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Re:A Theory of the World as run by large adult children by oa335 on Monday March 16, 2026 @01:23PM (#47401946)
Socioeconomic status limits genetic potential. Thus the effects of SES dominate for those in poverty, but heritability dominates for those with higher SES.

For the intuition think of height - a malnourished child will not reach their “genetic” height. A fully nourished child will be limited by their “genetics”. Why wouldn’t other biological characteristics be similar?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarr%E2%80%93Rowe_effect

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Re:A Theory of the World as run by large adult children by rayiner on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @07:17AM (#47424204)
Note that at what you’re describing is a hypothesis and at least some studies have failed to identify empirical support for it: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S027656242...
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