Re:Who lost the most marks when cheating was stopped?
by omginternets on Saturday May 06, 2017 @07:30PM
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I don't think anybody would seriously dispute that relationship. Rather, I think people are disputing the directionality.
You seem to be suggesting some sort of natural selection process, whereas it's also legitimate to posit that status contributes to higher IQ (or g, if you prefer) in the form of:
- fewer chemical contaminants in utero and in early life (i.e. living in a less chemically polluted environment)
- access to better nutrition
- access to better medical care
- less stress in utero and in early life
- less exposure to disease
- less exposure to psycho-physiological toxicity (e.g.: poor sleep quality due to a noisy environment)
The list goes on.
tl;dr: you're assuming causation from correlation.
You seem to be suggesting some sort of natural selection process, whereas it's also legitimate to posit that status contributes to higher IQ (or g, if you prefer) in the form of:
- fewer chemical contaminants in utero and in early life (i.e. living in a less chemically polluted environment)
- access to better nutrition
- access to better medical care
- less stress in utero and in early life
- less exposure to disease
- less exposure to psycho-physiological toxicity (e.g.: poor sleep quality due to a noisy environment)
The list goes on.
tl;dr: you're assuming causation from correlation.