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However we barely understand the genetic factors. In humans it can be pretty difficult to control the environment. And then we assume we can understand the gene
by bayesianhorse 13y ago
However we barely understand the genetic factors. In humans it can be pretty difficult to control the environment. And then we assume we can understand the genetics of intelligence, when we barely understand either genetics or intelligence itself.
- clarkm 13y agoYou can keep saying stuff like that, but I hope you're not using it as a pretext for ignoring the latest scientific developments. Have you heard of GWAS? They've had some major breakthroughs over the past few years, and have recently had some interesting results with regard to educational attainment. From Science: https://www.sciencemag.org/content/340/6139/1467.abstract https://www.sciencemag.org/content/340/6139/1467.abstract If you want some more information, here's a good article from early 2012 summarizing the previous five years of findings: http://www.cell.com/AJHG/retrieve/pii/S0002929711005337 http://www.cell.com/AJHG/retrieve/pii/S0002929711005337