The most fascinating part about the intelligence controversy is that most people don't find the genetic component and potency of IQ in your success as intuitive. It was blatantly apparent to me growing up people's ability to perform in subjects in school was secondarily driven by the amount of studying they did and other controllable factors and very much predominantly driven by innate ability to perform any cognitively demanding task.<br>Not to mention people's capacity to study more as an attempt to improve how "smart" they were was virtually futile.