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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-25-2007, 09:47 PM
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Posted By Philo
Re: relationship between SAT scores and intelligence?

There's nothing more I can do to demonstrate what I've claimed. I've given evidence that students at Ivy league schools have said themselves that they can get an A in a class just by turning in a...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-25-2007, 03:23 PM
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Re: relationship between SAT scores and intelligence?

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That conclusion must be wrong. Consider someone who aces all the exams at Iowa State - that doesn't imply they could ace the exams at Harvard. However someone who could ace the exams at...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-25-2007, 03:52 AM
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Don't mean to pile on but I would think even your last statement is wrong. Just because they use the same book and cover the same material dosn't mean the underlying concepts are not...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-25-2007, 03:24 AM
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I don't deny that there are more challenging courses at places like MIT and CalTech than at a place like Iowa State. The Harvard math course that blah blah referred to, Math...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-25-2007, 02:58 AM
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Posted By Philo
Re: relationship between SAT scores and intelligence?

I don't deny that there are more challenging courses at places like MIT and CalTech than at a place like Iowa State. The Harvard math course that blah blah referred to, Math 55a, is described as...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-24-2007, 10:24 PM
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Posted By Philo
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The content of many courses in the U.S., especially science and math courses, is pretty uniform. Often the very same texts are used. You can't take calculus at the...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-24-2007, 09:30 PM
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Posted By Philo
Re: relationship between SAT scores and intelligence?

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Philo,

Here, I think, is the crux of the disagreement you and Sklansky are having.

Completely making up some numbers, it may be that 5% of students at Louisville get A's in their...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-24-2007, 09:19 PM
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Posted By Philo
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as an aside - i attended Wisconsin (madison), which is one of the highest rated public schools in the upper midwest, for 1 year. i attended perhaps 10-15% of my class sessions and...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-24-2007, 09:00 PM
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Posted By Philo
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one from Oxford Uni, one from London Uni both with the same class maths degrees.

The one from Oxford has proved themselves to a much higher standard. Anyone who...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-24-2007, 06:43 PM
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Posted By Philo
Re: relationship between SAT scores and intelligence?

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one from Oxford Uni, one from London Uni both with the same class maths degrees.

The one from Oxford has proved themselves to a much higher standard. Anyone who says different hasn't...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-24-2007, 06:40 PM
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Posted By Philo
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Potential employees in front of me. Both A grade.
Is the one from Harvard more likely to be 'better educated' or not?
Or, take those just out of A grade?
Does the addition of...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-24-2007, 06:16 PM
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Posted By Philo
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i think the point david is making is that the grading practices are differnet at harder schools because they realize as a whole the education is more difficult, so it wouldn't be fair...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-24-2007, 05:51 PM
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Posted By Philo
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philo i have no experience here but if you look at it logically: why does a degree from harvard open more doors/mean more to just about everyone than a degree from some huge state school?...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-24-2007, 05:36 PM
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Posted By Philo
Re: relationship between SAT scores and intelligence?

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I was just guessing. If you know for a fact that I'm wrong, I can't argue. But what you are saying doesn't make sense. I remember the students from my high school who went to Harvard and...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-24-2007, 05:08 PM
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Posted By Philo
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"The toughest grading institution I have ever taken classes at was the University of Louisville. It was much harder to get an A at U of L than it is for undergrads at Amherst, Columbia,...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-24-2007, 07:10 AM
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Posted By Philo
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I find your comments hard to believe. Do you stand by them comparing, lets say, Georgia Tech and Cal Tech?

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No, I can't compare Georgia Tech and Cal Tech because I have...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-24-2007, 04:18 AM
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Posted By Philo
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There are many colleges that are not "Ivy League level" at which it is harder to succeed academically than at Ivy League institutions

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i would assume so. i...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-23-2007, 10:34 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 317
Posted By Philo
Re: Philosophical Question about Consciousness

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If your memories aren't making the jump what is?

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Your consciousness.
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-23-2007, 10:24 PM
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Posted By Philo
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it seems strange to me though, given that it really doesn't seem to take much more than effort to succeed in college (at least at colleges below Ivy League level), provided you pick a...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-22-2007, 05:47 PM
Replies: 134
Views: 1,505
Posted By Philo
Re: relationship between SAT scores and intelligence?

I scored a 180 on the LSAT. This should be ample proof for 2+2'ers that there is no significant correlation between standardized test scores and intelligence.
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-22-2007, 05:22 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 317
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If your memories aren't making the jump what is?

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Your consciousness.
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-22-2007, 04:41 PM
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If your memories aren't making the jump what is?

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Your consciousness.

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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-22-2007, 04:31 PM
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Posted By Philo
Recent Work on Identity Over Time

For anyone interested in reading about what the contemporary debate about identity over time and personal identity looks like, here is a link to Ted Sider's "Recent Work on Identity Over Time," a...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-22-2007, 04:19 PM
Replies: 18
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If your memories aren't making the jump what is?

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million-dollar question? what constitutes "me"? just my physical/biological characteristics? ...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-20-2007, 05:35 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 266
Posted By Philo
Re: The Brain Transplant Argument

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It also looks as though you aren't just making a claim about the persistence of objects, but also about the existence of objects. Is your view that the only objects that really...
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