What are some correlations with high IQ?
According to this site and others I have researched, the high IQ person was statistically more likely to breastfed as a child, so leading scientists claim that breastmilk raises the IQ.
Though the raised IQ has naturally been attributed to the actual superior nutrition of the live milk vs. dead formula, it seems according to further study on the subject, it is more a choice smart and older moms make. According to studies, "Breastfed children do tend to score higher on intelligence tests, but they also tend to come from more advantaged backgrounds."
This ties into many other studies that make correlations, saying that children born :
- from a mother 30 years old or older
- in families with a higher socio-economic status
- in families with only a few children
- in families that play classical music
- in families with a lot of books at home, or who read to their children
-in bonded families where the children feel safe
-in families that eat more protein/meat.
-and families that eat healthy food
Will have a higher IQ and be smarter than those without these correlations.
While these do hint at connections, correlations simply do not equate with causation.
The evidence seems to show in the end, that all of those things of environment, have little to no effect on IQ. . .though they are correlated with it.
"The role of family experience is now in serious dispute. Psychometric intelligence is a case in point. Do differences between children's family environments (within the normal range) produce differences in their intelligence test performance? The problem here is to disentangle causation from correlation. There is no doubt that such variables as resources of the home and parents' use of language are correlated with children's IQ scores, but such correlations may be mediated by genetic as well as (or instead of) environmental factors." Source
For more on this, check out this professor's talk.Other correlated things like: Traveling, eating chocolate, eating meat, nail biting, being homosexual or being left handed are also not going to make you smart. (Although I'm willing to attempt the first few.)
While I can explain away nearly everything claiming to help IQ as just correlations, there are a few possible ones that seem to actually help your brain. Healthy food (but is also more likely a correlation with intelligent behavior), and aerobic exercise, which increases your circulation.
I have read and found in my personal experience the odds of things happening to and tendencies of the high and low IQ, a smattering of which are below:
(To skip them in detail, go to the end in red.)
"People with IQs between 75 and 90 are 88 times more likely to drop out of high school, seven times more likely to be jailed, and five times more likely as adults to live in poverty than people with IQs between 110 and 125. The 75-to-90 IQ woman is eight times more likely to become a chronic welfare recipient, and four times as likely to bear an illegitimate child than the 110-to-125-IQ woman."
Source
It's not all peaches and cream to have a high IQ though. Getting into the brain of a smart person you may see they don't have it very easy in other ways. Check out this chart compiling many of the studies.
The higher the IQ, the higher the sense of individuality and the independence of mind. Exceptionally gifted people care (much) less about what other people think of them, and are less sensitive to praise, and even less to flattery.
Studies have shown that people with exceptionally high IQ tend to perform much worse then they are capable of academically as children, because they tend to not try and get bored too quickly during lessons. Also, they often couldn't care less about praise, rewards or bribery (what's so great about being praised by someone less intelligent than you, huh ?).
High IQ people often couldn't care less about being accepted socially, and are also unlikely to feel lonely. Maybe it is because they have a very heightened sense of "self". (In other words they come off as both geeky, eccentric, arrogant and self assured. . .consequently with not many friends.)
They feel pressured to openly say, preach or write what they think, especially when they hear something that conflicts with their beliefs, reasoning or knowledge. . .if they care about the people listening that is. (Concern pushes them to debate and correct people on the internet constantly, in their love of truth.) In fact, they often value truth, facts and logic more than friendships.
Gifted people only care about social conventions they agree with, and (harshly) criticize the others. They live in an inner world where anything that is not rational is wrong and should be changed. (i.e. religion.)
Their disregard for conventional thinking, combined with a creative and independent mind, often make them coin new words (often just for fun, to see the reaction of those who care about conventions), or use rare and big words.
Typical high-IQ people are constantly thinking about something. High IQ people are often worried about a problem, thinking about solutions...
They end up having little time and energy left (and little motivation) for ordinary chit-chat or life.
Because they are constantly thinking so deeply in "another world", they tend to be more forgetful of trivial things. (I.E. picture "The absent minded professor".) This is a biological difference in the way they think, in order to block out the trivial, so they can focus on the important, or their passion.
They have stronger individual interests than average ("passions" for some topics or activities, for instance, mine of origins and racial issues in connection with them.). Once they get into something, they want to know everything about it (which can make them look like geeks or freaks to ordinary average IQ folk). High IQ correlates strongly with exceptional concentration abilities.
High IQ people are quite stubborn until they know or understand how something works. High IQ children are known for always asking "why" questions, and never give up until they get a satisfactory answer.
