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Thoran · 10-03-2003, 08:57 AM

I always though IQ tests were a pretty poor way to determine intelligence (and I scored 140... so I must be right! [img]tongue.gif[/img] ). The particular study IAmThumper referenced also indicated that girls are a bit smarter than guys (on average) all the way to their 20's... and it's only then that things equalize and in the 30's the guys gain a slight advantage. The total difference in both cases is small enough (a couple points) that it could easily be attributable to experimental error. If it is true, then I wonder if the guys being dumber in school has less to do with intelligence and more to do with which head guys think with all through their school years

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That chromosome thing is a load too (alhough your point is well taken), the Y chromosome has internal mechanisms for repairing errors that the referenced research either didn't know about or chose to ignore.

10-03-2003, 08:57 AM	#10
Thoran Galvatron Join Date: January 10, 2002 Location: Upstate NY Age: 56 Posts: 2,109	I always though IQ tests were a pretty poor way to determine intelligence (and I scored 140... so I must be right! [img]tongue.gif[/img] ). The particular study IAmThumper referenced also indicated that girls are a bit smarter than guys (on average) all the way to their 20's... and it's only then that things equalize and in the 30's the guys gain a slight advantage. The total difference in both cases is small enough (a couple points) that it could easily be attributable to experimental error. If it is true, then I wonder if the guys being dumber in school has less to do with intelligence and more to do with which head guys think with all through their school years . That chromosome thing is a load too (alhough your point is well taken), the Y chromosome has internal mechanisms for repairing errors that the referenced research either didn't know about or chose to ignore.