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Re:US Education Dept. Opens Civil Rights Inquiry into Harvar... by CPLX on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @06:07PM (#36870307)
What’s genetic intelligence can you explain it to me?
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Re:US Education Dept. Opens Civil Rights Inquiry into Harvar... by KMag on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @06:29PM (#36870553)
I believe they're referring to the heritability of IQ. I think they're asserting that genetics have a much larger effect than environment on IQ scores. I haven't read any recent research on the subject, so I can't vouch for the accuracy of that assertion.
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Re:US Education Dept. Opens Civil Rights Inquiry into Harvar... by lmm on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @06:37PM (#36870666)
I meant intelligence (the underlying "g" factor) rather than IQ specifically, but other than that, yes.
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Re:US Education Dept. Opens Civil Rights Inquiry into Harvar... by CPLX on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @07:34PM (#36871199)
Why would we have to brush something like that under the carpet?
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Re:US Education Dept. Opens Civil Rights Inquiry into Harvar... by Vt71fcAqt7 on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @06:21PM (#36870461)
A longer way of saying "intelligence," more or less.
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