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Our Mathematical Universe with Grant Sanderson (3Blue1Brown)
StarTalk Radio
Intelligence and the Regression to the Mean
The concept of averaging the number of prime factors in large numbers reflects a deeper mathematical principle that can also be applied to intelligence and genetics. When two highly intelligent individuals have children, the offspring are statistically likely to regress towards the average intelligence level of the population, rather than reflecting their parents' high intelligence. This regression to the mean is significant in understanding biological traits, suggesting that exceptional characteristics may not be inherited at the same level as they were in the parents.
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