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09 Jun 2024, 10:36 am

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Do above average intelligence kids turn into above average intelligence adults or does it all just level out at a certain age

It can go either way. Some kids start out smart and then become average in intelligence by the time they have fully developed. Some kids regress and become less than average in intelligence, after starting out more intelligent than average. And others start out above average in intelligence and remain that way, or become even more smarter and ahead of the pack than they ever were.

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09 Jun 2024, 10:41 am

One thing scientists believe is that we get our intelligence from our mothers, not our fathers.
About 50-60% is genetic from mum, and the rest is environmental / early learning opportunities.

This explains why my kids are so smart despite their ape-brained father. / sarc but seriously.

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09 Jun 2024, 11:01 am

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This is completely unproven.

Fact check:

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/intelligence-is-inherited-only-from-your-mother/

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09 Jun 2024, 11:11 am

I'm not a neuroscientist but I'm going by what I've read.

I once heard boys get it from their mothers and girls get it from both, but now they seem to say mothers.

Mind you, that doesn't mean the child wouldn't be exposed to excellent learning opportunities from, or benefit by role-modelling after, their brilliant fathers too.

Who knows.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/scie ... 45596.html

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09 Jun 2024, 11:13 am

I thought intellect mainly just happened. No matter the parents?
But yeah, i also don’t know

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09 Jun 2024, 11:18 am

PineappleLobster wrote:

I thought intellect mainly just happened. No matter the parents?
But yeah, i also don’t know

Yeah I think it just sort of happened with my daughter because she certainly doesn't get it from me or her dad

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09 Jun 2024, 11:48 am

I'm all about the DIY me

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09 Jun 2024, 11:52 am

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The Independent is generally fairly okay in reporting science but in this case they seem to be putting sensationalism before actual science. Media publications with articles written by journalists who interpret/quote science are in almost all cases, not scientists themselves and are subject to error in interpreting or even understanding at all, a scientific consensus.

An excerpt from the previous article I posted:

"So for biologically female individuals, one of your X chromosomes is coming from your dad, and in that case it is just as likely (going along with the unproven assertion that "intelligence genes" lie solely on the X chromosome) that any genetic coding for smarts comes from either parent’s X chromosome.

The three arguments used to make the claim about intelligence coming solely from your mother each fail as all-encompassing statements and rely on a flawed understanding of science, a misrepresentation of scientific consensus, or both. It is misleading, at best, to say that we know anything about which parent is (more) responsible for an offspring’s intelligence, let alone which genes."

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09 Jun 2024, 11:55 am

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I'm all about the DIY me

Me too.

I've been DIYing myself since I was young.

But I was too young, too underdeveloped, too poor, not articulate enough, and dealing with internal issues that cannot be explained which frustrated me to no end.

Adrift and disappointed.
I don't like it. I want control. Self control. Self development.

Choosing my own destiny and knowing what I truly want.

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09 Jun 2024, 11:58 am

I think I inherited my intelligence from both my parents, but it can be anything. There are really smart people whose parents are morons, and there are morons whose parents are geniuses. Genetics is too complicated to say intelligence will always be inherited in a certain way.

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09 Jun 2024, 12:03 pm

... I don't know where I inherited my intelligence.
It doesn't help that both my parents' upbringing blurs and very much hinders whatever potential they had.

Just like I don't know where my own autism came from.

But sure -- I have some surplus of social intelligence from my mom, which is most certain.

Other than that, I don't know.
It's not like I had high quality education nor upbringing.

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09 Jun 2024, 12:06 pm

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Genetics is too complicated to say intelligence will always be inherited in a certain way.

Exactly.

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09 Jun 2024, 12:07 pm

Yeah I don't want to go down a Neuroscience rabbit hole in Random Discussion. :lol:

I really have no idea but I'm sure there are lots of interesting and conflicting studies.

I like this guy who defines intelligence and discusses its heritability in general.

https://youtu.be/lev8dGnxvdw?si=xCWKGH9BZrstU9iD

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09 Jun 2024, 12:13 pm

blitzkrieg wrote:

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Genetics is too complicated to say intelligence will always be inherited in a certain way.

Exactly.

We also inherit a lot more genetic factors than just "intelligence".

For example a child could get a smart gene but also several disabling genes or even have birth defects.

Kids can even have highly intelligent genetics but learn nothing because of poor education / experience / trauma.

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09 Jun 2024, 12:14 pm

IsabellaLinton wrote:

blitzkrieg wrote:

utterly absurd wrote:

Genetics is too complicated to say intelligence will always be inherited in a certain way.

Exactly.

Yep.

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09 Jun 2024, 12:55 pm

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