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genes matter
by down_vote_me 3y ago
genes matter
- dennis_jeeves1 3y agoYou don't say that in polite circles, do you :) . Also hnlurker is correct, he's been down voted to obscurity, so cannot hit 'reply' to his post.
- down_vote_me 3y agoad hominem
- xyzelement 3y agoUnquestionably but imagine one of the Irish / Italian kids from my neighborhood was adopted by an Asian family at birth. And the family always said "there's the harder math class? You take that one". "there's a test for the magnet school? You study for that one". "you got accepted to a more party college and a more engineering college? You go to the 2nd one" You don't think the kid would be more likely to be a success than at baseline?
- hnlurker 3y agoExcept that studies of twins raised apart[1] calculate statistical IQ heritability in the range of 70% or more. Perhaps even more surprising, for the field of Psychology at least[2], these findings appear to be replicated across studies. Even if you're not a full-on IQ apologetic, IQ is at least deeply correlated with success in professional fields, like engineering from your example. As a parent myself, I wish the scenario you described was true! That guardians had the capacity to simply nurture into reality an Al Einstein or Mikey Phelps, if they just Tiger Mom push their way through the young person's early years. But the data do not indicate that; to the contrary, most of that future person is already defined in their nature/genes at conception, and good parenting, at its best, will simply avoid catastrophe while nudging towards good goals. All the rest is just to make the guardian feel better about themself. [1] https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.2218526 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.2218526 [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replication_crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replication_crisis
- local_crmdgeon 3y agoEvolution stops at the neck.
- dennis_jeeves1 3y agoNeurons specifically.