what makes some people more intelligent than the others?

Answer 1

A combination of nature and nuture.

Answer 2

Everything matters!
It's not only genetics, it's also education and a lot of other factors such as social background, diet, and the type of test which is being used to measure "intelligence", which is not a well defined thing, by any means .
Studies have shown that if you take a group of orphans and split them in two, putting one group in with foster parents and leaving the rest in the orphanage, the ones with foster parents will grow up more intelligent, and better suited to coping with the demands of the world. We are social animals and we crave the example of those around us. If it was just genetics, we would run off independently soon after birth like sea turtles.
There's a very good one-word reason for our long, dependent childhood: EDUCATION!

Answer 3

Its basically brains, something you inherit, however, like most complex things, it requires a good start, so if it is not encouraged by a good environment, then it will sometimes fail to develop.

The grey matter - your nano cortex is the most powerful computing device - but unlike the laptop or PC, it has no workshop manual, thus intelligence is simply a person who has mastered the use of their own computer.

Some intelligent people are socially stupid; you can be bright as a button in a narrow area, or reasonably balanced in your thinking. The sooner you start to organise the brain however, the better it gets at creating the links to recall information.

When we were an infant, we put equal emphasis to all the sensory information that we experienced. As our brains develop, we are taught to read, to accept new information in a visual manner, but the basic teaching style is audio, spoken tuition, so these are the two main dominant styles of learning.

However, there are 4 recognised styles, visual (60%) audio (40%) and Kineastic (movement 12%)

So you may notice that the maths do not add up, well they do, because we learn in a combination of these styles. Only about 4% of the kine-acetic learners will be totally dependent on movement to learn.

Memory uses chemical links and your brain is pre-determined in its layout by the ear that firsts switches on inside your mother’s womb. The ear starts to build the sub-conscious brain.

If your mother has a stressful pregnancy, then much of the babies reactions to danger will be established in the womb with chemical signals, and these simply have to be re-forced in the infancy years. Poor children are simply born with more street cred - rich children potentially have an easier chance of developing abstract thinking in adult life, because their early childhood was devoid of distractions, however, they are more likely to be socially inept.

Children that open both ears in the womb are dyslexic; they divide their brains into four, before birth. Thus Dyslexics are potentially are better at storing information, but learn in a different way to non dyslexics, so if not recognised, will slip behind normal children to the point of being less able to compete at school.

Early education is dedicated to building the conscious brain. At 11 the cranium joints start to fuse, and the brain then is capable of abstract thought, as it has reached its full dimensions.

At 21, the joints fuse, and your intellect is at its peak, however learning continues. I have been tested and it was discovered that I had a high IQ. However, I would like to think that I was intelligent, however this test only proves that I am good at Intelligence Questionairs, It does not prove my intelligence..

Answer 4

I think it depends on the subject as to whether someone is intelligent. I work at a university and most of the professors have a PhD. However, outside of their field they can be the most unintelligent people on earth. I am amazed everyday as to how these people make it through the day. Also how in the world they were able to go all the way through a doctorate.

Answer 5

Intelligence depends on a number of factors. Genetic makeup, family background, living conditions, interest in learning, other people's influences, all contribute to how intelligent a person is perceived as being.

Answer 6

I think that it's how you were raised, but also has to do with genetics and whether or not you read! People who read for pleasure are generally better at comprehension, spelling, writing and speaking. They are more intelligent and make a better impression on others as having a well-developed intellect.

Answer 7

I have come to believe "Common sense" is the true intelligence. With out it, even those with high IQ's are worthless most of the time.

Genetics plays half the part in it. The other half is if your parents instill within you the commonsense needed to simply balance a checkbook.

Answer 8

I understand it to be a mixture of environment, genetics, childhood stimulation, our parents, our schooling, the weather, the opportunities, your peer group, the list is endless,

Like a flower, starts as a seed in a pot, if you water it, and give it lots of day light, not too much sun, not too much draft, sing to it, and you have a flowering intelligent flower/person. Taaadaaaa!

Answer 9

Albert Einstein say: "It is not that I am smarter, I only stay with the problems longer." Most of what we consider intelligence is actually foot work. the thinking and rethinking of the problem with the intention to find a solution for something that we really care about.

Answer 10

I have spent fifty years putting it down to environmental factors more than inherited characteristics.

It is possible to learn how to perform better at IQ tests.

But I avoided mixing with the thickos. I now tend to think that there are chemical brain reasons, but these may be learned over a long period of time.

Answer 11

Genetics