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How important is head size for intelligence? How come head sizes differ so much, I can't imagine someone with a small head is as smart as someone with a giant head, even imagining the difference in brain size, there's just no way.

>> No.12517163

Brain size relative to body mass probably has something to do with intelligence.

A blue whale has a massive brain but lots of that is just used up to recieve and send signals to the vast amount of tissues it has. Likewise a bigger man has a larger brain than a smaller one but he is not necessarily smarter.

If you control for body mass you control for the non-intelligent parts of the brain that recieves, for example, sensory signals or sends out various signaling substances into the blood.

>> No.12517451

>>12517163
pure headlet cope

its essential. massive skull=high iq

tiny skull equals retarded. look at smart people heads, always big. look at microcephalics...always retarded

>> No.12517470

>>12517451
Sure, if you are the same weight as someone else but your brain is bigger, you are probably smarter.

>> No.12517521

>>12517451
>its essential. massive skull=high iq
Cool, that's why dolphins are smarter than humans, right?

>> No.12519744

>>12517521
they evolved bigger penises and spend more time using them. they also can do unique things humans cant.

so u tell me

>> No.12519769

>>>/b/843425036
this is being talked about on /b/ right now

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>>12517451
Smol