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JoeRedskin · 06-22-2007, 03:56 PM

I'm the third of five, but the eldest son. My Dad was, shall we say, old school and I was often treated as the eldest. All my siblings are intelligent but I am the only one that went on to an advanced degree.

It would be interesting to me to see what role gender plays in the matter: Will and oldest son be more or less intelligent than an oldest daugther.

At the same time, there are so many variables in the factors that go into intelligence, to isolate just one seems fairly difficult.

06-22-2007, 03:56 PM	#10
JoeRedskin Contains football related knowledge Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Second Star On The Right Age: 62 Posts: 10,401	Re: Firstborns: we're smarter! I'm the third of five, but the eldest son. My Dad was, shall we say, old school and I was often treated as the eldest. All my siblings are intelligent but I am the only one that went on to an advanced degree. It would be interesting to me to see what role gender plays in the matter: Will and oldest son be more or less intelligent than an oldest daugther. At the same time, there are so many variables in the factors that go into intelligence, to isolate just one seems fairly difficult. __________________ Strap it up, hold onto the ball, and let’s go.