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Testosterone vs. IQ (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 weeks ago by TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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Pictured: Outlier (155 IQ, 1650 testosterone ng/dl) carries control (110 IQ, 800 testosterone ng/dl).

Submitted as comment to "What must his life be like?" in Funny@sh.itjust.works, and felt that it justified a whole meme to tie it together.

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[–] tomi000@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I would say it is a decent indicator for mental qualities that are considered desitable by the current performance-driven economy.

On the other hand, people can very well be considered intelligent and have small IQ.

[–] TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I've heard it explained as practical intelligence vs. abstract intelligence. Understanding calculus won't help you frame a house, produce slate tiles for its roof, cast the iron for a potbelly stove that keeps it warm, etc., but it will help to calculate the trajectory of a space probe that your country is using to investigate an asteroid, or tap the stock market, do your own taxes without error, strategize saving/investment for your retirement, calculate the dimensions for a culvert that keeps a property from flooding, etc.

[–] fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com 0 points 1 week ago

Regardless of IQ I have never met an uneducated person worth spending time on. It doesn't need to be traditional, but if a person stops learning they are uninteresting.