Is intelligence purely genetic or does it have to do with schooling/upbringing etc?

[Tom]

Or do both play a part (whether equal/unequally) in building a person's overall "IQ"?

 

[AllHolosEve]

they both play a part, even smart people can do stup!d sh!t.... you talkin book smarts or street smarts.... they arent the same & ! know both....

 

[OC's finest]

nature/nurture.

probably the same for every trait

 

[shylittlekitten]

it's both. there's no vs.

 

[dj vtg]

both obviously

 

[Broke Wave]

Neither


It's totally subjective.

 

[sfgiants]

both but sometimes i tend to think its just schooling

case and point, my cousins being berkeley grads and their parents being the most ignorant/uneducated slimebags on earth.

 

[Chris.B]

Intelligence in my opinion comes down to surroundings/upbringing pure and simple.

I have seen most kids do so much better in school after their parents moved out the hood.

I'm an example.

 

[Pazzy]

it depends on what type of intelligence we're talking about. people are smart or dumb in different thinking areas if their brain is working properly.

 

[Tom]

So its possible for a teenager who is so dumb that he doesn't even know what 2+2 is to become a Harvard graduate if the right time and effort is put forth?


I dunno bros, everything else about our physical appearance and personality resides in our genes. You could map out a persons complete genome and narrow down exactly how they would most likely die and what diseases they are susceptible to all from DNA/genes. I have a hard time accepting the fact that intelligence is solely nurture.

 

[Pazzy]

So its possible for a teenager to be so dumb that he doesn't even know what 2+2 is become a Harvard graduate if the right time and effort is put forth?

is it possible for someone like george w. bush, a c student in yale, to become president twice?

 

[Tom]

is it possible for someone like george w. bush, a c student in yale, to become president twice?

Bush wasn't dumb


he was just bout that YOLO and didn't give a sh1t about square sh1t like grades


or running a country


if he wanted to he could have gotten straight As tho, but why do that when ur dad is the president and u can get away with it?

 

[humble Hermit]

:tellmemore: Underlying racial tones coming up soon

 

[Daniel.]

i don't look at intelligence as a general thing and view it more as something that can vary based on environment, region, circumstance, etc. at that point, intelligence to me is more the ability and capacity to adapt to the world around you to fulfill whatever needs that are there (my intelligence in brooklyn, ny would serve me little purpose of let's say, the bushes of some area in africa and vice versa). that said, all of those factors would play a part - having the capacity to learn the necessary things, the ability to apply it and the right individuals around to help you cultivate it will ultimately translate to your intelligence.

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

it's both, genetics and environment