@Maw Unless your test is computerized and has a multitasking section.

Is this a General IQ discussion or are you alluding to an individual?

They are a little off track today but they usually share some common ground

It's relating to a discussion on IQ and statistical analysis.

@Doc That's what they are doing but I was surprised at how few people are actually doing the work.

Certainly regions can have different average IQ scores.

IQ is connected to culture, so....yes.

Good folks with mean IQ"s live happier lives?

It's likely due to genes if anything.

Genes and culture.

Ignorance is bliss @busillis

@Maw genes and data, yes.

IQ is cultural

It's much more so about what you choose to measure.

Which is cultural, I reckon.

@Zuluzeit IQ is trying to measure how well someone will function in the US armed forces in 1925

It's a very flawed scale, yes.

Hahaha

Does IQ affect common sense🤔

They're working on it.

No one think that IQ is biological?

Unfortunately no.

@james j not true people who analyze everything are tormented

Genes would be biology.

Sorry didn’t see Maws comment

@robxtom no behavior can be biological. No behavior genes exist.

In a living hell of over analysis

Ofc hormones have a huge impact

@busillis that was my point. If you smart enough to live in a suitable condition but not smart enough to see the issues you will be happy

@robxtom That's been a popularly controversial topic since The Bell Curve came out. Before that, it was mostly limited to specialized academics.

@james j 110% true

Is this true? I definitely feel you can inherit certain traits?

@Beth of course you can. But it is measured in what culture values. Never not biased.

You are born with certain impulses that can shape your personality

You can inherit physical traits that give you a stronger disposition one way or another.

Twin studies are interesting to look at this

But it's almost entirely cultural from that point on.

@Beth what you inherit is neuron growth. Grow-grow-branch. Grow-grow-branch. Or Grow-branch grow-branch. The more branches, the more synapsis (contact between neurons). That is where data is processed. So you inherit data capacity. Nothing else.

To my understanding.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/why-do-clever-people-do-stupid-things-psychologists-split-link-between-iq-and-no-common-sense-a6921361.html#:~:text=But%20one%20major%20study%20has%20claimed%20to%20prove,could%20make%20them%20appear%20%22silly%22%20in%20social%20situations.

I've noticed that family seem the past cultural tradition...