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If someone's children will likely have a lower than this minimum intelligence, which you can infer from parent's IQ and other measures... Can it really be infe

If someone's children will likely have a lower than this minimum intelligence, which you can infer from parent's IQ and other measures... Can it really be inferred? Not including conditions or syndromes of course. The parents' environment may have affected their intelligence and the child may turn out entirely different.

pcnonpc 9y ago
With a large number of DNA sequences, the genetic cause can be separated from environmental. That's why embryo selection is possible. Getting parent's DNAs sequenced might be needed but it's affordable now. See gwern's answers and link for more info.
cmahler7 9y ago
intelligence is 50-80% genetic, identical twin studies have shown this many times.
rvern 9y ago
Yes, it can be inferred: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritability_of_IQ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritability_of_IQ.