Author: Graham Laight
Date: 11:26:08 12/22/99
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On December 22, 1999 at 12:18:51, Fernando Villegas wrote: >I suspect that human intelligence is only partially related to the mass of >neurons it has in his brain. Without a minimum certainly it would not be capable >of being what it is, but once that a minimal mass is granted, what matters is >relations and the quality of relations, the "program". In a recent discovery >about the brain of Einstein, it follows that his superiority was not related to >the total mass of it -in fact it was less heavy than average brains- but in the >specific richness of a tiny zone of his brain that has a tiny fraction of >neurons. And even there I tend to believe that Einstein was Einsteien due not to >that, but to the way he used that little portion of his brain. The patterns, the >way you see the world, the algorythms of your thinking are the clue. That's >reason of differences in the way of thinking of each man respect to any other >man AND of the category that each specific kind of thinking has in certain field >compared with others. >Fernando Anyone know what Einstein's IQ was? Having said that, IQ tests are known to have cultural bias - but it would be interesting to know anyway.
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