Bruce Charlton's Notions

* http://iqpersonalitygenius.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/thinking-about-thinking-creatively.html *

* There is a link, a strong link, between the post-1965 demonization of IQ research and the sexual revolution - and therefore with traditi...

* I never wanted to work in a newspaper office, or be a reporter; but had a long-standing yearning to be a columnist, an opinion writer - ...

* I used to be fascinated, and quite powerfully attracted, by successful fake art - art which was bad yet prestigious - especially art whe...

* http://iqpersonalitygenius.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/genius-creativity-and-breakthrough.html *

* If you don't know journalist Bill Whittle's video segments called Afterburner or previously Firewall - then you have missed a min...

* I love the tenor voice above all others, and am very fond of Rossini - but it is very, very seldom that Rossini is sung better than adeq...

* With few exceptions, Christians have not been successful in combating the sexual revolution: indeed there is little evidence that some ...

* http://iqpersonalitygenius.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/is-creativity-random-intrinsic-ability.html *

* http://iqpersonalitygenius.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/in-evil-society-most-creativity-will-be.html *

* We think of it in terms of applying rules and laws - alternatively in applying principles. We look for precedents, and try to treat simi...

* http://iqpersonalitygenius.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/ordinary-genius-is-it-real-genius-no.html *

* Many modern people who describe themselves as Christian apparently find it hard to imagine an angry God - but why? Do they suppose tha...

* In discussing creativity, a decision must be made as to whether we are going to give primacy to process or outcome. (Not neglecting th...

* http://iqpersonalitygenius.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/how-to-be-more-creative-gratuitous.html *

* At the level of brain functioning, there is no such thing as deferred satisfaction - and maybe this applies in general? The brain, th...

* That's it really. * And this should not be forgotten as the most important thing to emphasize - and not the line about the ultim...

* http://notionclubpapers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/my-favourite-cs-lewis-re-reads.html *

* If a movement is a reaction, motivated by reacting-against - then it is likely to be incoherent, unable to stand on its own feet, unable...

* The Master reacting to Dr Who's sarcastic quip It all dates back to The Master's attempt to get a job at a prestigious co...

* I am again re-reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - and as I began to break down in tears in a cafe (halfway through 'The ...