Comments on: Intelligence Did Not Matter Much http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2008/06/24/intelligence-did-not-matter-much.html High-minded, fanatically malthusian perspectives Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:09:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dan tdaxp http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2008/06/24/intelligence-did-not-matter-much.html/comment-page-1#comment-92610 Dan tdaxp Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:39:12 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/?p=5684#comment-92610 razib, It's an honor for you to comment here. Thanks for the further information! :-) razib,

It’s an honor for you to comment here.

Thanks for the further information! :-)

]]> By: razib http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2008/06/24/intelligence-did-not-matter-much.html/comment-page-1#comment-91179 razib Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:16:30 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/?p=5684#comment-91179 you're right that there's a lot more unsaid there. i would add though that the main issue is that heritability & continuity entail that there wasn't a strong bout of directional or purifying selection because there's still extant variation. OTOH, you could imagine a scenario where frequency dependent forces keep a balance of polymorphisms within the population. so various intelligent or personality morphs weren't exactly fitness irrelevant, but, they when at equilibrium there wasn't a difference from mean population fitness. you’re right that there’s a lot more unsaid there. i would add though that the main issue is that heritability & continuity entail that there wasn’t a strong bout of directional or purifying selection because there’s still extant variation. OTOH, you could imagine a scenario where frequency dependent forces keep a balance of polymorphisms within the population. so various intelligent or personality morphs weren’t exactly fitness irrelevant, but, they when at equilibrium there wasn’t a difference from mean population fitness.

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