Intelligence

Digital Fire: At War With Ourselves

Russell C. Smith | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Reinvention, Thought, Avoiding Conflict, Mind-Body Connection, Intelligence, Conditioning, Digital Life, Beliefs, Passion, Reinventing Your Life, Memories, Healthy Living News

Maybe the real issue with learning how to reinvent oneself is the simple fact we really don't know how we formed our identity in the first place.

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Insight as the Aim of Education

David Edmund Moody | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: David Bohm, Krishnamurti, Insight, Intelligence, Education, Culture, Mindful Living, Education News

When insight comes to be recognized as a unique element in the process of education, we will go a long way toward restoring joy and vitality to our educational system.

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Can a Chimp Outwit a Scientist?

David Edmund Moody | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Awareness, Animal Intelligence, Science, Healthy Living, Intelligence, Green News

Scientists are mistrustful of anthropomorphism, the tendency to attribute human qualities to animals and other non-human entities. But what about the equal danger of the insistence that certain abilities are unique to humans?

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Counterterrorism Chief Urges Congress To Renew Surveillance Law

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: National Counterterrorism Center, Warrantless Wiretapping, Drone Attacks, Intelligence, Video, Counterterrorism, Matthew Olsen, Nctc Matthew Olsen, Secret Courts, Wiretapping, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Nctc, Fisa, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The federal government's top official in charge of analyzing intelligence warned Congress Wednesday not to "wait until the last minute" ...

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Why Saudi Intelligence Coup In Underwear Bomb Plot Is Cause For Pause

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Underwear Bomb, Aqap, Underwear Bomber, Intelligence, Video, Cia, Saudi, Terrorism, Saudi Arabia, Prince-Nayef, Yemen Terrorism, Osama Bin Laden, Double Agent, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The thwarting of an al Qaeda plot to send an underwear bomber on a U.S.-bound jetliner is more than an intelligence coup in the battle a...

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CIA, Not TSA, Is Key To Foiling Airplane Bomb Plots, Experts Say

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Video, Underwear Bomber, Yemen, Aqap, Tsa, Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency, Terrorism, John Brennan, Al Qaeda Bomb Plot, Ibrahim Al-Asiri, Al Qaeda, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The foiling of an al Qaeda plot to place an underwear bomber on a U.S.-bound airliner has focused attention on whether the more sophisti...

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Against All Odds

Paul Spector, M.D. | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Mindfulness, Risk Factors, Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence, Decision-Making, Bad Decisions, Good Decisions, Gps-Soul, Risk, Healthy Living News

Certainty is seductive. But the reality is that we live in a sea of uncertainty. While the complexity of the kaleidoscopic forces that drive our choices is overwhelming, there are things we can do in order to encourage better decision-making.

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I'm With Stupid: Making Yourself More Smarter the Alcoholic Way

Todd Hartley | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Congress, Bowling, Intelligence, Problem Solving, Beer, Alcohol, University of Illinois, Science, Men, Drinking, Comedy News

I, for one, always felt smarter when I was drinking. I felt fatter, sweatier and smellier, as well, but that's not really the point. I wasn't drinking to make myself more attractive. I was drinking to make the rest of you more attractive.

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Can 'Genius' Be Detected In Infancy?

Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D. | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Heidi Hankins, Intelligence, Child Genius, Childhood IQ, Child Intelligence, Baby Genius, High IQ Children, Childhood Intelligence, Baby Geniuses, Child Geniuses, Genius, High IQ Infants, Genius Detection, Science News

According to the Daily Mail, 4-year-old Heidi Hankins "has an IQ of 159 -- only one point below Albert Einstein's -- and has become one of the youngest members of Mensa." Heidi's case raises an intriguing question: can high intelligence accurately be detected this young?

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In Defense of Jihadist Internet Forums

Aki Peritz | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Jihadists, Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency, Counterterrorism, National Security, Terrorism, Cybersecurity, Islamic Extremists, Al Qaeda, Politics News

Defacing and darkening extremist websites is immensely satisfying. However, the U.S. and others should not keep reminding terrorists and their followers that they are being monitored online.

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Chimp Moms Teach Young Secrets Of 'Speaking' To Humans

Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Chimpanzee Intelligence, Intelligence, Video, Ape, Chimpanzee, Chimp, Chimp Mothers, Animal Behavior, Chimp Research, Communication, Science News

By: Jennifer Welsh, LiveScience Staff Writer Published: 03/20/2012 08:42 PM EDT on LiveScience Captive chimpanzees learn from their mothers to ...

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Depending On the Brain to Think, At the Expense of the Body's Ability to Know

Donna Flagg | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Feelings, Dancing, Intelligence, Brain, Exercise, Physical Intelligence, Dance, Emotional Intelligence, Healthy Living News

Only after years of studying and developing a level of sophistication in the way I moved did I see how the body requires as much respect in order to be "smart" as the brain needs "exercise" to be strong.

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JOIN THE DEBATE: Are Geniuses Born, Or Made?

Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Scott Barry Kaufman, Zack Hambrick, Nature vs Nurture, 10000 Hours, Lady GaGa, Psychology, Born This Way, Genius, Genius Born or Made, Change My Mind, Intelligence, Video, Child Prodigy, Child Psychology, Iq, Science News

Do genes make the genius? Or is it really true that practice is what puts people in Carnegie Hall? Some argue that the the seeds of genius are plan...

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Another ICE Employee Charged in Kickback Scheme

Andrew Becker | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Intelligence, Immigration, Fraud, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Terrorism, Lateisha M. Rollerson, Crime News

An assistant to a former top immigration and customs official has been charged with stealing nearly $296,000 from the government, the fourth defendant in a widening probe of a fake travel voucher kickback scheme involving the agency's intelligence office.

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Iran: Smoke, Mirrors and the Rest

Imogen Lloyd Webber | Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: History, Iran, President Ronald Reagan, Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency, Iran Diplomacy, Iran War Hype, Barack Obama Iran, U.S. Iran Hype, Iran War Diplomacy, Iran Intelligence, Media News

The only certainty we have in the public discourse in regards to Iran is that we are dealing with smoke and mirrors with every player.

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Dolphin Scientists Decipher Delightful Whistles

Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Dolphin Intelligence, Language, Intelligence, Animal Communication, Dolphin Language, Echolocation, Dolphin, Communication, Dolphin Whistles, Video, Science News

By: Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 02/28/2012 07:09 PM EST on LiveScience When meeting strangers in the wild, dolphins w...

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Israel's Human Calculus in the Equation to Attack Iran

P.J. Dermer | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Leadership, Israel, Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence, National Security, War With Iran, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Syria, Politics News

Our foreign policy and intelligence community should not limit analysis to Israel's decision-making processes via an objectively rational calculus. They should look at the people involved.

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Lieutenant Colonel Davis, Death and Deception in Afghanistan

Matthew Hoh | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Eisenhower, Danny Davis, Pentagon, Intelligence, Leon Panetta, Pakistan, Daniel Davis, David Petraeus, Congress, Nie, Daniel L. Davis, Deception, Frank Wolf, Department of Defense, New York Times, Afghanistan, Karzai, Taliban, World News

Over the last several months, at great risk to his career and personal life, LTC Davis has documented the deliberate misleading of the American people and Congress by the leaders of the Department of Defense. He has done his nation and the U.S. Army a tremendous service.

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What I.Q. Study Reveals About Racists

The Huffington Post | Rebecca Searles | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Politics, Video, Intelligence, Conservatives, Low IQ, Liberals, Racism, Psychology, Prejudice, Bigotry, Republicans, Science News

Are racists dumb? Do conservatives tend to be less intelligent than liberals? A provocative new study from Brock University in Ontario suggests the an...

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Why Is It So hard To Make The Life Changes We Seek?

Sam Sommers | Posted 03.30.2012

Are you looking to be a happier, more productive, more successful person? Are you in the market for self-help? Then the better advice is stop putting so much effort into finding your "authentic" self. Learn to embrace the self as flexible.

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Study Finds Conservatives Are Morons

Floyd Elliot | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Racism, Stupidity, Psychology, Conservatism, Intelligence, Humor, Conservatives, Comedy, Comedy News

Good news, social conservatives: according to a new study, you're not bad people; you're just stupid. And also? Racists. Fox News: at long last explai...

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13 Reasons You Should Spend More Time On The Internet

David Weinberger | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Slidepollajax, The Internet, Internet Theory, Intelligence, Internet Intelligence, The Net, Rethinking Knowledge, Too Big to Know, How the Internet Makes US Smarter, Books News

Now that knowledge is moving onto its roomy, new, hyperlinked medium, we're beginning to see how much of what we took for granted about knowledge was really due to the limitations of its old paper medium.

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Drone Crash Unmasks U.S. Spying Effort In Iran

Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: u.s. Intelligence, Video, Intelligence, Defense, Cia, u.s. Spying, Iran Spying, Iran, Iraq, Iran Drone, Iran Drone Crash, World News

WASHINGTON, December 9 (Reuters / Tabassum Zakaria and Phil Stewart) - The crash of a CIA drone in Iran has brought into the open what U.S. intell...

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The Creative 'Flow': How To Enter That Mysterious State Of Oneness

Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D. | Posted 01.25.2012

Read More: Self Judgement, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Self Awareness, Neuroticism, Personality Differences, Flow, Consciousness, Intelligence, Cognitive Ability, Healthy Living News

Since flow is so essential to creativity and well-being across many slices of life, it's important that we learn more about the characteristics associated with flow so that we may learn how to tap into this mental resource.

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Should a President Be Intelligent?

Gary Hart | Posted 01.19.2012

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Intelligence, Franklin Roosevelt, Presidential Candidates, Republican Primary Candidates, Barack Obama, Herman Cain, Politics News

Neither Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, nor John Kennedy were intellectual giants. But the keenness of their respective minds was revealed every day. And they were not threatened by smart people around them.

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