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If only you'd spent half the time RTFA'ing as you did arguing. The goal is to prevent mental retardation, not create Einsteins. They're measuring success in te
by randomwalker 18y ago
If only you'd spent half the time RTFA'ing as you did arguing.
The goal is to prevent mental retardation, not create Einsteins. They're measuring success in terms of increase in IQ.
Or are you actually claiming that preventing mental retardation is not important?
- MikeCapone 18y agoIf you want to help, here's the Canadian non-profit he talks about: http://www.micronutrient.org/english/view.asp?x=1 http://www.micronutrient.org/english/view.asp?x=1
- cabalamat 18y ago> The goal is to prevent mental retardation, not create Einsteins. I think it will do both, because iodine deficiency probably works across the board: Someone who would otherwise be a genius may be reduced, by iodine deficiency, to being merely quite bright. Someone who would be quite bright is reduced to merely average. And someone who would be a bit thick is reduced to being retarded. So by preventing mental retardation, they're also creating Einsteins. A win-win situation.
- MikeCapone 18y agoThat's a good point. What if Einstein's mother had be deficient in folic acid and iodine while pregnant?