11.01.2012

Article: If Smart Is the Norm, Stupidity Gets More Interesting

As David Dobbs states in his article "Few of us are as smart as we’d like to be. You’re sharper than Jim (maybe) but dull next to Jane. Human intelligence varies. And this matters, because smarter people generally earn more money, enjoy better health, raise smarter children, feel happier and, just to rub it in, live longer as well. But where does intelligence come from? How is it built? Researchers have tried hard to find the answer in our genes. With the rise of inexpensive genome sequencing, they’ve analyzed the genomes of thousands of people, looking for gene variants that clearly affect intelligence, and have found a grand total of two." Check out the article - "If Smart Is the Norm, Stupidity Gets More Interesting" is a great read.

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