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Re:Ask HN: What's the next big thing that few people are tal... by mr_toad on Monday August 08, 2022 @06:56PM (#32392158)
> I don't think there is any genetic basis for intelligence

Clearly there is, or we’d see more Chimpanzees commenting on Hacker News.

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Re:Ask HN: What's the next big thing that few people are tal... by astrange on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @03:16AM (#32395078)
It's likely that this is true, but you can't actually prove it because you can't separate genetics from other things that happen before and during the time you're a zygote. Maybe it's having a human mother that makes you intelligent.
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