Retired Russian international Alexey Smertin spent a few years at the tail end of his career in the Premier League, first with Chelsea, then being loaned out to Portsmouth and Charlton, and playing his final seasons with Fulham. And while those years away from his native land surely brought a number of fantastic experiences, one fateful day when he first arrived at Chelsea will ravage his memory for many years to come. He tells Sovetski Sport : “They have a ritual. The whole team comes into
Bruce Charlton, Professor of Theoretical Medicine at Buckingham and Editor in Chief of Medical Hypotheses, asks “Why are modern scientists so dull?” In a nutshell, I am suggesting that: Educational attainment depends on IQ × C [conscientiousness]; but IQ and C are not closely-correlated. Modern education has progressively raised the floor for C (by lengthening the educational process and by changes in educational evaluation methods). Educational attainment therefore nowadays increasingly re
The other day, Chad at Uncertain Principles linked to a very odd argument on the site Medical Hypotheses : “Why are modern scientists so dull? How science selects for perseverance and sociability at the expense of intelligence and creativity”, by Bruce Charlton: Question: why are so many leading modern scientists so dull and lacking in scientific ambition? Answer: because the science selection process ruthlessly weeds-out interesting and imaginative people. At each level in education, trai
