IQ..

Was having a chat the other night with the crew from the house, and we stumbled upon the conversation of 'natural intelligence' vs 'manufactured IQ'.


In what turned into a full-scale argument involving the throwing of homous, we finally called the matter a stalemate.My conclusion was that it is to hard to determine whether the someone's academic ability is more influenced by their natural capability at birth or the skills the develop throughout their education etc. The following points came up:

Natural Intelligence:

1. The basic fact that some people just understand things better and are quicker to comprehend and process information. Is it genetic?
2. Apparently intelligence is correlated with head size - big heads are a thing of beauty.
3. MP is walking testament to the fact that the concept of 'i do no work and beat people' works.

Manufactured IQ:

1. Academic success relies heavily upon confidence. Someone who is on top of their work will obviously be able to progress and focus their attention on understanding new work, while a struggler will be more overwhelmed by new information.
2. Studies show that IQ is affected by school attendance - adds weight to the claims that education is the primary foundation for a human's level of intelligence.
3. The fact that George Bush is president leads me to believe that natural intelligence does not exist, at least not in America.

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