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It could be even more complicated than that. Intelligence could be a question of proportion, like beauty.

by pg 14y ago

tokenadult 14y ago
Intelligence could be a question of proportion, like beauty. Could you expand on that a little, please? How would a working scientist test the hypothesis you advance here?
- guylhem 14y ago
  Think about different subsystem working together. They might operate better if they are of similar proportions.
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- pg 14y ago
  In the simplest case, imagine that there are genes that determine quality x, and others that determine quality y, and intelligence depends on how close x/y is to some constant c. If intelligence were determined by genes in that way, you wouldn't find it by looking for ("smart") genes whose presence was correlated with intelligence, or ("stupid") genes whose absence was. I used beauty as an example because it seems unlikely that there is a single "beauty" gene whose presence makes human faces beautiful, but rather that beauty is a product of the interaction of multiple genes that control the dimensions of the face.
  - thewarrior 14y ago
    I would like to elaborate on that idea by saying that there is a feedback loop between the persons environment and his innate tendencies . I'm specifically referring to the feeling of satisfaction you get as you become better and better at something . It is that feeling of satisfaction and the inner drive that would provide the impetus needed to continue working harder and harder to master the discipline . However if all the components aren't in "proportion" , this feedback loop between practice -> improvement -> satisfaction -> urge to practice more gets broken .
pdeuchler 14y ago
I think PG is mainly talking about how the ratio of certain personality elements and basic strengths might contribute to a higher perceived "intelligence". i.e. Someone with a high EQ (Emotional Quotient) relative to their spatial reasoning might seem more intelligent than the person with lower EQ and higher spatial reasoning, while someone with an equally high EQ and spatial reasoning might develop some sort of personality disorder. (Hopefully not, but just an example) This could probably be extrapolated into ratios between language skills, creativity, ability to grasp abstraction, memory, etc. etc.

It could be even more complicated than that. Intelligence could be a question of proportion, like beauty.

by pg 14y ago

It could be even more complicated than that. Intelligence could be a question of proportion, like beauty.

Intelligence could be a question of proportion, like beauty. Could you expand on that a little, please? How would a working scientist test the hypothesis you advance here?

guylhem 14y ago
Think about different subsystem working together. They might operate better if they are of similar proportions.
- deleted 14y ago
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pg 14y ago
In the simplest case, imagine that there are genes that determine quality x, and others that determine quality y, and intelligence depends on how close x/y is to some constant c. If intelligence were determined by genes in that way, you wouldn't find it by looking for ("smart") genes whose presence was correlated with intelligence, or ("stupid") genes whose absence was. I used beauty as an example because it seems unlikely that there is a single "beauty" gene whose presence makes human faces beautiful, but rather that beauty is a product of the interaction of multiple genes that control the dimensions of the face.
- thewarrior 14y ago
  I would like to elaborate on that idea by saying that there is a feedback loop between the persons environment and his innate tendencies . I'm specifically referring to the feeling of satisfaction you get as you become better and better at something . It is that feeling of satisfaction and the inner drive that would provide the impetus needed to continue working harder and harder to master the discipline . However if all the components aren't in "proportion" , this feedback loop between practice -> improvement -> satisfaction -> urge to practice more gets broken .

pdeuchler 14y ago

I think PG is mainly talking about how the ratio of certain personality elements and basic strengths might contribute to a higher perceived "intelligence". i.e. Someone with a high EQ (Emotional Quotient) relative to their spatial reasoning might seem more intelligent than the person with lower EQ and higher spatial reasoning, while someone with an equally high EQ and spatial reasoning might develop some sort of personality disorder. (Hopefully not, but just an example) This could probably be extrapolated into ratios between language skills, creativity, ability to grasp abstraction, memory, etc. etc.