-begin-the-flynn-effect/#comment-57617 Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:49:15 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/10/28/how-things-begin-the-flynn-effect/#comment-57617 It is a interesting history but the truth is that probably the Flynn Effect is wrong. This article from <a href="http://education.guardian.co.uk/schools/story/0,,1693061,00.html" rel="nofollow">The Guardian </a> shows a perfect example: same test, same number of children, incredible big and good test group, 15 years of difference. It is a interesting history but the truth is that probably the Flynn Effect is wrong.
This article from The Guardian shows a perfect example: same test, same number of children, incredible big and good test group, 15 years of difference.

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