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Re:Lesson of ivermectin: meta-analyses based on summary data... by adamdusty on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @10:37PM (#28624664)
Is there any evidence that intelligence is genetic? I dont think your height was stopping you from getting to the NBA, nor is that even remotely obvious. You may find your height to be discouraging, but you could have very well possessed the potential to play professional basketball. You'd be 3 inches taller than Muggsy Bouges who played for 14 seasons, 1 inch taller than 13 year vet Earl Boykins, and the same height as slam dunk contest champion Spud Webb.

Colleges might be letting more people through, but I dont think people are any dumber. Some people just aren't concerned with understanding everything they come across. Some kids go to college for no other reason than that's what they're supposed to do. If they cared they would be able to learn just as much as you or anyone else.

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Re:Lesson of ivermectin: meta-analyses based on summary data... by crowbahr on Thursday September 23, 2021 @09:08AM (#28628545)
No, in fact IQ correlates more with child to adoptive parents than it does with their biological parents.
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Re:Lesson of ivermectin: meta-analyses based on summary data... by wrycoder on Friday September 24, 2021 @12:14PM (#28644405)
Actually, scientific work supports the opposite conclusion.
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Re:Lesson of ivermectin: meta-analyses based on summary data... by crowbahr on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @02:33PM (#28685939)
Just looked at the article I was reading and it looks like 1. You're correct and 2. I remembered the exact opposite of the conclusion.

Thanks for the reminder that memory isn't perfect haha

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S01602...

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