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> Hard to prove: how do you know success was passed down via culture vs genes? By studying twins separated at birth (reared-apart twins), which establishes tha
by EForEndeavour 6y ago
> Hard to prove: how do you know success was passed down via culture vs genes?
By studying twins separated at birth (reared-apart twins), which establishes that genetics accounts for more variation in intelligence than environment, culture, etc. One starting point for further reading: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/20/well/family/what-twins-can-teach-us-about-nature-vs-nurture.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/20/well/family/what-twins-ca...
- jariel 6y ago'Success' in life is something completely different from 'success' in academia. The later probably requires one to be quite intelligent, the former, not necessarily, it'd be just one of many advantages. Throw in the creativity and propensity to think or daydream, frankly I don't know how many professors could do anything else with their lives. We all know profs who literally would put ties on backwards.