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?

you meaure IQ based on age anyway all the time

you dont compare babies to adults ofcourse

the average baby IQ is 100, just liket he average adult

in general IQ stays static save brain injuries or malnurishment etc etc

till you are about 30, then it decreases

but if 20-50% is nurture, then the IQ of when they are an adult ends up not being helpful when trying to figure out the potential IQ range of their child

the differences become bigger the older you get, and people that excercise less, their IQ drops more

not true grenade

it is helpful