Comments on: Intelligence Depends More on Genes than Environment

By: Lei

Lei — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 00:58:23 +0000

Dear No one, I don't disagree with you. But I still don't believe that limitations are clear cut. Nothing in Nature is esp. now that we have so many technological advances.

How many times have you heard someone with cancer being given a couple of months to live but they end up living for another 10 years? Or children who are not expected to ever talk but do.

So many people prove the "experts" wrong. We can strive to stretch our limitations are far as we can go. I may never be a Nobel Prize winner, but I can still work hard at my research, right?

By: No one you know

No one you know — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 00:20:13 +0000

"I refuse to believe that my son or any other child has clear cut, pre-determined limitations."

Oh fer cryin’ out loud! So you believe that "every child can grow up to be president"?! The fact that genetics determines how intelligent one is says nothing about achieving such potential *as one has* – but there are ALWAYS limits — they’re not "clear-cut" but they are surely predetermined! Do you claim a person with an IQ of 85 can graduate summa cum laude from Hardvard, if only he works hard enough?! Why can so many people NOT grasp the truths of Nature?!

By: Gloria

Gloria — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 02:15:30 +0000

so right Lei, so right! and i hate it if some people will say otherwise. )

By: Lei

Lei — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 02:00:54 +0000

Glo, You got it! We’re not just a package of genes walking around in a bubble.

By: glo

glo — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 01:44:32 +0000

No matter your genetic endowment, you have to work to make the most of yourself. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Not even scientists.
===I totally agree!!

that's why there's such a thing as
G X E.

not genetics alone but environment(in general)too.