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If this is true, it's interesting that we didn't evolve toward a higher median intelligence.
by me_im_counting 5y ago
If this is true, it's interesting that we didn't evolve toward a higher median intelligence.
- NaturalPhallacy 5y agoWhat I've read is that these big brains are very expensive and we don't necessarily select for intelligence. Being hardier, or more reproductive can often result in more babies of the hardier or more reproductive than smarter does.
- xyzelement 5y agoThere was a thread here a few weeks ago where someone mentioned a specific group that does select for intelligence and consequently has statistically above-average IQ. That thread was shouted down because people basically said "even if that's true, we don't want to talk about it because it's close to scientific racism." That may be fine and I can see how that topic is counter productive sometime but in this case I think it goes to the parent's point, that some populations DID evolve a higher mean intelligence and are reaping the rewards.
- tejtm 5y agothe Cagots perhaps? [] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cagot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cagot
- lelanthran 5y agoLink to the thread? Not that I don't believe it, but I think that the arguments might be more nuanced than it sounds.
- inglor_cz 5y agoAren't Ashkenazi Jews famous for valuing scholars more than the rich?
- xyzelement 5y agoThat's who was references in the thread mentioned above.