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Eight Surprising Historical Facts That Will Change Your Concept Of Time Forever

Our friend Arlene posted l link to this article today in the HighIQWorld group on Facebook. Makes for some interesting reading:

8 Surprising Historical Facts That Will Change Your Concept Of Time Forever

The author states that "the reason" calculus wasn't taught in Harvard's early days was that it didn't yet exist. Okay, so that's true. That and the fact that Harvard was a theological college at the time that didn't really offer any other major courses of study.

Why Google doesn’t care about hiring top college graduates

"Google has spent years analyzing who succeeds at the company, which has moved away from a focus on GPAs, brand name schools, and interview brain teasers.  
In a conversation with The New York Times’ Tom Friedman, Google’s head of people operations, Laszlo Bock, detailed what the company looks for. And increasingly, it’s not about credentials."

Read the article here.

egg999 Conference Announced on HighIQWorld Meetup Group

Caspar Nijhuis, organizer of this year's European General Gathering of the Triple Nine Society (egg999), has just announced this year's meeting slated to begin on 29 May in Amsterdam.

Click here to view event details and RSVP.

If you've not already joined the HighIQWorld Meetup group and are qualified as a member, please consider joining if you're interested in meeting other members from around the world and participating in HighIQWorld Meetups.

HighIQWorld Member Sarah Swenson's Article on Intellectual Giftedness

Congratulations to HighIQWorld member Sarah Swenson, MA, LMHCA for her article "Intellectual Giftedness at War with Itself: All I Want Is a Good Night’s Sleep…"

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Congratulations to HighIQWorld Member Dr. Manahel Thabet

Congratulations to HighIQWorld member Dr. Manahel Thabet (2013 Genius of the Year for Asia) on her paper: A New Perspective of Measuring Black Holes and Alternative Delicacies of Relativity from a Theoretical Purpose.

New HighIQWorld Wiki Project Underway

We're getting ready to launch the new HighIQWiki project.

If you're interested in participating, please be sure to weigh in and share your thoughts and ideas in the HighIQWorld group on Facebook.

The IntelLink Project News

We'll be adding news on The IntelLink Project to this blog. Stay tuned for more.

Blog Focus Changing

Hang on, kids.

I'm consolidating the various blogs related to HighIQWorld into one blog. Please excuse the apparent disarray in the interim.