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Slightly related but I always wondered why is it that children of geniuses rarely if ever reach the same level of accomplishment as their parent(s) despite havi
by lumberjack 12y ago
Slightly related but I always wondered why is it that children of geniuses rarely if ever reach the same level of accomplishment as their parent(s) despite having a better chance over all than their genius parent(s) had.
- dnautics 12y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regression_toward_the_mean https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regression_toward_the_mean
- JamesArgo 12y agoThis is just regression toward the mean.
- api 12y ago"... while the wealthy are no more likely to be born stupid than the poor , a wealthy upbringing compounds stupidity while a hardscrabble childhood dilutes it, if only for Darwinian reasons. This is why the elite need a prophylactic barrier of shitty state schools, to prevent clever kids from working-class post codes ousting them from the Enclave of Privilege." Mitchell, David (2014-09-02). The Bone Clocks: A Novel (p. 179). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.