Children aren't born smart. They're made smart by conversation

Re:Children aren't born smart. They're made smart by convers... by bayesianhorse on Wednesday October 02, 2013 @02:44AM (#6481049)

However we barely understand the genetic factors. In humans it can be pretty difficult to control the environment. And then we assume we can understand the genetics of intelligence, when we barely understand either genetics or intelligence itself.

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Re:Children aren't born smart. They're made smart by convers... by clarkm on Wednesday October 02, 2013 @04:15PM (#6485015)

You can keep saying stuff like that, but I hope you're not using it as a pretext for ignoring the latest scientific developments.

Have you heard of GWAS? They've had some major breakthroughs over the past few years, and have recently had some interesting results with regard to educational attainment. From Science:

https://www.sciencemag.org/content/340/6139/1467.abstract

If you want some more information, here's a good article from early 2012 summarizing the previous five years of findings:

http://www.cell.com/AJHG/retrieve/pii/S0002929711005337

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