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Re:Children's arithmetic skills do not transfer between appl... by konschubert on Saturday February 08, 2025 @06:39AM (#42982277)
Children’s intelligence is strongly correlated with parental intelligence, probably due to both nature and nurture.
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Re:Children's arithmetic skills do not transfer between appl... by sebastialonso on Saturday February 08, 2025 @09:41AM (#42983231)
Please supply sources for this outrageous claim.
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Re:Children's arithmetic skills do not transfer between appl... by konschubert on Saturday February 08, 2025 @10:23AM (#42983514)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritability_of_IQ
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Re:Children's arithmetic skills do not transfer between appl... by tptacek on Saturday February 08, 2025 @05:16PM (#42986665)
Probably more accurate to say "genetics, shared environment, and non-shared environment". Modern evidence heavily weights (favors? leans towards?) the environments.
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