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Re:The richest families in Florence in 1427 are still the ri... by ikeboy on Thursday January 10, 2019 @01:15PM (#18876348)
If genetics doesn't affect income, why is there a correlation between identical twins raised separately?

See e.g. https://helda.helsinki.fi/bitstream/handle/10138/38881/HECER...

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Re:The richest families in Florence in 1427 are still the ri... by marnett on Thursday January 10, 2019 @01:50PM (#18876695)
It wasn't stated there is no effect, just that social class has a larger impact at the highest rungs of society.
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Re:The richest families in Florence in 1427 are still the ri... by ikeboy on Thursday January 10, 2019 @01:57PM (#18876789)
>You are right that something's been passed down - but it's not the genes.

That sounds like a claim that there's no causal connection running through genes.

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