Is Intelligence Genetic?

[Captvic]

I just failed another test in uni, one that I studied hard for. No matter how hard I try I always fail.

 

[Deleted member 1269]

Yes.

 

[TripleCel]

Your intellectual potential is determined from birth, but environment can and does affect intelligence.

 

[Deleted member 3129]

its about how ur brains formed which is genetic and hormonal, so yep buddy boyo, it is genetic. there is a cap on literally everything, practice only makes perfect up to a certain point in everything.

 

[_incelinside]

Another facet of the brutal genetics pill. Everything from looks to intelligence is influenced primarily by genetics

 

[Maeror]

Are you referring to Gardner's theory?

It depends on both DNA and enviromental factors, however with great effort you can improve your cognitive abilities a lot.  
For starters do daily exercise and eat healthy.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982213008440

 

[Deleted member 3129]

Are you referring to Gardner's theory?

It depends on both DNA and enviromental factors, however with great effort you can improve your cognitive abilities a lot.  
For starters do daily exercise and eat healthy.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982213008440

'cognitive' so you cannot get good at anything which requires intelligence really, lol

 

[Deleted member 1313]

Of course. Our ability to run, jump, and physical traits are genetic, how aren't the processing efficiency of our neurons as well?

 

[BlackPill47]

Yes, but is also determined by life experience to an extent.

 

[Maeror]

Of course. Our ability to run, jump, and physical traits are genetic, how aren't the processing efficiency of our neurons as well?

Then i invite you to beatiful world of neurogenetics my friend, appease your curiosity.
https://www.journalofneurogenetics.org

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4270739/

 

[nausea]

@blickpall

 

[blickpall]

Your intellectual potential is determined from birth, but environment can and does affect intelligence.

This is the right answer, or at least the most current understanding of the role of nature and nurture in the nebulous term that is "intelligence."

This is how this answer is often presented (I recreated this from a lecture slide when I had a similar discussion a few months ago):

 

[Deleted member 265]

This is the right answer, or at least the most current understanding of the role of nature and nurture in the nebulous term that is "intelligence."

This is how this answer is often presented (I recreated this from a lecture slide when I had a similar discussion a few months ago):

finally a good image to debunk all the "hard work is everything" shit memers without having to write a wall of text

 

[Juxtaposition6]

I just failed another test in uni, one that I studied hard for. No matter how hard I try I always fail.

No it's environmental.

 

[blickpall]

finally a good image to debunk all the "hard work is everything" shit memers without having to write a wall of text

The thing is, hard work DOES pay off to some degree - but it's hard work that is done by parents, educators, AND the student in question, from a young age until maturity especially. As the (rough) graph shows, a person with moderate genetic fitness and high intellectual stimulation with have "more" intelligence than a person with high genetic fitness and low intellectual stimulation, but if they have low intellectual stimulation, they will have "lower" intelligence than a person with low genetic fitness and high intellectual stimulation.

This shouldn't be confounded with success. There are plenty of trades that can be learned and mastered to an adequate degree with hard work and in spite of a lack of intelligence (to an extent). There are people who are brilliant at their job and get paid well for them despite them being "blue collar." However, you will have to work harder than others to get ahead. This is all to say that hard work is far from everything, but it is certainly still important.

 

[nausea]

May Allah SWT give wisdom to OP.

 

[MarriedAndLookin4Fun]

Yes, it's all about genes

 

[ArtoriasWolf]

Yes. Every single trait I received was shit. Sub 5 no reproduce

 

[Akarin]

my father is dumb and probably haven't read a book in his life, my mother is as intelligent as an average woman. And I could read books at age of 5 while my niece doesn't know most of the letters.

 

[KilluminoidBR]

Whats your course op??

 

[BlackPill47]

I started school a year late, but was still one of the smartest there, as my mother taught me everything up to that point. Socially, I was years behind, naturally. After 5-6 years in the school system and going to a new school, the bullying and negativity got to me and I started skipping school. When it got physical, I always fought back, but I was taken out of school at 14 after a broken nose and so I never took my exams. I passed two years of college, but I still NEETed all but one year of my adult life. The apprenticeship I had in 2015-16 was hard work and I did not enjoy it, apart from earning money. They are trying to push another apprenticeship on me, but all I want now is a local part-time job and I don't want to do classrooms again, so leave me to rot, please.

 

[Juxtaposition6]

my father is dumb and probably haven't read a book in his life, my mother is as intelligent as an average woman. And I could read books at age of 5 while my niece doesn't know most of the letters.

You third world like me?

 

[Akarin]

You third world like me?

Eastern europe, so more like 2nd world

 

[Deleted member 250]

yes

 

[Incel_Dikshit]

What school you in?
We had our results around that moment when you created this thread.
Maby we in the same school.. i passed btw