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> No, it should not. Try to explain why you believe that. Uh, okay. Let's do a thought experiment: Suppose I take some violin lessons and acquire an as-yet-und

by bccdee 1y ago

> No, it should not. Try to explain why you believe that. Uh, okay. Let's do a thought experiment: Suppose I take some violin lessons and acquire an as-yet-undemonstrated ability to play the instrument. Later, I perform at a violin recital; after this demonstration, my violin abilities have become demonstrated. Then I have a kid: 1. Can that infant child play violin? No. Thus they have not inherited my ability to play violin. 2. Has that infant child ever had a violin recital which demonstrated their ability to play violin? No. Thus they DEFINITELY do not possess a demonstrated ability to play violin. Again, this should be obvious. I feel like you must be misunderstanding what the words "ability" and "demonstrated" mean. > If you try to learn guitar and fail, there's a good chance your kid will also fail if tries. You are no longer talking about "demonstrated ability." You are describing a lack of aptitude for guitar, which (as I said in my last post) is a different thing. Besides, pretty much anyone with working hands can learn to play guitar. It's not really a question of aptitude, it's a question of investing time and money into learning. Most skills are like that. > We most certainly are born with skills. Speed of learning is a skill. Well, no. It's an aptitude. aptitude /ăp′tĭ-too͞d″, -tyoo͞d″/ noun An inherent ability, as for learning; a talent. skill /skĭl/ noun Proficiency, facility, or dexterity that is acquired or developed through training or experience. > how did the first person obtain the skill What "first person"? I'm not talking about cavemen, I'm talking about our society and the impact that the socioeconomic status of a person's family has on their career relative to the impact of their innate intelligence. If you want to tell me that those factors are closely linked, you're flatly wrong: Many rich people are stupid, and many poor people are intelligent.

lostmsu 1y ago
> Again, this should be obvious. I feel like you must be misunderstanding what the words "ability" and "demonstrated" mean. You are talking about everything else except the subject: "heritability". > which is a different thing Statistically unrelated different thing? Most certainly no. Causally unrelated? Very probably no. > Many rich people are stupid, and many poor people are intelligent. That doesn't matter. What matters is exact statistic. And I didn't even need to look it up to know which way it goes.
- bccdee 1y ago
  > You are talking about everything else except the subject: "heritability". Did you miss the part where the kid does not inherit my having performed a violin recital? "Demonstrated abilities" are not heritable, because they presuppose achievements and you cannot inherit someone's achievements. I'm starting to think you have some real reading comprehension problems. You're not really even responding to my post—just ctrl-F-ing for the word "heritability" and sneering when it doesn't show up. > Statistically unrelated different thing? A different thing. You can't treat concepts interchangeably just because you think there's a relationship between them. The unimportance of aptitude in this scenario was made clear in my next sentence, which I will repeat here because you were not paying attention last time: "Besides, pretty much anyone with working hands can learn to play guitar. It's not really a question of aptitude, it's a question of investing time and money into learning. Most skills are like that." > What matters is exact statistic. I'm not going to bother lecturing you on correlation and causation. You wouldn't read what I wrote anyway.
  - lostmsu 1y ago
    > "Demonstrated abilities" are not heritable, because they presuppose achievements and you cannot inherit someone's achievements. You seriously need to look up the word "heritability". Here's one from M-W: the proportion of observed variation in a particular trait (such as height) that can be attributed to inherited genetic factors in contrast to environmental ones. > I'm not going to bother lecturing you on correlation and causation. You wouldn't read what I wrote anyway. It's a good thing heritability does not require causation then. Because it sounds like you figured out my understanding of causation vs correlation on the incorrect premise that the former is required.
    - bccdee 1y ago
      heritable /'hɛrɪtəbəl/ adjective capable of being inherited But if you want to use your definition, that's fine too. I can tell you right now that whether a person has performed in a violin concert can be attributed far more to environmental factors than genetic factors—for instance, whether their school had a music program where they were compelled to perform in a recital. Of course, heritability is a population statistic. In order to talk about whether having performed a violin recital is heritable, we'd need to select a sample population. Even then, it might not tell us much. Whether a person wears earrings can be attributed primarily to genetic factors (XX vs XY), but it's still ultimately cultural. > It's a good thing heritability does not require causation then. And? What point are you making? Again, you're not really reading my posts—just finding details to nitpick, and wasting my time in doing so.

by bccdee 1y ago

lostmsu 1y ago

> Again, this should be obvious. I feel like you must be misunderstanding what the words "ability" and "demonstrated" mean. You are talking about everything else except the subject: "heritability". > which is a different thing Statistically unrelated different thing? Most certainly no. Causally unrelated? Very probably no. > Many rich people are stupid, and many poor people are intelligent. That doesn't matter. What matters is exact statistic. And I didn't even need to look it up to know which way it goes.

bccdee 1y ago
> You are talking about everything else except the subject: "heritability". Did you miss the part where the kid does not inherit my having performed a violin recital? "Demonstrated abilities" are not heritable, because they presuppose achievements and you cannot inherit someone's achievements. I'm starting to think you have some real reading comprehension problems. You're not really even responding to my post—just ctrl-F-ing for the word "heritability" and sneering when it doesn't show up. > Statistically unrelated different thing? A different thing. You can't treat concepts interchangeably just because you think there's a relationship between them. The unimportance of aptitude in this scenario was made clear in my next sentence, which I will repeat here because you were not paying attention last time: "Besides, pretty much anyone with working hands can learn to play guitar. It's not really a question of aptitude, it's a question of investing time and money into learning. Most skills are like that." > What matters is exact statistic. I'm not going to bother lecturing you on correlation and causation. You wouldn't read what I wrote anyway.
- lostmsu 1y ago
  > "Demonstrated abilities" are not heritable, because they presuppose achievements and you cannot inherit someone's achievements. You seriously need to look up the word "heritability". Here's one from M-W: the proportion of observed variation in a particular trait (such as height) that can be attributed to inherited genetic factors in contrast to environmental ones. > I'm not going to bother lecturing you on correlation and causation. You wouldn't read what I wrote anyway. It's a good thing heritability does not require causation then. Because it sounds like you figured out my understanding of causation vs correlation on the incorrect premise that the former is required.
  - bccdee 1y ago
    heritable /'hɛrɪtəbəl/ adjective capable of being inherited But if you want to use your definition, that's fine too. I can tell you right now that whether a person has performed in a violin concert can be attributed far more to environmental factors than genetic factors—for instance, whether their school had a music program where they were compelled to perform in a recital. Of course, heritability is a population statistic. In order to talk about whether having performed a violin recital is heritable, we'd need to select a sample population. Even then, it might not tell us much. Whether a person wears earrings can be attributed primarily to genetic factors (XX vs XY), but it's still ultimately cultural. > It's a good thing heritability does not require causation then. And? What point are you making? Again, you're not really reading my posts—just finding details to nitpick, and wasting my time in doing so.