COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE, COLLECTIVE STUPIDITY, AND THE REAR VIEW MIRROR

Back in the 60s, shortly before the Mayflower, I was involved in Intelligence Research and found that the individual IQ could be elevated from an average of 102 to 140 give or take within 90 days. The method I applied was the managed exposure to challenging information. Following Google and YouTube I repeatedly pointed to the significant increase of available data that improves the playground for the human Intelligence by its mere presence.
--- Dr. Thomas Malone of MITs Center for Collective Intelligence defined the concept of collective intelligence as doing things collectively that seem intelligent. I would add to that the collective ability to solve problems. Of course there are caveats. Dr. Malone points to the fact that collective intelligence is just as real as collective stupidity. --- Interesting concept. Lets take the rear view mirror and look at the last eight years. The caveat I mentioned is that leaders with a certain degree of intellectual inflexibility use fear to keep the collective from demanding action, or for that matter even questioning the ability to lead. By the way, that does not only apply to leaders, it applies as well to Senators, as you experienced. --- The human brain itself is the most marvelous thing imaginable to the analyst. Now take the collective brain. And then go one step further and imagine that the AVERAGE IQ is raised to 140 not at all impossible as I showed in the 60s. But then it would take a leader who concentrates on the advancement of mankind. Think about it. Just think about the potential to solve the collective problems we face!

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• COLLECTIVE
• INTELLIGENCE
• STUPIDITY
• IQ
• GEORGE
• BUSH

[brushes9]

Cool man,

I , too, believe that the best way to expand IQ is to try to solve giant problems and leads to savant-like intelligence, except without the urinating in public and drooling..:).

[LastReplaySC]

what if? "artilects" are not sci-fi anymore?

what if, they are being interpreted already for the past 12 years and what if these "artilects" are corporate owned and not just one of a kind, each pushing a global agenda and "fighting" each other in the most perverted none human logic ways possible?

If I was a cold emotionless machine, I would kill the American economy in a 1st step....

[Auggie56]

Nice thought. But you know as well as I, that human greed and emotions rule us all. Jesus is the only one who could fit the bill.