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Gene Found That May Affect IQ in Males
Chowser writes to tell us the AZStarNet is running an article stating that North Carolina scientists claim to have identified a gene that affects IQ in males. The difference is apparently quite striking, with the average IQ difference between those that had the gene and those that didn't being approximately 20 points. From the article: "However, he stressed that the IQ results in his research were based on a group average; individual males carrying the gene version had a wide range of IQ scores. While females also can carry the variation, it does not appear to affect their IQ, he said."
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So, now where can I get a genetic evaluation for my girlfriend and I, so we know if we'd risk passing this gene on to our children? Or, alternatively, when will we be able to genetically engineer them not to have it?
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Maybe they have actually found the male-dumbness gene?
welcome our new male overloards... Oh wait...
The study went on to find that those individuals without this gene tend:
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- to be picked as moderators on slashdot...
- to vote straight party tickets
- to claim that "anal leakage" is an acceptable side-effect for food additives
- to buy advanced copies of the Dukes of Hazzard DVD
- to work on the MSIE team
- to post stupid bogus study result lists on
I might know what I'm talkin' about, but then again, this is Slashdot...
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It's partially true. God gave man two heads, unfortunately he only gave us enough blood to use one at a time!
If your thinking with the little head, the big one is in standby.
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"...didn't being marked at 20 approximately 20 points."
He's obviously speaking Foghorn Leghorn-ese. Think of it instead as "being marked at 20 I say 20 points" and it makes a lot more sense.
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Yes some people definitely have, genetically, an intellectual advantage over others... but as I've grown older I have reluctantly acknowledged how other kinds of smarts -- notably, common sense and street smarts -- are really more important.
Let's say you're a genius, some child prodigy who's super at calculus or something.
Can you charm women and get laid?
Aw... You're seventeen now rather than twelve. Isn't it cute how people's priorities change once they hit high school..?Are you smart enough to stay out of trouble? Avoid fights, etc.
I wonder how many other positive genes manifest only in males?
The main one is technically called "The Power of the Pole"
Use it wisely, my son.
No you don't understand. They put the population with the gene in with the women. All male IQs go down by the amount they observed when they're placed next to females. Females do this too but only for the males they find attractive. Trouble is most males find any female attractive.
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Maybe I'm the one with an average IQ of 10.
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Actually, it takes an IQ of 70+ (if I recall correctly) to be able to learn how to read. Reading /. might require a max of 50, but I still think you should be over 10. So no worries, your resume won't be affected by this remark ;)
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Perhaps you do not have the gene.
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it's better to have a system in place that gives such people something productive to do
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You mean like Telephone Sanitizers, Management Consultants, and hairdressers?