This is a statement that is deeper than it first appears. It actually poses the question, are the current limits on human intelligence due to the human being’s genetic design or is it due to poor education?
As in are I.Q. limitations as we observe them due to lack of education?
Of course education is already improving. What is at issue is eventually we will have a world populated with magnificent artificial intelligences that make us look stupid. Its highly probable that our minds will have physical limits well below the sea of intelligence we are about to birth. Therefore we must examine our role, our very sense of purpose and meaning in a potential future where we are no longer capable being the smartest and therefore the “leader”
It actually poses the question, are the current limits on human intelligence due to the human being’s genetic design or is it due to poor education?
Education can’t make dumb people smart, but it can work wonders for naturally smart people. The other day I suggested that if we had to put a badly run country into receivership and straighten it out, I would pick North Korea because of the natural experiment that has happened on that peninsula. Their cousins to the south show that the extended Korean tribe has the genetic goods to benefit from the investment.
What I was fundamentally wondering with the above post was the relationship of developmental education and eventual I.Q. Such as given identical genetic characteristics would heightened mental stimulation during early brain development greatly improve the I.Q. over the control?
Education can allow someone access to a platform from which to stand upon that is certain. I was unconcerned because even if you spend thirty years educating someone they are still limited by their own intelligence when it comes to discovery, creativity, and decision making.
Spending time studying philosophy has greatly improved my ability to understand logic structures and has helped me make better decisions. However there are still limits set upon me by my own biological design. More than that, I am limited with how much education I can receive and still be able to work off the debt in a single lifetime. Even in state funded education its an investment, the student must generate more value in a lifetime than the cost of the education to be worth the education.
The pace of education is limited by a great number of variables including the student’s IQ. Therefore we cannot simply solve that problem by trying to educate at a faster pace. The other solution is a form of transhumanism, that is alter my body so that I may live longer in order to be worth the cost of longer education. However postulating about such a long and substantial education is ignoring whether or not there is a point when education has no effect and the only other option is actual hands on experience in life.
We can logically see that we cannot magically educate every problem away. Education is and will be the primary means of improving the human mind. However, if we need to improve our natural limitations on how quickly we can learn and so fourth physical alteration of the human body may be necessary.
Therefore we cannot simply solve that problem by trying to educate at a faster pace.
The point is not about educating faster but educating better.
We can logically see that we cannot magically educate every problem away.
You also can’t magically solve problems with genetic engineering or cybertech.
However postulating about such a long and substantial education is ignoring whether or not there is a point when education has no effect and the only other option is actual hands on experience in life.
When I speak about education I don’t mean “getting a college degree” I speak about actual learning. About improving structures of reasoning. Hands on experience is also providing education.
Human alteration certainly wont magically improve human being’s mental capabilities all on their own. That’s why I put the qualifier that education “is and will be the primary means of improving the human mind”
I was point out when faced with an artificial intelligence that can continually upgrade itself the only way the human mind can compete is to upgrade as well. At some point current human physical limitations will be to limiting and human beings will fall to the wayside of uselessness in the face of artificial intelligence.
You missed the most straightforward way of enhancing humans: Education.
This is a statement that is deeper than it first appears. It actually poses the question, are the current limits on human intelligence due to the human being’s genetic design or is it due to poor education?
As in are I.Q. limitations as we observe them due to lack of education?
Of course education is already improving. What is at issue is eventually we will have a world populated with magnificent artificial intelligences that make us look stupid. Its highly probable that our minds will have physical limits well below the sea of intelligence we are about to birth. Therefore we must examine our role, our very sense of purpose and meaning in a potential future where we are no longer capable being the smartest and therefore the “leader”
Education can’t make dumb people smart, but it can work wonders for naturally smart people. The other day I suggested that if we had to put a badly run country into receivership and straighten it out, I would pick North Korea because of the natural experiment that has happened on that peninsula. Their cousins to the south show that the extended Korean tribe has the genetic goods to benefit from the investment.
What I was fundamentally wondering with the above post was the relationship of developmental education and eventual I.Q. Such as given identical genetic characteristics would heightened mental stimulation during early brain development greatly improve the I.Q. over the control?
Focusing on IQ even misses the point. Most bad decisions that humans make are not due to low IQ but do to insufficient knowledge or bad mental habits.
CFAR is focuses on education that allows people to make better decisions but it doesn’t focus on increasing IQ.
Making better decisions is not about keeping the decision making methods the same but turning up the IQ knob.
Education can allow someone access to a platform from which to stand upon that is certain. I was unconcerned because even if you spend thirty years educating someone they are still limited by their own intelligence when it comes to discovery, creativity, and decision making.
Spending time studying philosophy has greatly improved my ability to understand logic structures and has helped me make better decisions. However there are still limits set upon me by my own biological design. More than that, I am limited with how much education I can receive and still be able to work off the debt in a single lifetime. Even in state funded education its an investment, the student must generate more value in a lifetime than the cost of the education to be worth the education.
The pace of education is limited by a great number of variables including the student’s IQ. Therefore we cannot simply solve that problem by trying to educate at a faster pace. The other solution is a form of transhumanism, that is alter my body so that I may live longer in order to be worth the cost of longer education. However postulating about such a long and substantial education is ignoring whether or not there is a point when education has no effect and the only other option is actual hands on experience in life.
We can logically see that we cannot magically educate every problem away. Education is and will be the primary means of improving the human mind. However, if we need to improve our natural limitations on how quickly we can learn and so fourth physical alteration of the human body may be necessary.
The point is not about educating faster but educating better.
You also can’t magically solve problems with genetic engineering or cybertech.
When I speak about education I don’t mean “getting a college degree” I speak about actual learning. About improving structures of reasoning. Hands on experience is also providing education.
Human alteration certainly wont magically improve human being’s mental capabilities all on their own. That’s why I put the qualifier that education “is and will be the primary means of improving the human mind”
I was point out when faced with an artificial intelligence that can continually upgrade itself the only way the human mind can compete is to upgrade as well. At some point current human physical limitations will be to limiting and human beings will fall to the wayside of uselessness in the face of artificial intelligence.