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Nick Heer
I discovered Mesopotamia, and wrecked Pangaea.
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What IQ Tests Lack
When I was five years old, my parents took me out of my kindergarten class one day and brought me to a different school.
When I was five years old, my parents took me out of my kindergarten class one day and brought me to a different school. They left me for a few hours with around thirty other children, along with a couple of adult supervisors. After everyone had settled down (to the best that a room of young children ever can), a teacher handed out a test of abstract, pattern-based questions, and told us to take our time.
Nick Heer
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What IQ Tests Lack
When I was five years old, my parents took me out of my kindergarten class one day and brought me to a different school.
Nick Heer
4 min read
Voodoo Meditation
There’s a certain joy in attempting to master the unmasterable; it prioritizes the process and the adventure over the result.
Nick Heer
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