One thing that normally irritates people with high IQ is asking them to explain something (often complex), then stop listening in the middle of their explanations. Exceptionally gifted people just can't understand why one would ask a question and not care about the answer, when they visibly do not understand that topic. For this reason, high IQ people are often irritated and have little patience for the people with lower IQ, or those with little knowledge of their topics of interest, or desire to learn about them.
High IQ children get irritated when they or an authority/ teacher has to constantly repeat what they say and cater to slower people. If it is a subject they are particularly interested in, they usually have learned everything by themselves beforehand, which can create conflicts with the authority/teacher. High IQ children or adults less socially minded, will publicly correct the authority or teacher's slightest mistake. That can be their way of showing that they shouldn't be sitting in that class in a humiliating position of inferiority, when they know as much or more than the one teaching them. (Making them either a teacher's pet, or a heckler!)
Exceptionally gifted people tend to be hyperactive, eat a lot and sleep a lot (because the brain uses so much energy), or on the contrary eat and sleep very little (these are exceptions, like Napoleon and Edison, probably due to a different metabolism).
As noted in the chart, studies show intelligent people stay up later, but living in a ghetto briefly, where the IQ was likely an average of 80, there was nonstop noise of domestic fights and cops through the wee hours of the morning. . .so I don't believe that one is true of all groups personally. . .
It is inconceivable to a high IQ person to be mediocre. They are born perfectionists (for what they care about). A sign of perfectionism and thus high IQ, is nail biting. Due to passions in few areas, high IQ people are often "discouraged perfectionists" for everything else, leading to a high rate of depression.
Other negative associations with high IQ as stated in the chart are: substance abuse.
"British scientists published the results of a long-term study showing that smart people were more likely to be drunks. They found the same link between high intelligence and psychoactive drug use. It also turns out that intelligent people are much more likely to indulge in illicit substances such as marijuana, Ecstasy, cocaine and heroin. I think of Sherlock Holmes and his drug habit, and others especially in Hollywood. . ."
"One theory explaining the link between substance abuse and intelligence is that both alcohol and drugs are novel substances, in evolutionary terms. Humans have been consuming alcohol for only about 10,000 years, or around the biblical timeline. . . So when something is novel, the curiouser and most intelligent among us are more likely to want to try it out."
Also high IQ people are just plain unhappy and cynical people.
Although the jury is still out on them being unhappy, if it is true, I can guess their reasons would fall around these lines. . .
Often unhappy and cynical people are suspected to be that way and going for the alcohol and drugs to forget their misery, due to not having God in their heart.
In reality though, it's more likely a sign that they have thought very deeply about God, and consequently rejected the mainstream thoughts about him.
Freethinking, high IQ people are highly correlated with Atheism and heretical disbelief in religion. . .while religiousness and dogma correlates with lower IQ.
Consequently, these are the states with the lowest average IQs.
Interestingly, the more conservative churches are, the lower the average IQ in the studies (not true of cults, but definitely more common independent churches in my experience), while politically conservative people have a higher IQ than liberals in other studies.
Religion is also correlated with wealth, because those who are wealthy are also those who have a higher IQ.
"High g [or IQ] individuals will gravitate towards atheism or science, will discard supernatural phenomena, and will learn fast and prosper. Average g individuals will find one of several moderate liberal denominations more to their taste, will display average learning, and will accordingly assume an intermediate socio-economic standing. Low g individuals will to submit to one of the many dogmatic denominations, will be slow learners, and will attain a low socio-economic status that accord with their limited cognitive
complexity and closed mind. " Source
This map shows the wage correlated with IQ around the world.
A recent article in Psychological Science revealed that in a study of 90 countries, the "intelligence of the people, particularly the smartest 5 percent, made a big contribution to the strength of their economies."
Source (What does that say about the ones with a low IQ, and the effect on the world economy?)
Take a look back at that first map of the religiosity and thus IQ of the different US states, and knowing what population lives there, do you see why the property values are now near to those found in 3rd world countries? That land is worth much less not because the property is dry, too wet, ugly, too cold or too hot. . .it's worth much less ONLY because the economy is bad, due to the IQ being lowered by the blacks from the time of slavery, because yes, IQ differs between races. . .
As well as between continents. . .this representing the original inhabitant's IQ.
"The Bell Curve by Richard Lynn's (1991) first brought these studies to the public. Since then an African IQ of 70 has been confirmed in at least three studies since, each of which used Raven's Progressive Matrices, a test regarded as an excellent measure of the non-verbal component of general intelligence and one not bound by culturally specific information. Kenneth Owen (1992) found it (a mean IQ of 70) in a sample of over 1,000 South African 13-year-olds, Fred Zin v,mm di (1994), a Black Zimbabwean, found it in a study of 12- to 14-year olds in Zimbabwe, and Richard Lynn (1994a) found it in a study of Ethiopian immigrants to Israel."
