Author: Fernando Villegas
Date: 13:55:41 12/22/99
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On December 22, 1999 at 14:26:08, Graham Laight wrote: >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. If my memory serves me well, Einstein was IQ 205.... Another historical IQ according to some studies: Napoleon: 140 Goethe: 180 Washington: 145 Darwin: 135 !!!! (high but less than some people here...) Fernando
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