Originally Posted By: Astro14
Originally Posted By: turtlevette
Originally Posted By: Astro14
I wouldn't know about pilots' intelligence in general, so I won't argue your observation.
But if you're judging a person solely on the basis of their occupation, then you're both superficial and a snob.
To say it's genetic is worse than being a snob. Smacks of a master race type mentality.
But it is genetic, to a large degree.
You want to win an Olympic medal? Choose your parents carefully. You need certain genetic traits, certain physical attributes that come from heredity. Without them, all the training in the world won't get you that podium.
Is your point that intelligence is completely random?
I don't buy that at all...you've never heard the expression, "the apple doesn't fall far from the tree"? It's still around because, to a large degree, it's true.
Since you have already made specious assumptions about me, based on one data point, my present profession, we won't use my children as an example.
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as astro says, intelligence IS, to a large degree, genetic.
the jay leno video is funny, and very revealing.
for a laugh, I punched up "ranking of education systems", and a site showed reading, writing, and math skills' rankings, by country.since most here are americans, I looked at u.s. rankings.the numbers weren't good. of the top 65 countries, the u.s. ranked 24th in reading, 36 in writing, and 28th in math.
one would think that such an advanced country that spends a lot of money on education would rank higher.believe what you want about these numbers.
have a good day, all.