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Genetic Intelligence - Fact or Myth?

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  • Genetic Intelligence - Fact or Myth?

    This is for you, you immature, pompous egocentrics. Read and weep.

    Are boys brain-boxes or girls geniuses?

    Tyler (1965) found that there was no difference in the mean IQ scores for men and women, but that the distribution of IQ in men was larger than in women. This seems to imply that there are more male than female geniuses, but also more retarded men at the bottom end of the scale. The eminent, recently-deceased psychologist Hans Eysenck said that in fact there were as many sub-normal women as men but that, "mentally defective women may have been able, if at all attractive, to escape institutionalisation by marrying." This ‘dumb-blonde’ theory, attractive though it seems to many male psychologists, has little biological credibility. Males suffer from genetic problems: they are more prone to sex-linked diseases (such as autism) which affect their brain function and are four times more likely to develop a stutter, which can also inhibit their learning potential.

    There is strong evidence that men and women perform very differently on the tests. Men seem to perform much better on the visuo-spatial intelligence areas. This may explain why men tend to dominate in the scientific, engineering and technical fields. Why should this difference be present? There is little evidence to suggest that it is genetic or hormonal (in fact, studies have shown that no link exists). The likely answer lies in cultural factors: boys are encouraged to play more with toys which develop visuo-spatial awareness, such as cars and trains. Some researchers have even suggested that this performance is primeval: males of other species also exhibit better visuo-spatial skills, and hence are better hunters.

    There is comfort for the ladies however: they perform much better at verbal tests. This correlates quite well with the evidence that girls start talking from an earlier age and generally have larger vocabularies. The difference in performance here, however, is less marked than the difference in visuo-spatial tests (indeed, men are better than women at comprehension exercises). Here again the discrepancy is probably environmental. Moss (1967) showed that mothers talk much more with their daughters than with their sons and Trudgill (1972) found that parents were less likely to correct sloppy language from their sons. This exhibits itself in the way in which men and women think. Men have a much more divergent approach to ideas and questions.

    The evidence seems to show that men and women score the same IQ on average, but get that score in different ways. There is also no avoiding the statistical truth that women’s IQ is much less widely spaced from the mean, and for sound biological reasons. In men, the X and Y chromosomes do not pair up i.e. they do not affect the way in which the other functions. That means that the X chromosome (which contains far more genetic information than the Y) is expressed without regulation. In women, the two X chromosomes do regulate each other’s expression.

    The final word, however, should go to the great English thinker Samuel Johnson. Asked if man were more intelligent than woman, he simply replied, "Which man? Which woman?"
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    So where are the results of so called "tests that men are smarter on the average?" I'd like to see a proof of that, rather than some inflated assumption based on subjectivity and limited personal experience, nothing more than an attempt to fuel the fire and step on people's toes to elevate one's self worth.

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    Only alleles that exclusively exist on the X chromosome (have no corresponding locus on the Y) and are recessive are expressed in males and not in females. The vast majority of genes are still subject to dominant/recessive regulated expression.

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    • #3
      the last date i see on that piece is 1972

      thats over 30 years old
      thats not a fact anymore, but merely a piece of paper to wipe your rear

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      • #4
        Loser, thanks for that biology lesson, what is your point?

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        • #5
          next you gonna tell us that in 1952 test showed that woman had more braincells then man/


          get some updated facts.

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          • #6
            Now what was the original intent of this topic? Age differences? If you tarts want to start a thread about biological differences between men and women, go to the god damn intellectual forum. This is "Love and Romance" and the emphasis was on age differences.
            Achkerov kute.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by loseyourname Only alleles that exclusively exist on the X chromosome (have no corresponding locus on the Y) and are recessive are expressed in males and not in females. The vast majority of genes are still subject to dominant/recessive regulated expression.
              Furthermore, because women have far more redundant genetic information, they are more prone to transciptional errors, which can make them more susceptible to cancer.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by PASAMONSTER the last date i see on that piece is 1972

                thats over 30 years old
                thats not a fact anymore, but merely a piece of paper to wipe your rear
                Well if this is not an acceptable piece of information, due to its outdated material, we shall rely on your superior knowledge of this subject and hope that you can provide us with some other sufficient source or information which is acceptable by your standards. I am waiting...

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                • #9
                  point is I posted a mathematical problem and you posted a mathematical problem, and critisized me for not knowing the answer.

                  I gave the correct sollution to the answer.

                  yet i don't see a solution to your problem.

                  therefore,

                  Me Man Smarter.

                  You woman needs to learn not to underestimate other people, especially Men.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by anileve Loser, thanks for that biology lesson, what is your point?
                    The point is that it is wrong to say that male genetic expression is completely unregulated by the Y chromosome. The chromosomes match up perfectly for the majority of loci. Most traits are not sex determined.

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