the only reason they are "irrelevant" is because you cannot explain them with your theory.First off, am I really obligated to answer these pointless questions to make my point? No. I'm not. Exceptions to the rule do not disprove a general rule. In this thread I am mainly concerned that brain size is an important factor in human intelligence. All published scientific research supports this assertion. My unwillingness to answer your pointless questions about pigmys and false blue whales does absolutely zero harm to my argument.
What you should really be doing is try disprove and discredit the scientists who have published the research which shows that brain size and IQ are powerfully correlated. That's what you should be doing. You know? You should criticize their methods. You should criticize their characters. You should call them racists. You should be criticizing the scientists who are saying that brain size matters. However, you should keep in mind that there are an extremely small number of scientists who will flat-out say that size does not matter. They do not want to be ridiculed.
So yeah, you should criticize the scientists--not bother asking me pointless and irrelevant questions.
If brain size does not matter, why is it an objective fact that smarter people have larger brains?
In my experience smarter people are generally a whole lot stupider then average person, they yust have a bigger mouth
why is it an objective fact that you cannot tell how intelligent someone is by measuring their headsize?Thanks for the links, leopold1. They seem interesting and I'm going to take some time to read them after I do my Accounting homework. In the meantime, mayhaps you can answer a question for me:
If brain size does not matter, why is it an objective fact that smarter people have larger brains?
Why? Because large brains don't always mean higher intelligence. That's why.why is it an objective fact that you cannot tell how intelligent someone is by measuring their headsize?
I seriously doubt the veracity of this statement. However, I'll take it as I think you mean it. "Why do some animals with brains larger than humans have lower intelligence than humans?" This has already been answered in this thread. It's because they have different wiring. The brains are different. Therefore, direct comparisons between them are invalid.why is it an objective fact that pigmys with brains the size of 2 year olds have normal intelligence?
Also the definition of "intelligence" strongly favors humans because they wrote it...."Why do some animals with brains larger than humans have lower intelligence than humans?" This has already been answered in this thread. It's because they have different wiring. The brains are different. Therefore, direct comparisons between them are invalid.