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by ikeboy 2722 days ago
If genetics doesn't affect income, why is there a correlation between identical twins raised separately?

See e.g. https://helda.helsinki.fi/bitstream/handle/10138/38881/HECER...

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It wasn't stated there is no effect, just that social class has a larger impact at the highest rungs of society.
>You are right that something's been passed down - but it's not the genes.

That sounds like a claim that there's no causal connection running through genes.