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¿Por qué no somos ya más inteligentes?: los perjuicios de tener una supermente
ABC Espana: Los seres humanos nos esforzamos en mejorar nuestra memoria, inteligencia y atención de múltiples maneras, desde tomar una taza de café que nos despeje la mente hasta consumir medicamentos psicoestimulantes. Pero quizás, aunque
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Why Do People Defend Unjust, Inept, and Corrupt Systems?
Why do we stick up for a system or institution we live in—a government, company, or marriage—even when anyone else can see it is failing miserably? Why do we resist change even when the system
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Why Aren’t We Smarter?
Astrobiology Magazine: We put a lot of energy into improving our memory, intelligence, and attention. There are even drugs that make us sharper, such as Ritalin and caffeine. But maybe smarter isn’t really all that
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Sorry, Ritalin’s not going to make you smart
The Toronto Star: Popping pills won’t boost your brainpower if you have average or above-average intelligence, according to a new paper published by the Association for Psychological Science. “Are you going to be able to
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Is this as smart as we get?
The Globe and Mail: “A provocative new paper warns that our societal effort to do whatever it takes to improve intelligence may be misguided, as any increases in thinking ability are likely to come with
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Ritalin and Other Cognitive-Enhancing Drugs Probably Won’t Make You Smarter
Scientific American: On Monday, I put up a post on whether we would ever be able to upload our brains into a computer, merging ourselves into the great digital Singularity that would provide us with