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> extremely heritable But still with regression to the mean, no? The child of two great geniuses is likely to be a somewhat lesser genius. Above average, but b
by klipt 4y ago
> extremely heritable
But still with regression to the mean, no? The child of two great geniuses is likely to be a somewhat lesser genius. Above average, but below their parents. A few generations of such regression to the mean and there might not be that much extra intelligence in the descendants of great geniuses.
- AstralStorm 4y agoAs with any multigenic inheritance with few dominants, this is true. That said, a few point difference is expected to remain in 5 generations, and if the line has more children the higher the chance of a genius line surviving.