America's High School Graduates Look Like Other Countries' High School Dropouts

Re:America's High School Graduates Look Like Other Countries... by j1o1h1n on Friday March 11, 2016 @12:46AM (#11264866)

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/12/151216082154.h...

"the influence of genes on intelligence varies according to people's social class in the US, but not in Western Europe or Australia. "

"That is, the relatively robust healthcare and social-welfare programs in Western Europe and Australia may buffer some of the negative environmental effects typically associated with poverty."

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Re:America's High School Graduates Look Like Other Countries... by hackuser on Friday March 11, 2016 @01:11AM (#11264942)

One reason those studies are so controversial is the fear that people will horribly misapply them. Their fears are confirmed regularly, even among regularly sophisticated audiences such as HN.

What you write is not applicable, for many reasons.

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