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Re:A Theory of the World as run by large adult children by xyzzyz on Sunday March 15, 2026 @05:20PM (#47392061)
Yes, but since the heritability is high, the average IQ of the children will be close to the average IQ of the parents, despite the fact that it will tend to regress towards the mean.
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Re:A Theory of the World as run by large adult children by snowwrestler on Monday March 16, 2026 @01:21AM (#47395437)
That’s not how genetics works. It’s not a simple averaging scheme.
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Re:A Theory of the World as run by large adult children by xyzzyz on Monday March 16, 2026 @07:23AM (#47397572)
That’s exactly how it works in the standard additive model of heritability, and we have lots of empirical evidence that heritability of intelligence matches that model very well.
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