Not sure if it's genetic, but if you've read the blub paradox about languages, I think there is something similar about how people think and solve problems. Maybe the higher level abstractions can be learned or maybe not. IQ is a real thing.

IQ is a real thing and the vast majority of people’s IQ is comparable... which weakens the original point not strengthens it.

The bulb paradox isn’t really a thing... just a single opinion from Pg right? I’m not sure I agree with it.

My observations of people is that some forms of abstraction don't click with some people. What if there are 25 or 50 types of abstraction we need to master in order to be really high IQ? That would look a lot like PGs blub, and variations in which types individuals grasp could explain the distribution of IQ.

Makes me wonder what it's like to be both smarter and less smart than I am. What pieces am I missing? What advantages do I have?

I don’t buy the blub analogy. There are lots of languages I don’t know that I know are more powerful than the ones I do... it isn’t even difficult to think about.

I’ve met lots of people smarter than me too and I can easily identify why: oh she really knows more about x than me, or he’s very good at destructuring things...

Ask people with foxp2 mutations whether or not genetics can convey insurmountable obstacles.

I was referring to more subtle gene mutations in terms of the “average healthy human” kind of range. But you knew that.

Don't be disingenuous - you were attempting to overrule a reason based conversation with an emotional call to the notion of universal genetic equality.

(So I dismissed you with a sarcastic quip.)

That's not how evolution works, no matter how unfair you deem it to be. Life does not give a shit about fair - all that matters is what survives long enough to proliferate.

Feelings be damned.

The genes that convey contextually useful characteristics (although generally inclined to spread rapidly) are not at any point evenly distributed.

In some context genes that were useful in ancestoral context loose their use, or even become a burden.

Genes for intelligence may increase the ability to handle novel situations, but they also increase energy utilisation - which makes them a dietary burden.

You’ve attributed a lot more to what I said, than I actually said.

Apologises for the trigger. Not my intent.

All good - I may have been reading between lines that were not there.