Anders Sandberg <asa@nada.kth.se> On 08 May 1998 Wrote:
>>Me:
>> The first genetic marker has been found for a gene that has a weak
>>but statistically real effect on IQ.
>This isn't as exciting as it sounds, unfortunately. The gene codes
>for an immune protein,
You must be thinking of something else, this was just reported and as far as
I know nobody knows what the gene codes for, in fact nobody has even found
the gene, Plomin found a marker that must be near the gene, the marker itself
is just a bit of nonfunctional junk DNA
>if you have a strong immune system, you have more time and energy
>in school (or elsewhere) where your brain will be trained.
If you're talking about children who do poorly in school maybe, although
history is full of sickly geniuses, in this case however we're talking about
children who's IQ range from a normal 100 to an unusual 160 and above.
I don't see how lack of sickness can explain that, I think they're on to
something.
John K Clark johnkc@well.com
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