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>The problem is higher IQ mean means a healthier lifestyle, which is what protects against cancer, not genes that give rise to high IQ itself. This is not the
by bobcostas55 9y ago
>The problem is higher IQ mean means a healthier lifestyle, which is what protects against cancer, not genes that give rise to high IQ itself.
This is not the case, see _The association between intelligence and lifespan is mostly genetic_ (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4795559/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4795559/). The common factor is almost certainly mutational load.