Expert: Walter Hintz - 5/4/2006

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i choose the topic because i like forensics and it would be interesting on how your fingerprints affect ur i.q if u can please give me a name of another researcher or scientist to help me thank u very much 4 your cooperation


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Hello again Dan;
You can certainly find a lot about fingerprints at google but I know of no connection with I.Q. In fact we do not really know very much about IQs.  It just a number based upon a test and can have nothing to do with fingerprints.
 Did you pick this topic or was it assigned to you?

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Hi Dan;  Yes it would be interesting if fingerprints affected intelligence but they do not.  Think about it Dan. Science depends upon cause and effect relationshps. The function of a fingerprint is to help in grasping and there is no connection to the nervous system.
 I am sorry but I do not know of any scientists who can offer any more information on this topic