Comments on: does high IQ equal longer life? http://worldofweirdthings.com/2009/03/13/does-high-iq-equal-longer-life/ exploring science, the strange and the unknown Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:50:00 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: gfish http://worldofweirdthings.com/2009/03/13/does-high-iq-equal-longer-life/#comment-4877 gfish Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:45:35 +0000 http://worldofweirdthings.com/?p=2433#comment-4877 Actually those genes would be unrelated since they'd be housed on different sets of chromosomes and affect different cells in the body. But that's the thing about passing on genetic material. You get the good genes and the bad genes 3 billion bases at a time. Actually those genes would be unrelated since they’d be housed on different sets of chromosomes and affect different cells in the body. But that’s the thing about passing on genetic material. You get the good genes and the bad genes 3 billion bases at a time.

]]> By: dad2059 http://worldofweirdthings.com/2009/03/13/does-high-iq-equal-longer-life/#comment-4876 dad2059 Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:33:07 +0000 http://worldofweirdthings.com/?p=2433#comment-4876 <i>the study doesnt consider environments in which an IQ score to put MENSA to shame wouldnt be of any use. For example, soldiers in active war zones and people who live in dangerous places survive partly thanks to luck. Their intelligence wont save them from a stray bullet or a bomb placed in just the right place at just the wrong time...</i> Also it doesn't include inheriting crappy genes either. The same genes that carry a propencity for higher intelligence might also carry traits that trigger diabetes, heart disease and a liver that turns everything one eats into sludge. Trust me on this. the study doesnt consider environments in which an IQ score to put MENSA to shame wouldnt be of any use. For example, soldiers in active war zones and people who live in dangerous places survive partly thanks to luck. Their intelligence wont save them from a stray bullet or a bomb placed in just the right place at just the wrong time…

Also it doesn’t include inheriting crappy genes either.

The same genes that carry a propencity for higher intelligence might also carry traits that trigger diabetes, heart disease and a liver that turns everything one eats into sludge.

Trust me on this.

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