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Re:Justice Department sues Yale for illegal practices in adm... by manfredo on Thursday October 08, 2020 @09:01PM (#24725641)
These anecdotes are backed up by empirical observations:

https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2010/2010015/indicator5_19.asp

https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2010/2010015/tables/table_19_1.asp

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brown-center-chalkboard/2017/...

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Re:Justice Department sues Yale for illegal practices in adm... by tupputuppu on Friday October 09, 2020 @05:57PM (#24734831)
It's more likely due to genes than culture or parenting as adoption studies show:

https://medium.com/@syedmhamzatahir/iqs-of-east-asians-5fe60...

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Re:Justice Department sues Yale for illegal practices in adm... by causality0 on Saturday October 10, 2020 @11:47PM (#24743575)
Linking intelligence and academic performance to genes in the current cultural climate is a bit like suggesting the earth orbits the sun in sixteenth-century Italy. It's not going to end well for you.
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