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Btw BAP, thanks for your contribution to the thread. Everybody's ignoring you, but you've said some good points.

Since you clearly have the experience and knowledge to forge new standars in IQ tests and don't need to take professional opinion and practice into account then I shall trust your word as gospel. You very clearly know what you are talking about. Edit: and just in case you didn't quite catch my...

ahhem. really? Ban me, for ignoring what basic logic? I said your arguments hold water, that is accepting basic logic my friend. And I said they are important to consider. Wow, that really is accepting basic logic. I just showed you that tests timed in one go are still very valid, contrary to...

For god's sake, just to clarify some things; I used no correlation studies to support the validity of this IQ test. None. Read carefully. I used them to support the JCTI. And if you have a different notion of what IQ is, I encourage you to put it out there, but for now, the WAIS is the...

point accepted. It depends what you want an IQ test to measure. Still, the high correlation does show that the timer isn't as important as you might think it is. I also think it's more of a case that it skews the results a lot for certain people, and only a little for most. And since somebody...

Hehe. A precise idea can mean an enormous amount of detail. It's just that once I've bothered going through a bunch of it, i'm definitely not bothered to regurgitate it. But when I do ever take a serious position on something, like now, it's because I can throw a stone wall of an argument at...

Over and out. I said I took my argument too far. I said you did the same. You are sticking to your guns as if you were leading a revolution, all we're discussing is timers on IQ tests. 1) Nevertheless. The WAIS is the golden standard of IQ tests. I developed an IQ test, ooh look how does it...

OK, here goes. So as to not turn this into a flame war, I concede that I have taken my argument further than rational. I shall now show the same about yours. There is one way of properly measuring correspondence between IQ tests, and that is correlation. And there is one way of measuring...

Raven's advanced progressive matrices and standard progressive matrices, which are professionally developed and used tests, both have time limits that apply to the whole test (not even to subsections). 40 minutes to do the whole thing in the case of the RAPM, can't remember the number for the...

You demonstrate an immense ignorance of psychometric testing. As does anyone who dismisses timed tests. Nonetheless, they do put certain people at a disadvantage, if only mostly at the psychological level. The reason I called the test awesome was it's accurate bell-curve, its comparison to...

There are some pretty nice keyboards out there. http://www.gear4music.com/Keyboards-and-Pianos/Yamaha-N3-Avantgrand-Hybrid-Digital-Grand-Piano/JOU?origin=product-ads&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=&utm_campaign=PLA+Yamaha&utm_content=T8RZFZzt|dc_pcrid_31113253999_plid__kword__match__...

Thanks to everyone! I was not so happy with my performance personally though, I'll be getting my "better" version up today/tomorrow (something in this timescale anyway, maybe up to the weekend) so I hope you guys listen to that as well. I just use a keyboard to record MIDIs that are then fed...

+ It sounds "good"

A better version will be up in the next few days hopefully. In that one I've managed to bring out the musicality (lyricism) of the piece a lot more, it's almost got a different feel to it. Also, my next piece is awesome. :segen: Beethoven. (challenge: decode the meaning of that last phrase)

Re: Thread derail by whom? I purport that, having attained sublime communion with our holiest father, I learnt upon hearing his mellifluous voice that: 1) He who belittles the grammatical ability of others, whom I will refrain from directly naming, will be punished, 2) Any further deliberation...

Remember the avatar... Srsly, that's how I identify people on the forum, and it really pisses me off when somebody changes one. Welcome back:D

Here's a version; it's not very good though, so if you only plan on listening to it once wait a couple of weeks. Again, a public thanks to rocco for his help. https://app.box.com/s/8pwn3n1wyhtn71533g20

Good point. Unfortunately, in the name of free will and speech, freedom of press, and others, there is nothing we can do to stop it. Still, pop science isn't just this sort of thing. It's also just popularising serious science.

Any mods which care to explain?

It's not as if the electron is moving on some nice predictable path around the nucleus. It appears as just a cloud, taking many random positions over time, just in a certain area around the nucleus. Que quantum mechanical shit for more explanation.

Normally the viewing count is of the order of 100 on the big subforums, now it's just 5. What's up? Is it because of the outage we had? Also, despite the fact that people keep saying that it's all bots, if you look at the most ever online bit at the bottom of the forum, at least half of them...

