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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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