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Probably because general intelligence is "the best-established, most predictive, most heritable mental trait ever discovered in psychology." (Geoffrey Miller, S
by programmernews 12y ago
Probably because general intelligence is "the best-established, most predictive, most heritable mental trait ever discovered in psychology." (Geoffrey Miller, Spent)
- chriscool 12y agoI googled it and found the following: http://www.barrelstrength.com/2013/12/31/ramachandran-iq/ http://www.barrelstrength.com/2013/12/31/ramachandran-iq/ where there is: "Intelligence (says Prof. Miller at page 189 of Spent) is positively correlated to: brain size speed of performing basic sensory motor tasks (“reaction time is a factor”, as the cop said in Blade Runner) height symmetry of face and body semen quality (!) health, physical and mental longevity sexual attractiveness for long term relationships" So it is most predictive of many things, but maybe not of future real-world achievements...