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by staticman2 1355 days ago
Unless a child is put up for adoption they will inheret a lot more than genetics and money from their parents.

For example: The child of a doctor or lawyer is much more likely to be pressured or encouraged to go into law or medicine.
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wyager 1355 days ago
> Unless a child is put up for adoption

They have, of course, tested this as well.

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staticman2 1355 days ago
Which is neither here nor there.

If you don't understand that the child of a lawyer will be encouraged or pressured into going into law, and therefore staying in the socioeconomic group, you'll overrate genetic factors.

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wyager 1355 days ago
The genetic factors estimates come only from adoption data, and there are studies that condition further on things like adoptive parent material conditions. The researchers are not dumb; they have put some thought into it.
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staticman2 1354 days ago
One of the first results on google scholar that came up when I checked into your claims is a recent study that contradicts everything you wrote here. (Since you never cited anything I won't either.)

At a minimum, this topic is more complicated than you think, and you aren't using the correct statistical terminology when you discuss it.

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