Your IQ isn’t 160. No one’s is: Stratospheric IQs are like leprechauns, unicorns, or mermaids, writing: | Grey Enlightenment
A lot people are amazed or impressed by Richard Hanania’s apparent overnight success, and with minimal promotion by the media. | Grey Enlightenment
I define bullshit as that which does not replicate when put to the ultimate test, that being reality or practice. This can be advice, a scientific claim, whatever…This is especially prevalent in the wellness industry, be it dieting advice or fitness advice. Someone will make a claim that a certain diet or macro is optimal for weight loss, and then when ordinary people try it, the results tend to be much more underwhelming than promised, if not downright useless. This can be ‘eating window...| Grey Enlightenment
I saw this going viral: Harvard says tuition will be free for families making $200K or less.| Grey Enlightenment
Over the past few months, the legendary investor Warren Buffett has been showered with adulation by the media for raising cash in 2024, having seemingly anticipated the downturn of 2025. Note: We’re talking Buffett’s company Berkshire Hathaway, not Buffett himself, although these are often used interchangeably. From Business Insider, The internet is in awe of Warren Buffett’s perfectly timed cash-out:| Grey Enlightenment
Similar to physique or strength inflation, where anything less than shredded abs or 600lbs deadlifts are seen are ‘mid’ or average, a similar trend, I think, is observed with intellect, such as claims of Elon Musk being dull, unread, or not sounding that smart. Certain pundits have unrealistic or inflated expectations of what is expected of nominally smart people. The sort of world-class erudition that passes for truly being an intellectual par excellence is closer to a 150+ IQ than 110-...| Grey Enlightenment
I saw this going viral, from Less Wrong: Elon Musk May Be Transitioning to Bipolar Type I:| Grey Enlightenment
From Richard Hanania, Liberals Only Censor. Musk Seeks to Lobotomize.| Grey Enlightenment
Kevin D. Hall, a tenured Senior Investigator at the NIH, dismisses the possibility of obese people having abnormally slow metabolisms to account for their obesity and inability to lose weight:| Grey Enlightenment
Before the rise of social media—and especially pre-Covid—the opportunities to capitalize from one’s attractiveness or athleticism were mostly limited to modeling, acting–or for the most gifted–professional sports. However, the emergence of the ‘fitness influencer category’, combined with the growing perception of being overweight as low status in a visually-driven online world, has created an entire new niche for guys who maybe were not cut out for competitive sports or who were...| Grey Enlightenment