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dgrant ◴[] No.10492622[source]
Can someone explain this for someone like me with no education in biology or psychology?
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kylemathews ◴[] No.10492785[source]
The researchers did a study of Swedish military conscripts (98%) of male population. They tested if high-intelligence is as inheritable as general-intelligence. They found strong evidence that it does as siblings of high-intelligent soldiers also tended to more intelligent than the norm.
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ambicapter ◴[] No.10493187[source]
How does that show anything. Can't you assume that siblings would be raised in similar environments?
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1. bpodgursky ◴[] No.10493579[source]
Why is the comment by themetrician dead? (sibling to comment here) I don't understand.