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Adrian Tymes wrote:
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<pre wrap="">--- On Thu, 6/3/10, Tom Nowell <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:nebathenemi@yahoo.co.uk"><nebathenemi@yahoo.co.uk></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Finally, to play devil's advocate - what if your children
just aren't as rational and intelligent as you? Of course,
your child is special and will go on to do great things and
live out your dreams by proxy. But just suppose for a minute
your cosy illusion is utterly wrong, and there's nothing
special about your child - they're firmly in the 95-105 IQ
range, no more given to logic or dreaming than any other kid
in their class - are you quite sure your methods for
protecting them from harmful memes will still work?
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IQ is only partially genetic. Education can enhance one's
ability to think rationally - even to dream - and this tends
to be reflected in measured IQ.
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Apparently it is about 50-50 with most of the environmental aspects
coming into play in the very early years.<br>
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<pre wrap="">If a child is taught to see how people come up with ideas,
and thus to see which of these ideas are likely true and
which are not, that can both increase their IQ and vaccinate
against harmful memes.
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I wish it were that easy. IQ is about how easily you understand things
and see their implications. Including seeing the things that you see
in the above paragraph. It is not about the content per se. Effective
IQ is partially about methods and ways you use you mind and that part
can be optimized a bit. But it does'nt go that far. If it takes on
average an IQ of say 150 to be successful in a certain profession it is
extremely unlikely that an IQ 110 or even 120 will make it. <br>
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- samantha<br>
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