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Re:Mathematical genius is fragile by martindelemotte on Sunday February 05, 2017 @02:38PM (#13574111)
It would be more like "Basketball is about being in very good physical shape", which makes more sense.

IQ (or more precisely the g factor) correlates not only with math but also with language skills and music[1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G_factor_(psychometrics)

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Re:Mathematical genius is fragile by hyperpape on Sunday February 05, 2017 @02:41PM (#13574126)
I very clearly said component and "close to", so I don't think what I said merits a correction.
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Re:Mathematical genius is fragile by martindelemotte on Sunday February 05, 2017 @02:51PM (#13574184)
Then why would the g factor also apply to animals as stated on the Wikipedia page? You don't see that many doing mathematics.
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