All @sapinker said was that genes should be on the list, and all some of you want to talk about are the exceptions. Way to miss the point.
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@sapinker No, genes may not explain the Bill/Hillary dynasty. What's your point?
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@sapinker I doubt if genes have much to do with the fact that relatives of US presidents disproportionately end up as US presidents - 1 more reply
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@sapinker Wealth, knowledge and control in family lines does more to create inequality, opaqueness and lack of empathy than anything else.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker@razibkhan Does it have to do with the package identified by@amychuaThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker Brooks refers to families as "breeding grounds." His failure to exorcise the curse of knowledge may have led to lack of clarity.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker@DavidEpstein Nurture your Nature! Not, "just nurture." Oh, and also, are those political families really so talented? -
@BStulberg@sapinker they often are,not that luck,work don't matter hugely,but op-ed'ers never read the critical quantitative lit on this -
@DavidEpstein@BStulberg@sapinker politicians in the U.S. are above average in brains, not sure about families: https://www.psychologytoday.com/files/attachments/56143/wai-americas-elite-2013.pdf …
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@sapinker David Brooks is wrong about everything all the time, enough said.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker@razibkhan to be fair I don’t read him as listing exhaustive reasons. Still genes should be discussed - especially with Bachs.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker@omarali50 that is key - 'genes dont make the list'. It is habits learned from achiever parents. -
@sanjay_111@sapinker what is key is that he is wrong. All the evidence indicates that genes are an important part of it. NOT all of it.. -
@omarali50@sapinker then we have to agree that racism is right? Right? I find it hard to swallow. -
@sanjay_111@sapinker That is a separate issue. Individual differences within population and heritability of IQ (for example) not mystery -
@sanjay_111@sapinker Of course, IQ is not the sole determinant of "achievement", but it counts, esp when "other things being equal".. -
@sanjay_111@sapinker Of course, even with high heritability, outcomes are not totally predictablehttp://www.unz.com/gnxp/even-with-heritability-outcomes-are-unpredictable/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=even-with-heritability-outcomes-are-unpredictable …
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@sapinker to some, the heritability of traits has become a political, not biological, theory.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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