2007-05-23 16:20:50 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
When comparing species, it's the ratio of brain mass to body mass -- it takes more brain to control a bigger body than a small body. (It's actually a little more mathematically complicated, but I don't quite get it.)
Within a species, it turns out, brain size is completely irrelevant.
There's no correlation between the size (well, within the normal range of brain sizes; not talking birth defects here) of a person's brain and how smart they are.
People who are measuring intelligence by brain size don't know what they're talking about.
2007-05-23 17:48:28 · answer #1 · answered by tehabwa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uhhh.....the elephants and whales I've seen also have a lot more body mass than humans. How does their brain sizes compare to human brain sizes when you take their weight into consideration?
2007-05-23 23:25:16 · answer #2 · answered by missingora 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's not the size of the brain, It's what it contains. I rather have a small brain that contains a lot than a large brain that contains nothing.
2007-05-27 18:05:33 · answer #3 · answered by Perspective 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they don't measure by size, but by functionality. the human brain has more functionality than most animal brains regardless of size, except for dolphins, which may be more intelligent than man, but has no way to communicate to us in a manner we can interpret and understand. it may be that we are not as intelligent as some animals, but they may have limitations we are unable to deal with, or have functionality we cannot understand.
2007-05-23 23:26:27 · answer #4 · answered by de bossy one 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes but they are larger overall.
2007-05-23 23:32:17 · answer #5 · answered by Angelacia baybeeeeee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