you're going to have trouble in your life. >> larry: this may sound stupid, dr. pratt, what makes one person smarter than another? >> that's an interesting question. i would say what makes one person smarter than another is their ability to adapt. and to accept and to determine the course to go with. which requires a clear brain, to maximally use iq, you have to be at a certain state where you can perform. we also have something called eq, emotional quotient, which is in some ways more important than iq, because it's your ability to maximize your intelligence to relate to others and get things accomplished. >> larry: my mother had kidney disease, my grandfather had heart trouble, i have heart trouble. can you inherit brain problems, be born stupid? you could be born with deficiencies of the brain? >> you could be born with, you know, with problems with brain