tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post7173302853412331660..comments2024-02-22T13:53:00.516-05:00Comments on Elizabeth Spiegel's blog: are you as good as an IS 318 player? take our quiz...Elizabeth Vicaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04880561980096775673noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-51714503422579612302009-11-01T23:34:22.871-05:002009-11-01T23:34:22.871-05:00anjiaoshi,
Perhaps the tests are measuring realit...anjiaoshi,<br /><br />Perhaps the tests are measuring reality, but that it's perhaps too uncomfortable for some people to believe there can be racial differences in intelligence, since brain configuration is just another phenotype.<br /><br />Before the cries and slurs begin, please avoid looking foolish and assume we all understand that individual variation has greater variance than group average - ie, just because race X is more intelligent than race Y, on average, does not mean person x is more intelligent than person y.<br /><br />Akpalu,<br /><br />Austinn-Nunn is a famous game? And you know enough about that game to recognize every position from it? Damn, are you like a GM or something? I barely remember my own games from last week at the club.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-83395944777089112752009-11-01T17:09:22.700-05:002009-11-01T17:09:22.700-05:00yay solved them all!yay solved them all!Greg Shahadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00233341816210357863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-66276014959787410442009-11-01T16:13:46.645-05:002009-11-01T16:13:46.645-05:00Marty: Not to mention so many different types of i...Marty: Not to mention so many different types of intelligence. I mean, when you see that all the nations with the lowest "IQ" scores are poor countries in Africa, you have to question what the tests are really measuring.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-53412659798746692542009-11-01T14:08:52.336-05:002009-11-01T14:08:52.336-05:00And in #10, where's the win after 11... Nd4 12...And in #10, where's the win after 11... Nd4 12. Nxd4 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qxd4 14. Rd1<br />?<br />He can play, Qe4 (Rg1) and e2, but then he has to exchange on c3 and...<br />Oh, never mind, after Bg4 and a rook to the e-file White's king is stuck in the center and he just has a sucky position.Leon Akpaluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04473504681337786273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-81862448482503308502009-11-01T13:04:44.979-05:002009-11-01T13:04:44.979-05:00#8 also shows how knowledge of theory can blind us...#8 also shows how knowledge of theory can blind us to the obvious: I wanted Black to play 6...a6 7.Bg2 h5 to get into the famous game Augustin-Nunn with the useful move-pair of a6 for black and c4 for white thrown in. :-)<br /><br />(Nunn says that Black's best way of avoiding what happens in that game is Na4xc5, and later White's best line of defence is c3 and d4, which is impossible with the pawn already on c4).Leon Akpaluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04473504681337786273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-81405076072264614972009-11-01T11:52:28.077-05:002009-11-01T11:52:28.077-05:00thanks, Marty, I really appreciate the kind words....thanks, Marty, I really appreciate the kind words.Elizabeth Vicaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04880561980096775673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-29632179296930658262009-11-01T11:38:59.512-05:002009-11-01T11:38:59.512-05:00Great, great post. I love taking these quizes. T...Great, great post. I love taking these quizes. There is more an emphasis on tactics than strategy, but that's okay. Tactics are fun, and kids games are usually more of the wild tactical variety than the slow, solid closed positional manouvering kind.<br /><br />You are obviously doing a great job with the kids.<br /><br />i also enjoy the more contoversial posts (like the one slamming conservatives).<br /><br />In my opinion, the study linking intelligence to political views was interesting, but it is obviously just a starting point since there are so many different types of conservatives (and liberals), that it probably doesn't make sense to lump them all together.<br /><br />MartyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com