The Royal Spanish Academy defines intelligence as the "ability to understand or understand".Usually we use the term with the same sense that gives the SAR, however, specialists do not manage to reach a uniform definition that covers everything that intelligence implies.
Beyond etymological questions, the experts can recognize and understand the intelligence, although they can not express a concrete meaning that according to the different professors involved in the subject. The real problem that arises about intelligence does not refer to semantic issues because it is based specifically on its origin: Where does intelligence come from? Do we inherit it? Whose? Do we learn to be intelligent? Do we learn to understand? These doubts have plagued scientists around the world for years, and now seem to have an answer.
Assuming that intelligence is genetic would mean accepting that two twin brothers can have the same ability to understand and solve problems. However, as social beings that we are, we allow the influence and incidence of the social environment in which we manage. Therefore, reality would seem to demonstrate that a person's intelligence has a genetic component, but it is also influenced by the social context in which that person lives.
The incidence of new technologies and the changes they have caused in our habits also have their place within this controversy. Some experts say that smartphones, tablets, and other technological elements somehow "make us dumb", reducing our ability to focus, concentration and understanding. The impact of the social context is practically irrefutable before this approach, especially with some examples: What would Einstein be in the middle of 2016? Would I have such a high IQ? What about Da Vinci? Could you understand the functioning of certain mechanisms to create their world-renowned inventions? If the incidence of the social context is as some experts put it,
· Clarifying the panorama
As the specialists apparently demonstrate, intelligence is composed of genetic issues and social issues. This false conclusion is only a new door to other questions: in what proportion does each component affect? What makes a person smarter, their genes or their interaction with society?
A study conducted in 2013 by the University of Queensland (Australia) analyzed the DNA and the results of the IQ tests in almost 18,000 children from four different countries. According to their findings genes are responsible for up to 50% of the intelligence that a person acquires, however, social factors also influence the development of intelligence. What these experts conclude is that social factors are more important during childhood, while genetic factors have a cumulative condition that makes them more transcendent in adulthood.
The importance of this subject goes beyond a simple scientific doubt because it entails certain expectations of future. Understanding the origin of human cognitive ability and its direct link to DNA could trigger a true revolution in the knowledge that is currently possessed over the brain and mind. As if that were not enough, this confirmation could help identify genes linked to cognitive problems and intellectual disabilities such as those that cause Down syndrome, helping to recognize them and thus prevent the development of these disorders.
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