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Thinking positively: The genetics of high intelligence

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136 points gwern | 1 comments | 01 Nov 15 23:33 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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danieltillett ◴[02 Nov 15 09:50 UTC] No.10490915[source]▶
I would be very surprised if high intelligence was anything other than the extreme edge of a normal distribution of the human population. For it to be anything other than this it would require people of high intelligence to be a sub-population that did not breed with the rest of humanity.
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vixen99 ◴[02 Nov 15 11:42 UTC] No.10491322[source]▶
'would require people of high intelligence to be a sub-population that did not breed with the rest of humanity' - which is increasingly what is happening with people of high ability & potential income of both sexes attending the same universities and mating. This polarization has been documented.
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1. astrodust ◴[02 Nov 15 16:48 UTC] No.10492941[source]▶
There are a lot of highly intelligent people at all levels of income distribution, so while there might be a polarization effect, it's not to the point of being segregation.

Intelligence can help you gain wealth, but if you're never given an opportunity or don't have a lot of drive you'll struggle perpetually.