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No, you cannot. IQ is highly correlated with wealth and is also highly heritable. So in all likelihood what you've observed is that smart kids win academic comp
by coffeemug 7y ago
No, you cannot. IQ is highly correlated with wealth and is also highly heritable. So in all likelihood what you've observed is that smart kids win academic competitions, and also happen to be from rich families. If you take a bunch of kids with an IQ of 100 (or 115, or even 130) and put them into private schools they'll do a little better but they won't be winning any academic competitions.
- kick 7y agoThe available data disagrees with you on this: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1238041 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1238041
- retsibsi 7y ago> The available data disagrees with you on this: > https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1238041 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1238041 That article doesn't seem relevant. 'Poverty impedes cognitive function' is entirely compatible with 'IQ is highly correlated with wealth and is also highly heritable', and with the claim that private school can't make a genius out of a kid who lacks an extremely high IQ. edit: maybe I misunderstood, and you only were only pointing out that some potential-genius kids have that potential stifled by poverty. But that doesn't seem to be the original point of disagreement.
- SamReidHughes 7y agoSome information about the flaws with that data: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259207757_Comment_on_Poverty_Impedes_Cognitive_Function https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259207757_Comment_o...