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There's no dearth of evidence showing that, for instance, parental wealth correlates with educational success of children. And then there's a loads of evidence
by wsxcde 13y ago
There's no dearth of evidence showing that, for instance, parental wealth correlates with educational success of children. And then there's a loads of evidence showing that educational outcomes correlate with lifetime earnings.
Have you even tried looking for these citations? It's hard to believe you didn't find them because there is no shortage of published research on this topic. Here's the first link I picked off google scholar: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2673145 http://www.jstor.org/stable/2673145
How about you provide citations for the case that you are making?
- anotheraccount7 13y agoThe correlations you present don't inform the nature v nurture debate at all. The pro-nature side would simply contend that wealth correlates with more advantageous genetics and that the success of their prodigy mostly has to do with the genetics they pass down, and less to do with the economic advantages presented to them
- wsxcde 13y agoMaybe I didn't make it very clear but I was responding to daniel-cussen's sarcastic comments about "the progressive agenda". The pro-nature side would simply contend that wealth correlates with more advantageous genetics Seems like this is easily testable by looking at the distinction in, say, educational outcomes between "old" and "new" money. Are you aware of any citations supporting this hypothesis?