Wei_Dai comments on Q&A with Harpending and Cochran - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Wei_Dai 11 May 2010 06:14:29AM 7 points [-]

We think that we know a little bit about how to raise intelligence. Just turn down the suppression of early CNS growth. If you do that in one way the eyeball grows too big and you are nearsighted, which is highly correlated with intelligence.

That's interesting. I found a 2006 paper which argued that a genetic mutation is responsible for myopia, and that it also increases intelligence, but the specific gene and mechanism involved were apparently still unknown at that time. Has there been some more recent research results on this topic?

Comment author: harpend 12 May 2010 05:57:06PM 4 points [-]

There is apparently a research group in China that has some solid results but I have not seen them and do not know if they are out yet.

HCH