Stupidity, Genetic?!?
 

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993451

O boy, I'm doomed

Re: Stupidity, Genetic?!?
 

Yes you are

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Only as much as anyone else...

This just means that he's incurable...

/me pauses.

I kill me.

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awww you guys are so nice :D

or maybe it's his genes showing themselves. he's so stupid, that he takes insults as compliments... :p

Shallow comment of the day:

Watson, no stranger to controversy, also suggests that genes influencing beauty could also be engineered. "People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty. I think it would be great."

Now THAT'S what I'm talking about. Finally, genetic research has a use! :P

So I'm not the only one who noticed that! He's a pretty smart guy. I agree 100%.:D
Stupidity, on the other hand, is fine. It makes me look smarter than I really am.

Being a psych and bio major....intelligence can be inherited through genetics...thats if you believe in the whole nature theory, but then if you more a nuture theory person....intelligence is just learned throughout school and such....

Oh shut up. It's been perfectly obvious for many, many years that both heritage and experience affect overall intelligence. For example, people who grew up with little or poor schooling are usually unable to learn easily. On the other hand, twins, even when reared separately, are quite alike in thinking patterns (you sometimes have to look for quite a while to see it, though - I know a set of twins who almost never act the same way together, but a bit of phase shift accounts perfectly for this).

Anyone who refuses to acknowledge that either nature or nurture has an impact is being intentionally blind. Exactly which areas each will affect is still up for debate and investigation, though.


As some sort of proof of the genetics of intelligence, I want to be an electrical engineer. My father is a chemical engineer. My paternal half-brother is working on his PhD in Computer Science. One related uncle an electrical engineer. Both grandfathers were electrical engineers. Do you see a pattern of thinking modes?

Great.. proof that I'm adopted.

Ok....now why is it that if stupidity is inherited that everything else isn't? My dad is extremely smart in math and I, suck at it. I hate genetics!

You are aware of the law of averages, and it corollary, Finagle's Law, right? Remember, genetics is not an exact science. Like any sort of real life application, it's all probability. I can see that just looking at my sister!

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Kidding! I actually think the expression of my genetic disposition for thinking procedurally has been influenced by testosterone. Only one of my female relatives has it. Odd, no?

Don't forgent, FAK, that you were raised in a family where education and reasoning skills were prized. Added to this was your mother's ability to raise you. It's easy to do everything for a kid. The hard way is to teach it reasoning, logic, and deductive thought. I know my parents did an awesome-tastic job :D .

My mother didn't teach me to think. She kind of wants me to think, but only in her way.

In fact, I was just informed today that if I miss one more assignment, she would not pay for me to go out-of-state for college.

The relation between parents and children can be interpreted as either nature or nurture. You get your parents' genes, but you also live with them for the most important years of your life developmentally.
Any relation between parents and children is not necessarily a victory for genetics over education.

b/s. My mother was far from being the brightest person in the world, and my IQ measured to be bordeline genius.

I love how everyone says "borderline genius" instead of just giving the actual number. Must you ignore that every IQ test measures genius at a different number? I've heard of one that puts it at 130 (laughable).

IQ tests are worthless anyways. You can tell whether someone is smart without any tests.

Okay, you want a number? The guy who admin'd the test said that the "genius" number in 160 or above. My IQ is 159. DANG IT I always fall JUST BARELY short!!!

Thank you. Now was that so hard? 159--see. True 160 is the generally accepted "genius" level, but some tests put it lower (much to my chagrin). Then again, I've only taken a few IQ tests in my life--and none serious. Somewhere around 150 is what thespark.com's newest IQ test gave me (which, appearantly, doesn't exist anymore). So, I can't really say, as that's not the best place to take an IQ test... but I assume it's in that neighborhood.