• Question: Is there any way of telling how intelligent someone will be by looking at them as a baby??

    Asked by purplegiraffe to Damien, Rachael, Simon, Suzi, Tim on 18 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Suzi Gage

      Suzi Gage answered on 18 Jun 2011:

      Hi @purplegiraffe
      I think that just by LOOKING at them, there would be no way to tell how intelligent they would be, unless they had an obvious sign of a disease that is known to affect intelligence.

      If by ‘looking’ you mean experimenting, then although I don’t think you could predict it exactly, I think you could have a go at working out roughly how intelligent a child would be. You can look at their parents, at the environment they will grow up in, and at other factors on their life, and make an ‘educated guess’.

      I don’t think you can tell for definite though, because things that happen to you while you’re growing up can also affect your intelligence.

      Hope this helps 🙂

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