16 point IQ difference between identical twins raised apart

Re:16 point IQ difference between identical twins raised apart by inglor_cz on Sunday May 08, 2022 @11:53AM (#31305149)

"Never" is a strong word. Perhaps we will be able to fix those missing faculties in the future somehow. We certainly learnt how to fix many other congenital conditions.

My wife was born with a heart defect that would have killed her 60 years ago. 30 years ago, it was already fixable and now she can live a pretty normal life except for "do not exercise too much". Maybe we will be able to do the same in 2040 or 2050 with people who were born with various mental defects.

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Re:16 point IQ difference between identical twins raised apart by sprash on Sunday May 08, 2022 @12:07PM (#31305300)

Maybe there will be a magic pill that makes everybody much more intelligent. We are only using a few percent of our brain after all. Until then I assume that the evidence presented by mainstream psychology is correct which says that between 50% and 80% of IQ is inherited.

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Re:16 point IQ difference between identical twins raised apart by inglor_cz on Sunday May 08, 2022 @12:24PM (#31305483)

It need not be a pill. It might be genetic manipulation of an already living organism. As of today, the tools like CRISPR aren't very nimble, but who knows what tools will be used in 2040 or 2050 for that purpose. The difference between them and today's CRISPR might be the same as difference between Intel 8080 and Intel Pentium.

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