BUT

he wont be able to perform simple addition subtraction maths

even though both of those tasks, for cognitive 'normals' involve the same process

now lets go a little bit more controversial

twin studies

you take genetic twins

they are adopted

one goes to a upperclass household, the other to a middle class household for example

then measure their IQ when they are adults

they have the same genes (read: nature) but different environments (read: nurture)

the higher class people tended to have higher IQs, but class only accounts for 20-50% of the difference , depending on the studies

so yes, taking a baby and dropping it in the desert will effect its IQ, to use Tims analogy

but taking that same baby and putting it in a rich family will increase its IQ, but depending on its genetic background

aka if you have less genes that result is less smarts, even putting you in a rich household will not make you just as smart as the other people in the same kind of households

rather yet, if you want more high IQ people, the best solution is to let rich people adopts the highest IQ babies

over the less high IQ ones

they will be more successful as a result (on average)

and benefit society as a whole more

how does one measure the IQ of a baby?

like i said earlier

IQ is a measurement of general inteligence

so you make the babies compete in cognitive tasks

for example

yes, but like what? can it find the tit on its own?

nah thats all nurture pretty much, they can suck tiddy from the getgo

they can also grasp from the getgo

at what age do these tests count?

as soon as they can do a trick pretty much

there are some tricks we all learn as babies

like object permanence

the faster a baby understands object permanence, the higher its IQ is projected to be, if it does not eat any lead paint while growing up

although its IQ will likely still be higher then those that understand object permanence later, and consume the same amount of lead paint

on average

so no toys made in china

a other more simpler test

is to put a lil sticky ball on the forhead of the baby, that it cant sense cause of weight of feeling or anything

and then put the baby infront of a mirror

if the baby swats away the ball using his reflection, he understands the "mirror trick"

the faster a baby learns that, the higher its IQ

first word is another one

now here is a question: does the IQ of when you are an adult ever matter when trying to figure out the likely intelligence range of their kid?