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2017-05-23 Science & Technology

In ‘Enormous Success,' Scientists Tie 52 Genes to Human Intelligence

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Posted by Besoeker 2017-05-23 02:44|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top

#1 Swiss watches, German trains, and French cooking finally explained.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-05-23 03:06|| 2017-05-23 03:06|| Front Page Top

#2 I'll reserve optimism until the experiments are repeated by different research groups.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-05-23 03:19|| 2017-05-23 03:19|| Front Page Top

#3 Studies will soon focus on genes responsible for the belief in global warming, as will IQ tests. That's the current definition of 'Intelligent' in much of the scientific community.

Posted by Beau 2017-05-23 03:26|| 2017-05-23 03:26|| Front Page Top

Punnett square probability - A table that predicts what trait(s) will be passed down to the offspring by showing the combinations of alleles from the two parents.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-05-23 03:36|| 2017-05-23 03:36|| Front Page Top

#5 For over a century, psychologists have studied intelligence by asking people questions.

Not from the genpop of course. All prescreened from some centroid population for standardization of scores.

I wonder how the outliers scored; syncopants, psychotics, schizophrenioids, narcissists, sociopaths, etc. Anyone short some genes?

Posted by Skidmark 2017-05-23 08:24|| 2017-05-23 08:24|| Front Page Top

#6 Anyone who mouths "We share 98% of our DNA with moths" should be made to undergo moth stem cell transplantation into their brains...

Posted by M. Murcek 2017-05-23 10:00|| 2017-05-23 10:00|| Front Page Top

#7 "We share 98% of our DNA with moths" ...

Sort of explains my affinity for reading lamps.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-05-23 10:17|| 2017-05-23 10:17|| Front Page Top

#8 ^Snark O' The Day - Moderator version?

Posted by Frank G 2017-05-23 10:34|| 2017-05-23 10:34|| Front Page Top

#9 "Just as important, intelligence is profoundly shaped by the environment."

This is simply not true.

Posted by Iblis 2017-05-23 11:48|| 2017-05-23 11:48|| Front Page Top

#10 It is, it is Iblis - proper development requires proper environmental triggers at proper stage of development. Consider songbird's songs.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-05-23 13:25|| 2017-05-23 13:25|| Front Page Top

#11 Dat's rayciss.

And:

In a significant advance in the study of mental ability

But:

These genes do not determine intelligence, however. Their combined influence is minuscule

Pick one, NYT.

Posted by charger 2017-05-23 18:54|| 2017-05-23 18:54|| Front Page Top

#12 Yeah, but how many are tied to asinine stupidity.
(Probably all of them, including these (think retro).

Posted by ed in texas 2017-05-23 18:57|| 2017-05-23 18:57|| Front Page Top

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