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Originally Posted by Jeff Root
I agree that IQ is affected by environmental factors. More
specifically, intelligence is affected by environmental factors, and
scores on IQ tests are affected by environmental factors. Some
environmental factors have their effects during brain growth; some
the year before an IQ test is taken; some the hour before the test,
some during the test. Lots of different environmental factors, of
many different kinds, that have many different effects.
I disagree that my intelligence is not coded in my genes. It is.
It does not come from environmental factors. Environmental factors
can only support or detract from what is coded in my genes.
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When I said that intelligence is not in one's genes, I did not mean that genes had no effect on intelligence. I meant that it doesn't
all come from one's genes. I hope you realise this.
The way you say that "environmental factors can only support or detract from what is coded in my genes" sounds excessively dismissive to me. I think that the environment, in various ways ranging from intrauterin factors to education, can and does affect intelligence decisively, however you choose to define "intelligence". It most certainly does affect IQ scores decisively.
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Originally Posted by Jeff Root
Different IQ tests measure different things. An ideal IQ test would
measure a person's ability to reason, apart from his knowledge about
the world, his knowledge about IQ tests, his dislike for tests, or the
pain in his back. Ideal IQ tests do not exist. Better IQ tests than
currently exist will be developed. They will not be perfect either.
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Why not discuss the reality of IQ testing, instead of well-meaning ideals?