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Re:Scientists Tie 52 Genes to Human Intelligence by cmiles74 on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @01:36PM (#14403242)
The poster wondered what environmental factors these family members may have shared, social class is definitely one such factor.

Are you arguing that may not be the case? I think you would need more information about the poster's family to make that assertion.

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Re:Scientists Tie 52 Genes to Human Intelligence by truthaway54321 on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @01:51PM (#14403412)
No, I'm saying that there is a demonstrated causal arrow from genes to intelligence. The evidence is less clear on the causality of social class and intelligence, however, so simply asserting it as a causative factor is not an effective rebuttal.
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