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> Men’s brains were on average about 11% larger than women’s—as were their hearts, lungs and other organs — because brain size is proportional to body size. But
by chestertn 5y ago
> Men’s brains were on average about 11% larger than women’s—as were their hearts, lungs and other organs — because brain size is proportional to body size. But just as taller people aren’t any more intelligent than shorter people, neither, Eliot and her co-authors found, were men smarter than women.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Height_and_intelligence https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Height_and_intelligence
- inglor_cz 5y ago"But just as taller people aren’t any more intelligent than shorter people" Yeah, that sounds a bit suspicious, if we do not make a distinction between "naturally" shorter people and people whose growth was stunted by lack of nutrients in their childhood. For example, growing during periods of famine or war.
- dwaltrip 5y agoSurely that was implied.