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Re:Ask HN: What's the next big thing that few people are tal... by dicroce on Monday August 08, 2022 @10:52AM (#32386122)
It's not that you cannot use Genetic information to accurately predict certain aspects of someone's future... It's that genetic information tells you nothing about human will, and human will can overcome a lot.
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Re:Ask HN: What's the next big thing that few people are tal... by zajio1am on Monday August 08, 2022 @11:20AM (#32386519)
Why do you think that predispositions for human will are not genetically determinted?
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Re:Ask HN: What's the next big thing that few people are tal... by tannhauser23 on Monday August 08, 2022 @11:29AM (#32386674)
Maybe, but that's not what they tested for in the movie.
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Re:Ask HN: What's the next big thing that few people are tal... by tmlb on Monday August 08, 2022 @06:12PM (#32391754)
They sort of touched on this point in the movie:

>No one exceeds their potential. If they did, it would mean we did not accurately gauge their potential in the first place.

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Re:Ask HN: What's the next big thing that few people are tal... by throw123123123 on Monday August 08, 2022 @08:36PM (#32392830)
They also say "There is no gene for success"
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Re:Ask HN: What's the next big thing that few people are tal... by toomuchtodo on Monday August 08, 2022 @12:51PM (#32387945)
Human will can also be survivorship bias masquerading as exceptionalism.
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