25 African nations have IQs lower than 70! The average of the lowest 24 is 66, which were the places the slaves mainly came from. . . so the IQ of blacks brought to the Americas as slaves was an average of 70. (With the exception of the Igbo -mixed hebrew- tribe that came mainly as indentured servants.) IF the IQ of the offspring of mixed race parents is a simple average, and since American blacks have 20% Caucasoid genes whose ancestor's IQs were around 100, THEN we'd expect American blacks to have an average IQ of 76 (borderline retarded). And in fact charts show close to that when tested in mass as a race.
Whites peeking in the 100 range, while blacks peek at about 80.
(As a note of interest, Koko the Gorilla's IQ was 85, being in a constant learning atmosphere. . .)
This level of black mental disability is consistent with the performance of mostly or all black cities like Washington, DC, Detroit, New Orleans, and Gary, Indiana. . .one of which Bill O-Reilly has compared to caveman levels of achievement, and scores like they were guessing.
This is highly correlated with, and confirmed by other tests in schools, finding the Blacks to be consistently at the far bottom when tested by the average. (Note, this is science of averages, not what your college educated black friend's IQ is.) Source Source
(To skip them in detail, go to the end in red.)
"People with IQs between 75 and 90 are 88 times more likely to drop out of high school, seven times more likely to be jailed, and five times more likely as adults to live in poverty than people with IQs between 110 and 125. The 75-to-90 IQ woman is eight times more likely to become a chronic welfare recipient, and four times as likely to bear an illegitimate child than the 110-to-125-IQ woman."
Source
It's not all peaches and cream to have a high IQ though. Getting into the brain of a smart person you may see they don't have it very easy in other ways. Check out this chart compiling many of the studies.
Studies have shown that people with exceptionally high IQ tend to perform much worse then they are capable of academically as children, because they tend to not try and get bored too quickly during lessons. Also, they often couldn't care less about praise, rewards or bribery (what's so great about being praised by someone less intelligent than you, huh ?).
High IQ people often couldn't care less about being accepted socially, and are also unlikely to feel lonely. Maybe it is because they have a very heightened sense of "self". (In other words they come off as both geeky, eccentric, arrogant and self assured. . .consequently with not many friends.)
They feel pressured to openly say, preach or write what they think, especially when they hear something that conflicts with their beliefs, reasoning or knowledge. . .if they care about the people listening that is. (Concern pushes them to debate and correct people on the internet constantly, in their love of truth.) In fact, they often value truth, facts and logic more than friendships.
Gifted people only care about social conventions they agree with, and (harshly) criticize the others. They live in an inner world where anything that is not rational is wrong and should be changed. (i.e. religion.)
Their disregard for conventional thinking, combined with a creative and independent mind, often make them coin new words (often just for fun, to see the reaction of those who care about conventions), or use rare and big words.
Typical high-IQ people are constantly thinking about something. High IQ people are often worried about a problem, thinking about solutions...
They end up having little time and energy left (and little motivation) for ordinary chit-chat or life.
Because they are constantly thinking so deeply in "another world", they tend to be more forgetful of trivial things. (I.E. picture "The absent minded professor".) This is a biological difference in the way they think, in order to block out the trivial, so they can focus on the important, or their passion.They have stronger individual interests than average ("passions" for some topics or activities, for instance, mine of origins and racial issues in connection with them.). Once they get into something, they want to know everything about it (which can make them look like geeks or freaks to ordinary average IQ folk). High IQ correlates strongly with exceptional concentration abilities.
High IQ people are quite stubborn until they know or understand how something works. High IQ children are known for always asking "why" questions, and never give up until they get a satisfactory answer.
One thing that normally irritates people with high IQ is asking them to explain something (often complex), then stop listening in the middle of their explanations. Exceptionally gifted people just can't understand why one would ask a question and not care about the answer, when they visibly do not understand that topic. For this reason, high IQ people are often irritated and have little patience for the people with lower IQ, or those with little knowledge of their topics of interest, or desire to learn about them.
High IQ children get irritated when they or an authority/ teacher has to constantly repeat what they say and cater to slower people. If it is a subject they are particularly interested in, they usually have learned everything by themselves beforehand, which can create conflicts with the authority/teacher. High IQ children or adults less socially minded, will publicly correct the authority or teacher's slightest mistake. That can be their way of showing that they shouldn't be sitting in that class in a humiliating position of inferiority, when they know as much or more than the one teaching them. (Making them either a teacher's pet, or a heckler!)Exceptionally gifted people tend to be hyperactive, eat a lot and sleep a lot (because the brain uses so much energy), or on the contrary eat and sleep very little (these are exceptions, like Napoleon and Edison, probably due to a different metabolism).
