Following up on my previous comment, it's pretty well accepted from studies of monozygotic twins raised apart that 50 - 80% of IQ is inherited (near the higher percentage by adulthood as environment seems to play a larger role for children). So, I think the current evidence supports the conclusion that nature is ultimately more important than nurture in determining IQ. The fact that polygenic scores don't yet have the power to identify all of the SNPs involved in influencing IQ, doesn't mean genetics isn't paramount. We wait for much larger GWAS studies... but, at present, there are influential folks at the NIH who appear fearful of what science will find, so they're busy throwing sticks into the spokes of such efforts.
Love the retro feel. Genuinely entertaining and even kinda funny. You come of like a reasonable guy. More please.
Following up on my previous comment, it's pretty well accepted from studies of monozygotic twins raised apart that 50 - 80% of IQ is inherited (near the higher percentage by adulthood as environment seems to play a larger role for children). So, I think the current evidence supports the conclusion that nature is ultimately more important than nurture in determining IQ. The fact that polygenic scores don't yet have the power to identify all of the SNPs involved in influencing IQ, doesn't mean genetics isn't paramount. We wait for much larger GWAS studies... but, at present, there are influential folks at the NIH who appear fearful of what science will find, so they're busy throwing sticks into the spokes of such efforts.