Richard Haier: IQ Tests, Human Intelligence, and Group Differences | Lex Fridman Podcast #302

Richard Haier is a psychologist specializing in the science of human intelligence. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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EPISODE LINKS:
Richard’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/rjhaier
Richard’s Website: https://richardhaier.com/
Documents & Articles:
1. Child IQ and survival to 79: https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5491698/
2. Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth: https://my.vanderbilt.edu/smpy/files/2013/02/DoingPsychScience2006.pdf
Books:
1. The Neuroscience of Intelligence: https://amzn.to/3n50DcC
2. The Book of Five Rings: https://amzn.to/3y4Xcc6
3. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: https://amzn.to/3zPAW7q
4. Flowers for Algernon: https://amzn.to/3OfRKZS
5. The Bell Curve: https://amzn.to/3Ng4RJe
6. The Mismeasure of Man: https://amzn.to/3N9IkxB
7. Human Diversity: https://amzn.to/3O7Trsc
8. Facing Reality: https://amzn.to/3bfzqkX

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OUTLINE:
0:00 – Introduction
0:43 – Measuring human intelligence
15:11 – IQ tests
37:59 – College entrance exams
46:36 – Genetics
52:35 – Enhancing intelligence
1:00:04 – The Bell Curve
1:12:35 – Race differences
1:31:48 – Bell curve criticisms
1:40:57 – Intelligence and life success
1:50:34 – Flynn effect
1:55:26 – Nature vs nuture
2:22:19 – Testing artificial intelligence
2:34:23 – Advice
2:38:30 – Mortality

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