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by anotheraccount7 4577 days ago
The correlations you present don't inform the nature v nurture debate at all.

The pro-nature side would simply contend that wealth correlates with more advantageous genetics and that the success of their prodigy mostly has to do with the genetics they pass down, and less to do with the economic advantages presented to them
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wsxcde 4577 days ago
Maybe I didn't make it very clear but I was responding to daniel-cussen's sarcastic comments about "the progressive agenda".

The pro-nature side would simply contend that wealth correlates with more advantageous genetics

Seems like this is easily testable by looking at the distinction in, say, educational outcomes between "old" and "new" money. Are you aware of any citations supporting this hypothesis?

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