Are there a lot of middle-class workers in the field of pharmaceutical research? This sounds quite a bit like very highly-paid jobs are moving offshore, not that blue-collar work is leaving the country. This would mean that those involved generally have more funds available. Which, by extension, means that those threatened by the move have more influence.
Money == Power
Expect to see this issue, for better or for worse, resolved a whole lot faster than factory jobs' or IT jobs' being shipped to other countries.
That's actually an interesting thought. There are a lot of complaints about whether or not IQ tests are viable; IQ is even usually defined as the ability to do well on IQ tests. If the "performance bottleneck" of the human has been found, it may be possible to develop definitive, or at least useful, tests for actual intelligence.
Honestly, even when I'm writing, I visualize what I'm putting down on paper. While speaking, I'll often see the words in my head before vocalizing them if I'm putting particular consideration into my phrasing.
Almost everything has a "visual" component to it, inside my head. One exception is singing, which I hadn't really considered until now. It's interesting to note that stutterers don't stutter when they sing, either.
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Are there a lot of middle-class workers in the field of pharmaceutical research? This sounds quite a bit like very highly-paid jobs are moving offshore, not that blue-collar work is leaving the country. This would mean that those involved generally have more funds available. Which, by extension, means that those threatened by the move have more influence.
Money == Power
Expect to see this issue, for better or for worse, resolved a whole lot faster than factory jobs' or IT jobs' being shipped to other countries.
Is this going to lead to benchmarking people?
That's actually an interesting thought. There are a lot of complaints about whether or not IQ tests are viable; IQ is even usually defined as the ability to do well on IQ tests. If the "performance bottleneck" of the human has been found, it may be possible to develop definitive, or at least useful, tests for actual intelligence.
Honestly, even when I'm writing, I visualize what I'm putting down on paper. While speaking, I'll often see the words in my head before vocalizing them if I'm putting particular consideration into my phrasing. Almost everything has a "visual" component to it, inside my head. One exception is singing, which I hadn't really considered until now. It's interesting to note that stutterers don't stutter when they sing, either. This introspective divergence brought to you by the number 4:00 am and the letters c, a, f, f, e, i, n, and e.