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Genes and genius: Researchers confirm association between gene and intelligence
Washington University School of Medicine ^ | 26-Feb-2007 | Jim Dryden

Posted on 02/27/2007 6:33:10 AM PST by Pharmboy

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Some of you folks may not know this, but Washington U. in St. Lou is one of the TOP medical centers in the country (consistently ranked in the top ten in many categories).

Thought you folks might be intersted in this finding.

1 posted on 02/27/2007 6:33:12 AM PST by Pharmboy
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To: Pharmboy

Paging Ms. Sanger. Ms. Sanger"


2 posted on 02/27/2007 6:34:22 AM PST by BenLurkin
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To: SunkenCiv; blam; aculeus; Coleus; weegee; wagglebee; Junior; thefactor; scott says; Howlin

High IQ, checkmate ping...(not me--I was always lousy at chess--I'm talking about you guys).


3 posted on 02/27/2007 6:36:01 AM PST by Pharmboy ([She turned me into a] Newt! in '08)
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I got confused while reading the article.


4 posted on 02/27/2007 6:38:00 AM PST by battlegearboat
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Kind of funny, but a lot of statistical evidence says the opposite. In other words, a genius couple have average kids. Return to mean.


5 posted on 02/27/2007 6:43:01 AM PST by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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"One way to measure performance IQ may be to ask people to order pictures correctly to tell a story,"

Or posting too many images at FR.

6 posted on 02/27/2007 6:44:21 AM PST by Plutarch
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Why am I getting the feeling there is a carefully disguised liberal agenda behind this ? (Blame the gene). Maybe not.


7 posted on 02/27/2007 6:44:37 AM PST by HarmlessLovableFuzzball
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8 posted on 02/27/2007 6:45:24 AM PST by SunkenCiv (I last updated my profile on Thursday, February 19, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Pharmboy

Bell Curve bump.


9 posted on 02/27/2007 6:47:53 AM PST by blam
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No--that is not the opposite, it is expected. Remember, total intellectual ability plays off (likely) hundreds of genes. Everyone is a unique combination. My wife was good in school, and so was I, but math was not our strong point. One of our kids is a math whizz (and I'm talking calculus here). Go figure...
10 posted on 02/27/2007 6:50:35 AM PST by Pharmboy ([She turned me into a] Newt! in '08)
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All those critics of The Bell Curve were wrong. What a surprise!


11 posted on 02/27/2007 6:51:06 AM PST by aculeus
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I'm having trouble getting from here to there. What connection, if any, is there between a tendency towards alcoholism and intelligence or lack thereof?


12 posted on 02/27/2007 6:54:08 AM PST by CholeraJoe ("The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord shall be born as the seventh month dies.")
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LOL, they were the only group so out of it that they agreed to roll up their sleeve and donate some DNA for the "study". (I apologize in advance to anyone with this dread disease, it is a joke.)

To answer your question, there is no correlation.


13 posted on 02/27/2007 6:57:08 AM PST by khnyny
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Maybe the researchers just trolled the gutters of St. Louis and plucked hairs from sleeping derelicts. /sarc.


14 posted on 02/27/2007 7:00:38 AM PST by CholeraJoe ("The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord shall be born as the seventh month dies.")
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Duh! Really???


15 posted on 02/27/2007 7:10:38 AM PST by pabianice (LLY)
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I think it was just availability of data rather than connections between alcoholism and IQ.


16 posted on 02/27/2007 7:20:01 AM PST by Pharmboy ([She turned me into a] Newt! in '08)
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*****"One way to measure performance IQ may be to ask people to order pictures correctly to tell a story," Dick explains. "A simple example might be pictures of a child holding a vase, the vase broken to bits on the floor and the child crying. The person taking the test would have to put those pictures into an order that tells the story of how the child dropped the vase and broke it and then cried." ****

No, dummy, you got it backwards. First the kid drops the vase and is crying, then Humpty Dumpty comes along and puts the vase together and the kid is smiling. Duh.

Maybe I needs to get me a jean or two - wait - I have that....what I really need is a gene or three.


17 posted on 02/27/2007 7:28:45 AM PST by Basheva
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Yes, Nature more than Nurture. The Bell Curve examined every intelligence test from the early 20th Century. As I recall the correlation for intelligence being a factor of heredity was a standard deviation of .9.
18 posted on 02/27/2007 8:24:52 AM PST by GeorgefromGeorgia
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I know a "high" genius couple where the children are Even higher genius IQ.
19 posted on 02/27/2007 9:22:20 AM PST by W. W. SMITH (Is there any right devoid of responsibility?)
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I agree that happens. But statistically, a high genius level couple will have kids that are closer to the average IQ. Same reason why many kids of NFL players can not play at that level. Some can, but the greater likelihood is that they will not be as gifted.
20 posted on 02/27/2007 9:25:07 AM PST by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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