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> There are correlations to problems in the general population.

> There are correlations to problems in the general population. For examples, homosexuality and narcotics usage. The latter of which is not a problem - for those people. More generally: longevity is a accurate indicator of all net problems for people, ranging from social problems to suicide to schizophrenia to drug abuse to disease rates. Is longevity lower for the high-IQ? No, it is not. It is higher. So much for your 'inextricably complex web'. > Longevity and physical attractiveness are correlated. I believe this is mostly driven by the low-end, is it not? All those 'funny-looking kids'. > If I could lay $500 that these efforts will completely fail with animals, I would. You can't, of course, because that would be a waste of time; there are no measures of general intelligence nearly as well-validated with any animals as for humans (whether you want to specify cognitive functioning or life outcomes), and if there were, no one would bother to capture nearly enough genomes or genotypes to nail down the respective variants.

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> There are correlations to problems in the general population.

gwernOct 17, 2014, 2:22 AM

> There are correlations to problems in the general population. For examples, homosexuality and narcotics usage. The latter of which is not a problem - for those people. More generally: longevity is a accurate indicator of all net problems for people, ranging from social problems to suicide to schizophrenia to drug abuse to disease rates. Is longevity lower for the high-IQ? No, it is not. It is higher. So much for your 'inextricably complex web'. > Longevity and physical attractiveness are correlated. I believe this is mostly driven by the low-end, is it not? All those 'funny-looking kids'. > If I could lay $500 that these efforts will completely fail with animals, I would. You can't, of course, because that would be a waste of time; there are no measures of general intelligence nearly as well-validated with any animals as for humans (whether you want to specify cognitive functioning or life outcomes), and if there were, no one would bother to capture nearly enough genomes or genotypes to nail down the respective variants.

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