although that probably plays a factor
farmers do exercise their brains btw
if you dropped elon musk in feudal farmland, he'd make waves
not as much as students who's sole purpose is to basically expand their knowledge
he'd invent shit, gather a following, all kinds of shit
but
how will he invent shit on a farm
he invents shit using mathematical equations and shit
farming is technological
how are you gonna apply that to tilling a field
in medieval times
IQ is general intelligence
you can be smart and dumb at farming
ok, so if you were to drop Musk in a medieval farm estate
he wouldn't be inventing shit
cuz he is dumb at farming
he wouldn't be inventing electric cars tomorrow
what would he invent?
and his opportunity to utilise that IQ would be limited
The three sisters?
yeah, that's my point
again
but it's still present
im not saying farmers are stupid
he'd still be smarter than a dumb farmer
im saying that farmers have less opportunities to invent things than students or people in a city
his farm would be better, more productive
maybe
Farmers arent stupid
agree
hence I don't think being a farmer somehow caps your IQ
like, do you seriously think you're smarter than your tribal ancestors from 10,000 years ago?
Yeah but IQ isn't just something you're born with
IQ is a mixture of things
I think there is an argument to be made that being totally removed from modern society with no exposure to spatial tarks might make you more likely to perform poorly on some IQ tasks
Yeah : >
cuz IQ isn't "natural brainpower"
well yeah, IQ is at most 80% genetic. probably 60%
it is though
IQ is a proxy for general intelligence
is that why it's considered obsolete?
