Poor kids who do things right don't do better than rich kids who do things wrong

Re:Poor kids who do things right don't do better than rich k... by xapata on Monday October 24, 2016 @04:03PM (#12782334)

Ever seen the movie "Trading Places"?

In seriousness, it's frustrating that you're making such a bold assertion about causality. There are more male executives than female. Are you saying that's caused by genetics?

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Re:Poor kids who do things right don't do better than rich k... by awareBrah on Monday October 24, 2016 @04:13PM (#12782418)

There are more males at a very high IQ than there are females.

There are also many more males at a very low IQ than there are females.

I don't know why people downvote the parent comment, just because it's not exactly fair that people aren't born equal, doesn't mean we have to just sweep it under the rug.

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Re:Poor kids who do things right don't do better than rich k... by xapata on Monday October 24, 2016 @04:18PM (#12782470)

Why are you so confident that the IQ test is measuring "intelligence"?

The causes of wealth, scholastic performance, etc. are quite important for policy. Therefore we should hold a higher burden of proof for causal inference on those topics than, say, the communication mechanisms of ants.

It's not that folks are sweeping differences under the rug. It's that they're saying the differences might not be the things you're saying they are.

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