Notice people say get "help" - this doesn't mean you have some sort of problem, and in a way, your reaction is natural. Just try to see things a different way and stop automatically discounting logical propositions and arguments that are coming your way. It's unproductive and you might as well...

I will repeat: at the very least, do not kill yourself until you have made a good effort in the job market. You should definitely not commit suicide over something you think may happen. If it does happen, then that is a different story. Also: seek professional advice if possible (look at...

You are in a depressive loop of poor logic. A GPA of 2.5 is not great but in the real world things aren't as simple as A implies B. At the very least, give yourself some time after graduating to see if things really turn out as bad as they think they will, and if they do, at least you will have...

Ok, it's finished! I need to practice some more, then you will have it ready (hopefully) in just a few days. I might make a separate thread just for the pieces, and keep this one to post on progress. This one may (at some point) have a version with a string quartet in it, or some other...

I lost you in that post... I do not understand any part of it. You can figure out my age from the fact that I'm starting university, something you know.

So if you weren't the director or the writer, how much involvement did you have exactly? Would you mind sharing with me the name of the film via PM?

Have you looked at watchdogs?

Starting tomorrow... Been looking forward to this moment for years.

Partly (very slightly), yes. But mostly I do not think about these questions, as they do not have an answer. I just (as I said) take the real world at face value, and ponder any questions that remain. It means that any of the philosophical discussions of morality (of which there are many, even...

So, you created a thread on a forum about a specific question, this question being the only reason you made a profile on this website, given your name implies that you want to know whether your question is mistaken or not (as in, does the question and its implications hold water or is it...

Wow there BAP, how old are you? It always showed that you were one of our seniors, but I'd never thought more than about 50

As in, what is your general impression of the people here on the forum, excluding other types (as far as you know people's types here, and unless you want to do an inclusive and exclusive description)? I find that people here are very similar to me not in who they are, but how they are...

Re: What can we do about government? Can you two (well, only just George really) stop bitching about each other?

I must mention that you can only find the sha-1 hash of the password in this recipe, and its salt is in the ketchup recipe. You must then try to crack it via brute-force.

Welcome to the forum;) How old are you? In growing up, many people go through a phase that is much more extroverted or introverted than their normal self. In fact, somebody can appear to be the opposite to what they are their whole childhood and then slowly show as they grow up. That was the...

Neural networks for your computer! A comparison: http://grey.colorado.edu/emergent/index.php/Comparison_of_Neural_Network_Simulators Of the many available, emergent (among other candidates, such as FANN) seems to be an easy, free, and very powerful solution. Will be trying out and letting you...

I coul set up a link, it's easier to search for it. Coggy- it's amazingly powerful for something on an ipad and as a data tool.

Found an awesome program which lets you (amongst other things) enter data, define a neural network and fit the neural network to the data using two different algorithms, so as to (amongst other things) predict future values in the data. It's called neuro progression. Amazingly powerful...

I had noticed it was you, but the importance was on the resurrection, not the person who did it. Jenny- it's not the most obvious punch line (especially if you're slightly sleepy)

Finally had the right idea that will let me continue with my next piece.dont know how fast I'll be able to progress with it at uni, but that's probably a good thing.

Yay, somebody resurrected my jokes thread!! 2 great blonde jokes: 1)Two blondes are driving to Disneyland, where they want to spend the weekend. Just when they get really close, they turned around and went home. Why? A: There was a sign that said "Disneyland left"! (If you don't get it, they...

If I could flag something as an answer to the thread, it'd be this. Well said.

On windows, pressing ctrl+backspace while typing something deletes one whole word. I was amazed at how useful I found this to be.

This question is inherently different to asking "what is philosophy?", as it is equivalent to "what is philosophy comprised of?", and you can only describe something by its contents, not equate it to them. Having said that, it is similar, and that may be the reason why I haven't personally seen...

Mine. I've never done that, and it's not an answer you were expecting.

When i detach, I'm either imagine two different versions of myself having a conversation (trying to decide what to do when given an option), or am completely absorbed in some train of thought, realizing 5-10 minutes later that I cannot remember perceiving reality during this time. Thoughts or...

yea man, we got better things to do than post here!

Nicely said. This applies to 90% of people who post.

The evolution of such structures is a possibility. Their creation is also a possibility. Heck, god could be some awe-inspiringly intelligent alien. Anyone who sets their faith in either is (childishly) looking for certainty in a world that is fundamentally uncertain. Take it one step further...