Re:The Science Behind Making Your Child Smarter
by stewbrew on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @03:16AM
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Twin studies sometimes are less rigorous than they seem to be. Some people go a long way to prove what they think is right, see Sir Burt:
https://www.google.com/search?q=scientific+fraud+twin+studie...
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Re:The Science Behind Making Your Child Smarter
by dragonwriter on Friday December 28, 2018 @12:58AM
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> Twin studies sometimes are less rigorous than they seem to be
IQ being just over 50% genetic is a consistent result from twin studies and other attempts to study the genetic influence.
Re:The Science Behind Making Your Child Smarter
by james_s_tayler on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @04:25AM
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What's say that's true...
what's the likelihood all the data over the last 50 years was faked?
Re:The Science Behind Making Your Child Smarter
by stewbrew on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @09:01AM
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The data probably isn't fake but its interpretation could be biased by statistical incompetence. I say this as somebody who (originally) graduated in a field where the majority of studies most likely is not worth the storage used to save the pdf. Let's just say I'm skeptical when strong beliefs and world views are involved in the interpretation of data.