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While metabolic health is almost certainly related to intelligence, what makes you think it's the defining factor? Wouldn't that mean all diabetics were less in

While metabolic health is almost certainly related to intelligence, what makes you think it's the defining factor? Wouldn't that mean all diabetics were less intelligent than non-diabetics? Also, almost all children have better metabolic health than almost all adults, and even their fluid intelligence is lower up to a certain age. I do agree that increasing intelligence is probably very difficult. However, there are probably some limiting factors set by evolution (amount of energy consumed, heat produced, etc) which might be overcome through modern methods.

hopler 8y ago
Metabolic setup isn't fit to a one dimensional line of bad to good.
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Madmallard 8y ago
I stand my ground. Children have the most neuroplastic brains capable of learning multiple languages simultaneously and having them become instinctive. Adults are largely screwed on that front. Most masters of various practices started when they were children and people that got into the practices later on often can never come close to the same level. Age 18-23 or whatever where people say they are the sharpest is just like the point where you know the most before neuroplasticity starts degrading faster. https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/28/5/764 https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/28/5/764 This somewhat suggests that the episodic physiologic consequences of diabetics are linked with iq differences, which makes sense considering hypoglycemia and acidosis are direct hindrances to metabolic output and integrity. Why would running make you smarter? It is known it does 100%. Well running improves the efficiency of mitochondria and at a larger scale the blood flow to the brain. But of course that won't endlessly improve your intelligence. It'll hit a cap at your systems maximal efficient output. Similar to genetic muscular strength. Energy consumption and heat production are directly related to metabolism.
- fjabre 8y ago
  Intelligence can mean a great many things. If we are simply making people better at cognitive tests then whats the point really? Nothing exciting there. If we are making more Einsteins and Steve Jobs then Im more inclined to say we are increasing our intelligence in a meaningful way. I think we need to be careful about our scales and definitions when speaking on the true nature of human intelligence and intellect otherwise we're all just blowing hot air. IQ is an antiquated measure of intelligence for example. If we are talking about extra IQ points then who cares.
  - Madmallard 8y ago
    Cognitive testing is actually the most statistically sound stuff we've ever come up with in psychology.

hopler 8y ago

Metabolic setup isn't fit to a one dimensional line of bad to good.

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Madmallard 8y ago

I stand my ground. Children have the most neuroplastic brains capable of learning multiple languages simultaneously and having them become instinctive. Adults are largely screwed on that front. Most masters of various practices started when they were children and people that got into the practices later on often can never come close to the same level. Age 18-23 or whatever where people say they are the sharpest is just like the point where you know the most before neuroplasticity starts degrading faster. https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/28/5/764 https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/28/5/764 This somewhat suggests that the episodic physiologic consequences of diabetics are linked with iq differences, which makes sense considering hypoglycemia and acidosis are direct hindrances to metabolic output and integrity. Why would running make you smarter? It is known it does 100%. Well running improves the efficiency of mitochondria and at a larger scale the blood flow to the brain. But of course that won't endlessly improve your intelligence. It'll hit a cap at your systems maximal efficient output. Similar to genetic muscular strength. Energy consumption and heat production are directly related to metabolism.

fjabre 8y ago
Intelligence can mean a great many things. If we are simply making people better at cognitive tests then whats the point really? Nothing exciting there. If we are making more Einsteins and Steve Jobs then Im more inclined to say we are increasing our intelligence in a meaningful way. I think we need to be careful about our scales and definitions when speaking on the true nature of human intelligence and intellect otherwise we're all just blowing hot air. IQ is an antiquated measure of intelligence for example. If we are talking about extra IQ points then who cares.
- Madmallard 8y ago
  Cognitive testing is actually the most statistically sound stuff we've ever come up with in psychology.