Makes sense. At both ends, environmental factors are maximized; at one end for being beneficial and at the other end for being harmful.
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Although at both ends of distribution genes explain a lot of the socioeconomic status of parents to begin with. But for high number of data points, likely that environmental causes are highest in average in those groups at opposite ends.
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Parental socioeconomic status might not be an independent environmental variable but mediated by heritable genetic differences. Parents who have risen in social hierarchies tend to pass on the qualities to do so to their kids, which leads to their higher educational achievement
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The article does discuss this a fair bit: https://twitter.com/scottleibrand/status/1209345114545385472?s=21 …https://twitter.com/scottleibrand/status/1209345114545385472 …
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These authors err in assuming that since they have polygenic scores, the SES variable is entirely environmental. It's not.
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If you read the article through to the end, it does talk about how SES is a mediator of the PGS effect.
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I like this, where each factor is given attention and predictive powers divided up depending what category the individual is in
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