Re:Lessons from a 45-year Study of Super-Smart Children
by mod on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @03:03PM
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In this comment, you're just calling into question the definition of intelligence.
We have widely-accepted manners in which to gauge intelligence. If you dispute them, that's another matter.
It's well-established that the measures show a genetic correlation.
If you were to find another measure of intelligence, besides the standard ones, we can use our experience and facts to surmise with a high confidence that those, too, would prove to be influenced by genetics.
In most sports, we have clear rules about who is better at it. Let's say long jump. It's clear that a person with larger limbs (genetics) will have an advantage above one that has shorter limbs. How do we translate this in cognitive ability?
A person is more intelligent than other because they passed a test? because they can draw better? Everything is loosely defined.