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As far as I know, the correlation between IQ and education success is very strong. If it wasn't so, IQ would be totally meaningless.
by hasenj 9y ago
As far as I know, the correlation between IQ and education success is very strong. If it wasn't so, IQ would be totally meaningless.
- foldr 9y agoEducational attainment is correlated with lots things. For example, there is a strong correlation between your parents' wealth and your educational attainment. Your argument would make sense if IQ were the only thing correlated with educational attainment, but it isn't.
- hasenj 9y agoWhat? There's no reason to think that educational success is a measure of one's parents wealth!
- devdas 9y agohttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/11763836/Wealthy-parents-create-glass-floor-to-ensure-children-succeed-regardless-of-talent.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/11763836/Wealthy-pare... https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/02/occupy-kindergarten-the-rich-poor-divide-starts-with-education/252914/ https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/02/occupy-... Data disagrees.