On what is not in the genes

Abstract

The biological determinism of intelligence begins at the molecular scale with the false attribution of two powers to DNA, namely the power to self-reproduce and the power to act on its own. This characterization of the DNA supposes a hypostasis of the cell in which the part in which the information resides is privileged with respect to the part that executes it.

The biological determinism of intelligence has found its support since the birth of modern genetics in the hereditary theory of intelligence (THI). The THI arises with the supposed intention of explaining social classes. Subsequently, he has focused more on the question of human diversity, but he has always taken as a premise the idea that social position is closely linked to intelligence. This took the form of «general intelligence» which, as measured by intelligence quotient (IQ) tests, appeared to be measurable. The very methodology of the THI refutes the possibility of the reification of intelligence and reveals its circular structure.

We have analyzed two specific current cases, assuming that the community may have interests that are different from those of society and must revert to it so that society and science have an idea of a more open intelligence regarding the cases that we have presented and those that may appear in the future.