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Re:Robots Have Been About to Take All the Jobs for 100 Years by Jensson on Wednesday March 22, 2023 @10:32PM (#35269788)
> our results show for the first time that a substantial proportion (approximately 40 to 50%) of variation in human intelligence is associated with common SNPs

Seems to suggest that intelligence has a lot to do with genes. Why do you think that part supports your view that intelligence doesn't? Do you have any evidence that kids doesn't inherit any intelligence?

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Re:Robots Have Been About to Take All the Jobs for 100 Years by RC_ITR on Thursday March 23, 2023 @06:25PM (#35282229)
I'm saying that the test was of 3,000 white British people born in the 1920's (they specifically excluded non-white people) and what they found was that distant relatives scored similarly on tests (that's what it means to share common SNPs, given the context).

I'd be impressed if they saw the same thing across two populations where we know people aren't related, but I'd argue they just back-solved Britain's class structure.

One has to think critically in science.

>Do you have any evidence that kids doesn't inherit any intelligence

Well, if intelligence is inherited, then why are IQ tests going up over time (and therefore being recentered on 100 constantly)? Doesn't that imply learning is the driver?

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4152423/

https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2011-12794-032

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