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You are misunderstanding. Calculus is just a placeholder for something that requires a particular level of intelligence. It's about whether it's possible or no
by ZephyrBlu 5y ago
You are misunderstanding. Calculus is just a placeholder for something that requires a particular level of intelligence.
It's about whether it's possible or not, not whether you actually do learn the thing.
Someone with an IQ of 120 may not ever learn calculus, but they probably have the ability to do so. You cannot say the same of someone with an IQ of 80.
- mewpmewp2 5y agoYeah, but the whole debate is about how much is genetics responsible for intelligence vs the environment. There was a claim that genetics is responsible for ~70-80% of variance. Pick any intellectual ability and lack of environment can cause for an individual to not be able to achieve that, so how can genetics be responsible for that much variance? The question is where and how does the 70-80% come? How is it meaningful and how is it measured?
- NoImmatureAdHom 5y agoIt's 70-80% conditional on (some sampling from) our current environment. Obviously if your environment is boiling sulfuric acid you aren't gonna be smart.