unqombothi:
If you’d like to have a child and wants to meet a man who wants to have a child (without marriage), please DM or email unqombothi (at) gmail. com

Kobojunkie:
What is the man's IQ abeg? Nigeria is littered with people of terribly low IQ levels, and worse, ruled by more of the same. Women should start seeking out only men with high IQs to breed with to tip the scales.

Jeon:
I need to see the man's mother before I can say yes. E get y.


Because pikin na the mama intelligence dem dy inherited.

Kobojunkie:
What is the man's IQ abeg? Nigeria is littered with people of terribly low IQ levels, and worse, ruled by more of the same. Women should start seeking out only men with high IQs to breed with to tip the scales.

9182736455O1999:
■ So women are destined to have low IQs and it shouldn't matter. It's always the men that should have this and that.

That said, there is little doubt that there is a heritable component of intelligence. Whatever forms intelligence might take, it is ultimately about problem-solving, and the best problem-solvers are the ones who live to reproduce. Although the idea of genes “for” intelligence is a fallacy, there are many genes whose function affects intelligence. The survival value of different alleles of these genes is highly dependent on the environment, not least the societal and cultural environment in which they operate. Few, if any, of these alleles make their bearers “more” intelligent. They are instead likely to affect the forms that intelligence takes.

It is not remotely plausible that all of the genes that affect intelligence are inherited from the mother, but that is not what the linked research claims - rather, it claims that a preponderance is. There are a few mechanisms by which this could happen:

◍ Several genes that affect intelligence could be located on the X chromosome. Since males have only one X, and inherit it from their mothers, their intelligence might be more closely linked to their mothers than to their fathers.
◍ Genetic imprinting [1] [2] [3] can cause genes inherited from one parent to be preferentially suppressed. This seems to be what the new research is claiming. Although this is plausible, I’d wait for a few more confirmatory studies before accepting it as fact.
◍ Mitochondria are inherited (almost) exclusively from the mother. Though mitochondrial genes might not seem to be genes “for” intelligence, brains are voracious consumers of metabolic energy - which is supplied by mitochondria. Better mitochondria are likely to translate to better brain function.

A lot of the research cited in the article claims to show that children’s intelligence is more closely correlated with that of their mothers than their fathers. Well, duh. So long as mothers are the primary caregivers, they are also the primary architects of their child’s environment during the period of critical brain development. Of course, smart mothers tend to raise smart children. Raising children to be good problem solvers is itself a problem to be solved, and mothers with better brains are likely to do a better job of it.

The genetics of intelligence is one of the LaBrea Tarpits of science. It is covered with the sticky tar of subjectivity and is still struggling to climb out of the tar and onto a firm objective footing.
Do We Really Inherit Intelligence From Our Mothers?

9182736455O1999:

So women are destined to have low IQs and it should'nt matter. It's always the men that should have this and that.

Kobojunkie:
What is the man's IQ abeg? Nigeria is littered with people of terribly low IQ levels, and worse, ruled by more of the same. Women should start seeking out only men with high IQs to breed with to tip the scales.

unqombothi:

Yea, very high IQ man.

Kobojunkie:
show proof . Attach a copy of his IQ test result make we see.