Exploring Intelligence

Cognition in people, machines, and the future.

by Earl Hunt, Ph.D.

Is Society Coming Apart? Part II

This post continues where "Is Society Coming Apart? Part I" ended. Read More

Is Society Coming Apart? Part I

Is our society coming apart…and what should Psychology do about it? Read More

What If We All Got Smart?

A number of years ago, when he was beginning what turned out to be a very important line of research, Ian Deary (U. of Edinburgh) remarked that he was going to study "cognitive epidemiology." My first (scurrillous) thought was that I had not realized that a dangerous outbreak of intelligence was very likely. Read More

Organizing an Intelligent Nation

Suppose that the distribution of intelligence in a nation is fixed. How should that nation be organized to maximize the benefits gained from intelligence? Read More

The International Society for Intelligence Research meeting-1

This is an offer to all who read the blog! The 2011 conference of the International Society for Intelligence research will be held in Lamossol, Cyprus December 8-10. This conference brings together some of the most active researchers studying individual differences in human cognition. Those of you who will attend will, I'm sure, find it interesting. Read More

An Important New Genetic Study

Doppelgangers, Genetics, and Intelligence Read More

Here We Go Again: Genetics and the Environment

Hellow everyone (or anyone. Who knows who is out there?) Today I'd like to revisit an old, old topic..whether intelligence is most influenced by your genes or your environment. Notice that I said "most influenced." EVERYBODY who is knowledgable in the field agrees that both genetics and environment have effects. Read More

The limits of intelligence (and other) testing

I have just come back from the Association of Psychological Science (APS) meetings, where I heard an interesting symposium chaired by Philip Ackerman (Georgia Tech). In that symposium Angela Duckworth (U. Pennsylvania) presented a paper with a message that I think ought to be widely distributed, for it touches on what some think is a paradox in the field. Read More