Way too deep for ths time of night my friend!

Isn't that a kind of fish?  Lemon soul.

Julius Caesar from Act 1 Scene 1:
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Shakespeare loved to cut down tall poppies.

Just as the potential limits of the components of an individual's IQ are essentially fixed by their genetic makeup, there are inherent limitations to an individual's capacity to develop their EQ...

There is stark evidence of this in the case of individuals afflicted by Autistic Spectrum Disorders, whereby those in the realms of a diagnosis of Aspergers have the best chance of developing their EQ - but even then this is often limited to acting out a large number of social rules that have been drilled into them (and typically results in uncomfortable social interactions from the perspective of those they encounter)...

There is mounting evidence that those who have conservative political leanings have a statistically-significant lower EQ than their left-leaning counterparts - and it stands to reason that a lower capacity for empathy is a pre-requisite for supporting socio-economic inequity through the obsessive acquisition of obscene amounts of material wealth through the systematic exploitation of (dehumanised) human units of production and other resources...

Ironically, there is also a correlation between having a 'soul-challenged' low EQ and believing in the eternal utopic Xtian after-life of one's soul...

I expect that the above comments will ruffle a few feathers and many reptilian scales - but so be it...

Of course they're flawed, as all subjective tests are - that does not mean that they don't provide a broadly-valid picture of an individual's strengths and weaknesses and overall capacity for adaptation to their broader psycho-social, educational and economic context...

A child who has poor verbal comprehension and reasoning skills (even in the absence of organic hearing difficulties) is unlikely to become a high academic achiever later in life - even if they have average visual processing skills - because they are interacting with the world and developing all of their skills from a deficient processing and reasoning base...

Just as people who struggle with basic maths concepts in childhood rarely become good mathematicians in adulthood: people who struggle (albeit probably unwittingly) to feel any empathy for their pets, peers or siblings in childhood are unlikely to have the capacity to develop functional and lasting close relationships throughout the remainder of their lifespan...

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Why does IQ have to be associated with empathy?

You see empathy in children born with Down Syndrome or other brain disabilities. Empathy can be very well developed in those who have serious mental afflictions. The brain can compensate for those underdeveloped areas in many other ways - and often it's compassion and insight into the emotions of others.

Even animals have a soul - not to the same degree as us, but they intuitively know when a human is upset, stressed, happy, sad, in pain etc.

The word soul might be a religious term - but then so many words in our language are. We don't immediately think of a person with "soul" as being religious, but as spiritual.

mantra wrote on Mar 28^th, 2011 at 7:20am:



Some good points. The brain is very plastic, but I stand by my opinion that any human attribute is developed via reticular development in the brain, and that is dynamic - in other words, the brain capacity both emotionally and intelligence wise can grow by means of reticular development.  This process takes place from birth, but it can go on throughout life, and obviously this happens to varying extent between individuals depending on how hard they are encouraged to work (environmental factors) and genetic factors.

I liken it to working out at the gym and development of various muscle groups. The more we apply our brains, the more developed they become. Reticular development is the equivalent of this, and as you say, people with injuries from car accidents and those born with brain deficiencies can learn to compensate.  

I understand the term "spirituality" to be a brain function.

EQ is the one that's associated with empathy, but both EQ and IQ have been criticized as being measures of conformity with the norm.  

If any person wants a 'short course' on God [to understand his nature], i would suggest, to an open minded person;

Read the book of Psalms.
OR,
...don't.


God certainly has the ability to reveal himself to us [usually in dreams and/or night visions].

If you show some interest in him, in seeking him, ...maybe he will reveal himself to you.