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Re:Biology is the New Tech: Letter from a conference on CRISPR by bayesian_horse on Sunday July 28, 2019 @11:57AM (#20548166)
In my opinion the link between intelligence and economic success is hugely overestimated...

A strong belief in "meritocracy" leads to a lot of cognitive biases.

Re:Biology is the New Tech: Letter from a conference on CRISPR by quotemstr on Monday July 29, 2019 @01:26AM (#20551727)
I'm very tired of people demanding that I believe obvious nonsense like this claim that differences in skill don't exist or that differences in skill don't affect material outcomes. I get that you don't like meritocracy, but I'm not going to accept claims that it's some kind of myth. Hard work and talent leads to success.