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Funnily enough a pre-print paper was published just two days ago on this very subject, using a twin study, in Norway! https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/mncet/
by tyho 4y ago
Funnily enough a pre-print paper was published just two days ago on this very subject, using a twin study, in Norway!
https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/mncet/ https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/mncet/
TLDR:
> We show that class attainment is strongly influenced by genetics. Shared environmental factors play a modest role. Our study suggests that sociological theories explaining class outcomes in terms of social origins have little explanatory power, and should be reformulated to consider genetics.
- Gatsky 4y agoThanks, yes this adds even more data.
- heywhatupboys 4y agodid you read that paper? it is absolutely terrible, the method section is a mess, the statistics are probably wrong, and there is very little actual natural science behind this. Another "social studies" pre-determined study, hopefully wont make it past review