As noted in the chart, studies show intelligent people stay up later, but living in a ghetto briefly, where the IQ was likely an average of 80, there was nonstop noise of domestic fights and cops through the wee hours of the morning. . .so I don't believe that one is true of all groups personally. . .
It is inconceivable to a high IQ person to be mediocre. They are born perfectionists (for what they care about). A sign of perfectionism and thus high IQ, is nail biting. Due to passions in few areas, high IQ people are often "discouraged perfectionists" for everything else, leading to a high rate of depression.Other negative associations with high IQ as stated in the chart are: substance abuse.
"British scientists published the results of a long-term study showing that smart people were more likely to be drunks. They found the same link between high intelligence and psychoactive drug use. It also turns out that intelligent people are much more likely to indulge in illicit substances such as marijuana, Ecstasy, cocaine and heroin. I think of Sherlock Holmes and his drug habit, and others especially in Hollywood. . ."
"One theory explaining the link between substance abuse and intelligence is that both alcohol and drugs are novel substances, in evolutionary terms. Humans have been consuming alcohol for only about 10,000 years, or around the biblical timeline. . . So when something is novel, the curiouser and most intelligent among us are more likely to want to try it out."Also high IQ people are just plain unhappy and cynical people.
Although the jury is still out on them being unhappy, if it is true, I can guess their reasons would fall around these lines. . .
Often unhappy and cynical people are suspected to be that way and going for the alcohol and drugs to forget their misery, due to not having God in their heart.
In reality though, it's more likely a sign that they have thought very deeply about God, and consequently rejected the mainstream thoughts about him.
Freethinking, high IQ people are highly correlated with Atheism and heretical disbelief in religion. . .while religiousness and dogma correlates with lower IQ.
Consequently, these are the states with the lowest average IQs.
Interestingly, the more conservative churches are, the lower the average IQ in the studies (not true of cults, but definitely more common independent churches in my experience), while politically conservative people have a higher IQ than liberals in other studies.
Religion is also correlated with wealth, because those who are wealthy are also those who have a higher IQ.
"High g [or IQ] individuals will gravitate towards atheism or science, will discard supernatural phenomena, and will learn fast and prosper. Average g individuals will find one of several moderate liberal denominations more to their taste, will display average learning, and will accordingly assume an intermediate socio-economic standing. Low g individuals will to submit to one of the many dogmatic denominations, will be slow learners, and will attain a low socio-economic status that accord with their limited cognitive
complexity and closed mind. " Source
This map shows the wage correlated with IQ around the world.
A recent article in Psychological Science revealed that in a study of 90 countries, the "intelligence of the people, particularly the smartest 5 percent, made a big contribution to the strength of their economies."
Take a look back at that first map of the religiosity and thus IQ of the different US states, and knowing what population lives there, do you see why the property values are now near to those found in 3rd world countries? That land is worth much less not because the property is dry, too wet, ugly, too cold or too hot. . .it's worth much less ONLY because the economy is bad, due to the IQ being lowered by the blacks from the time of slavery, because yes, IQ differs between races. . .
As well as between continents. . .this representing the original inhabitant's IQ.
"The Bell Curve by Richard Lynn's (1991) first brought these studies to the public. Since then an African IQ of 70 has been confirmed in at least three studies since, each of which used Raven's Progressive Matrices, a test regarded as an excellent measure of the non-verbal component of general intelligence and one not bound by culturally specific information. Kenneth Owen (1992) found it (a mean IQ of 70) in a sample of over 1,000 South African 13-year-olds, Fred Zin v,mm di (1994), a Black Zimbabwean, found it in a study of 12- to 14-year olds in Zimbabwe, and Richard Lynn (1994a) found it in a study of Ethiopian immigrants to Israel."
25 African nations have IQs lower than 70! The average of the lowest 24 is 66, which were the places the slaves mainly came from. . . so the IQ of blacks brought to the Americas as slaves was an average of 70. (With the exception of the Igbo -mixed hebrew- tribe that came mainly as indentured servants.) IF the IQ of the offspring of mixed race parents is a simple average, and since American blacks have 20% Caucasoid genes whose ancestor's IQs were around 100, THEN we'd expect American blacks to have an average IQ of 76 (borderline retarded). And in fact charts show close to that when tested in mass as a race.
Whites peeking in the 100 range, while blacks peek at about 80.
(As a note of interest, Koko the Gorilla's IQ was 85, being in a constant learning atmosphere. . .)
This level of black mental disability is consistent with the performance of mostly or all black cities like Washington, DC, Detroit, New Orleans, and Gary, Indiana. . .one of which Bill O-Reilly has compared to caveman levels of achievement, and scores like they were guessing.
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