Scientists Tie 52 Genes to Human Intelligence

Re:Scientists Tie 52 Genes to Human Intelligence by Houshalter on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @05:42PM (#14405629)

IQ is not bullshit. It's incredibly well studied and respected academically. IQ correlates very well with just about everything from very different cognitive abilities to your success in life. Seriously do some research on an entire academic field before dismissing it out of hand: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G_factor_(psychometrics) And read the rest of this thread for starters.

An IQ of 125 is well above average and puts him in the top 5% of the population. And on an individual basis, IQ tests have some degree of error and aren't perfect. But they are very useful statistically, especially on a population level where these errors average out.

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Re:Scientists Tie 52 Genes to Human Intelligence by jerrylives on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @06:21PM (#14405899)

>It's incredibly well studied and respected academically.

So was phrenology. This search for the g is just cargo cult science.

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Re:Scientists Tie 52 Genes to Human Intelligence by Houshalter on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @06:28PM (#14405957)

Phrenology never had any scientific basis whatsoever. G has enormous amounts of evidence supporting it. It has lots of predictive and statistical value, and would be easy to falsify if it didn't exist. Please actually research scientific fields before declaring them bullshit. This kind of ignorant science denialism doesn't belong on HN.

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Re:Scientists Tie 52 Genes to Human Intelligence by jerrylives on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @11:10AM (#14410560)

Lol okay pal have fun worshipping the "g" factor of a dude who thinks black people and the entire continent of Africa aren't as intelligent as others

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