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Sibyyl Gallente Federation 9302	Posted - 2014.08.30 16:04:00 - [1] - Quote LazyDeer wrote: I read the forums every now and then and all I see is so many players crying about game mechanics. Like ganking haulers and miners, scams in jita, Wardecs being a greifer tool, High sec not safe and more. Thing is, this has been going on all the time, and puzzles me how people can't learn from the past? So is EVE's overall IQ dropping? Hey thanks for wandering in to congratulate yourself. It must be a real burden for you to be surrounded by folks of such low calibre and potential. I am awestruck by your massive intellect and wisdom. I don't know.. maybe I'll go build a small shrine to you in my bedroom now. ~ Please support a yellow jumpsuit for me (and everyone else). Thank you! ~
Sibyyl Gallente Federation 9303	Posted - 2014.08.30 16:21:00 - [2] - Quote Miko Jin wrote: Solecist Project wrote: Ignorance is Strength. Who said those so called famous words? What you meant to put was "Ignorance is bliss" And just so you know, It comes from Thomas Gray's poem, Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College (1742) I would be spectacularly impressed, had I not learned of this thing yesterday where you can type anything you want and pull up facts from anywhere on the Internet in seconds. Did you want to share more facts with us? Like who invented canned tuna, or the first woman to have cleared 5 feet on a trampoline jump? Maybe you should post everything you find on a Google search for us, so we can know how clever you are. Awaiting with great anticipation.. ~ Please support a yellow jumpsuit for me (and everyone else). Thank you! ~
Sibyyl Gallente Federation 9304	Posted - 2014.08.30 16:32:00 - [3] - Quote Well, I was happy to have one Lightsaber. But I saw the bad guys get to have two at the same time.. ~ Please support a yellow jumpsuit for me (and everyone else). Thank you! ~
Sibyyl Gallente Federation 9307	Posted - 2014.08.30 17:17:00 - [4] - Quote Tassin en Lone wrote: In an attempt to provide a final and definitive answer to the OP's question regarding the IQ level of EVE's players I can confirm that in the past 2.000 to 6.000 years IQ HAS indeed gone down as demonstrated by this article: "Are Humans getting Smarter or Dumber?" Now that's out of the way, everyone disperse and get back to mining or ganking! Not sure you read the article. Also, the study in the article is highly unscientific. First of all, your conclusion is the opposite of what the article writes: IQ scores are rising at a remarkable rate, humans' underlying genetic potential for smarts could be on the decline The article then fails to demonstrate what the imaginary term "underlying genetic potential" means. And then, the article gets ridiculous: Furthermore, he argued, intelligence isn't as evolutionarily important to humans today as it was when the species was hunter-gatherers. And then this is where the "scientist" isn't able to support his opinion with data: Another theory holds that humanity's genetic capacity for intelligence is in decline because of a phenomenon called dysgenic mating. Since the mid-1800s, IQ and reproduction have been negatively correlated, studies have found. To put it bluntly, people who are more intelligent have fewer babies. ... Instead, scores are going up, creating a paradox for the dysgenic mating theory, Woodley said. And then tries to argue for a "reaction time" metric which runs counter to the point of an IQ test: Simple reaction time (the amount of time it takes to respond to a stimulus) is correlated with IQ, Woodley said, and not nearly as sensitive to cultural influences as IQ tests. So we're not talking about IQ at all, but "reaction time" which is a metric totally invented by this Woodley fellow. No thanks. ~ Please support a yellow jumpsuit for me (and everyone else). Thank you! ~
Sibyyl Gallente Federation 9307	Posted - 2014.08.30 17:21:00 - [5] - Quote I'll be happy to examine data you might have that correlates reaction time to IQ. That article doesn't contain this data.. ~ Please support a yellow jumpsuit for me (and everyone else). Thank you! ~
Sibyyl Gallente Federation 9321	Posted - 2014.08.30 18:26:00 - [6] - Quote James Amril-Kesh wrote: Sibyyl wrote: I am awestruck by your massive intellect and wisdom. EUPHORIC Well if I wrote that in response to you, I would actually mean it. ~ Please support a yellow jumpsuit for me (and everyone else). Thank you! ~
Sibyyl Gallente Federation 9329	Posted - 2014.08.30 22:10:00 - [7] - Quote Solecist Project wrote: Please note that I did not and do not feel the need to read this article. ... The reason why one could assume that reaction time and intellect are connected, is because the longer one thinks about something, the less stupid the response will be! It is an interesting read, what you posted.. but this directly contradicts (ie: says the exact opposite) of what the linked article said, specifically. Also, I'm not sure how much stock I can put in your response if you can't take the time to read the article (it's pretty short). The article said: Quote: Simple reaction time (the amount of time it takes to respond to a stimulus) is correlated with IQ What you're saying is knee-jerk reactions are bad. I agree with you. But: Quote: The shorter the reaction time, the stronger the automatism. ... The reason why one could assume that reaction time and intellect are connected, is because the longer one thinks about something, the less stupid the response will be! Whether someone makes a stupid (or non-stupid) post has no coherent relationship with IQ. IQ is measured and evaluated differently, and something as subjective as posts on an MMO forum have no correlation whatsoever to a measurable standard of cognitive processing. ~ Please support a yellow jumpsuit for me (and everyone else). Thank you! ~
Sibyyl Gallente Federation 9330	Posted - 2014.08.30 22:24:00 - [8] - Quote "Intelligence" and IQ are two different concepts, and people incorrectly treat them as synonyms. Mixing intelligence and IQ is a mistake the OP has already made. We could debate all day about what "intelligence" means, since it is an extremely subjective word. Is it social intelligence? Business intelligence? Ability to play chess? Ability to play Starcraft? It opens the question to an endless amount of criteria. IQ, on the other hand is a fairly standardized test, measuring very specific aspects of cognitive processing. I personally would be very cautious about debating intelligence. I think it is too subjective and too general of a topic to expect any real agreement. ~ Please support a yellow jumpsuit for me (and everyone else). Thank you! ~
Sibyyl Gallente Federation 9334	Posted - 2014.08.30 22:39:00 - [9] - Quote Personally I enjoy getting killed by Tippia's digestive juices. It is usually an educational experience. ~ Please support a yellow jumpsuit for me (and everyone else). Thank you! ~

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