[natded]

Height is a good example: nobody thinks you grow taller by playing basketball, but many think you get smarter by going to school.

[marton78]

But you do get stronger by lifting weights. The fact that a comparison can be uttered doesn't automatically mean it's also applicable.

[Apocryphon]

Height isn't a good example, because improved nutrition does lead to increased height in populations:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5811819/

It can even be compared across rapidly developing nations with different rates of food consumption:

https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation.aspx?paperid=...

[thewarrior]

Because intelligence is a far more complex trait than height.