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A comment on Monumental advance in number theory posted to the ArXiv by Yitang Zhang. Parent comment

Re:Monumental advance in number theory posted to the ArXiv b... by FabHK on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @10:08AM (#33519786)
> parental income is still the best predictor of educational achievement

Is that controlled for genetic influence though? Suppose smart people 1) have high income, 2) have smart kids.

Disentangling the various causal factors is substantially harder than your quote above suggests.

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Re:Monumental advance in number theory posted to the ArXiv b... by andrepd on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @10:37AM (#33520130)
I read a study that specifically addressed this by looking separately at adopted kids. I'll try to look for it and post a link when I'm at my computer.
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