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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Jan 12

    If intelligence is heritable, where are the genes? The new genetics of genome-wide associations & polygenic scores is solving that mystery.http://www.nature.com/articles/nrg.2017.104 …

    10:23 AM - 12 Jan 2018
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      2. Nicholas Kadar‏ @N_kadar Jan 12
        Replying to @sapinker

        If it is, why do we get regression to the mean in intelligence?

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Sebastian E. Wenz‏ @sewenz Jan 12
        Replying to @N_kadar @sapinker

        How does regression to the mean operate as an argument against the heritability of intelligence? Regression to the mean simply means that the underlying correlation is not perfect (not +/-1).

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Nicholas Kadar‏ @N_kadar Jan 12
        Replying to @sewenz @sapinker

        No, b/c in that case it would not be a consistent trend, but 'intelligence' would fluctuate randomly about a function of the mean intelligence of the parents. In other words it would be a function of the parents' intelligence plus an error term - and as far as I know it's not.

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Gregory Cochran‏ @gcochran99 Jan 13
        Replying to @N_kadar @sewenz @sapinker

        Someone with a high score has, on average, both better than average genes and better-than-average environmental luck. On average the next generation has the same genes but average luck.

        2 replies 1 retweet 6 likes
      6. Gregory Cochran‏ @gcochran99 Jan 13
        Replying to @gcochran99 @N_kadar and

        So if you picked very tall parents, average of next generation would be less tall, although still considerably taller than average.

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      7. Gregory Cochran‏ @gcochran99 Jan 13
        Replying to @gcochran99 @N_kadar and

        But if people in the 2nd generation intermarry, the 3rd generation has the same average height as the 2nd. You've created a taller population.

        1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
      8. Nicholas Kadar‏ @N_kadar Jan 13
        Replying to @gcochran99 @sewenz @sapinker

        This is assuming the 2d generation is taller than the third. But I am not sure what any of this means. Nutrition is a far important determinant of height I would have thought, but significance testing is given more emphasis than estimation...as is true of all cognitive science

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      9. Gregory Cochran‏ @gcochran99 Jan 13
        Replying to @N_kadar @sewenz @sapinker

        Given these assumptions, and constant environments, the 2nd generation is taller than average, but not as tall as the 1st generation. The 3rd generation will have the same average height as the 2nd. Selection. works other traits in the same way as it does with height.

        0 replies 1 retweet 4 likes
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      2. Clint Johnson‏ @jcrjohnson Jan 12
        Replying to @sapinker

        I suspect there are already wealthy parents using in vitro fertilization to select embryos which carry the most genes for high IQ. The next generation of the 1% may well carry a significant intellectual advantage until gene therapy allows the rest of us to “fix it in post”.

        2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. Mattias Malmer‏ @3Dmattias Jan 12
        Replying to @jcrjohnson @sapinker

        Remember that the 1% is not a stable set of people. It is highly conpetitive and the people that are the 1% change fast. A fortune seldom stays in a family for longer than 3 generations.

        4 replies 0 retweets 9 likes
      4. Clint Johnson‏ @jcrjohnson Jan 12
        Replying to @3Dmattias @sapinker

        I suspect regression to the mean accounts for most of that... and how will that change now that they can ensure the next generation actually accelerates away from the mean? Maybe there is a sweet spot around IQ 130-140, and push to 180 will backfire?

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
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      2. Seth Andrews‏ @SethAndrewsTTA Jan 12
        Replying to @sapinker

        A sincere thanks, sir, for your speeches and writings. They've been a great resource, and they've provided much fodder for discussions in my own circle about a world allegedly "going to Hell in a handbasket."

        2 replies 0 retweets 9 likes
      3. Leonie‏ @LeonieHilliard Jan 12
        Replying to @SethAndrewsTTA @sapinker

        Thomas Smith did an @seriouspod episode about this during the week. Well worth a listen.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. Larry Ray‏ @LarryJRay Jan 13
        Replying to @sapinker

        If intelligence is a fixed essence why do people score higher the more often they do IQ tests?

        3 replies 2 retweets 3 likes
      3. Riku Wallin‏ @RikuWallin Jan 13
        Replying to @LarryJRay @sapinker

        This, a big reason why I'm sceptical about the value of the IQ test: You can learn to output what it wants you to be. It's just like conditioning a dog to do nonsensical tricks in exchange of a treat, yet it doesn't mean that it could apply it in any other situations/contexts.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. nicolas‏ @punished_jesus Jan 14
        Replying to @RikuWallin @LarryJRay @sapinker

        Can you explain how you can solve ravens progressive matrices without understanding what you do?

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. RaceRealist‏ @Race__Realist Jan 12
        Replying to @sapinker

        Still no agreed-upon definition of what 'intelligence' is, good luck 'finding the genes'.

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Philip Burgess‏ @bigyospeck Jan 12
        Replying to @Race__Realist @sapinker

        It's in the abstract: 'the ability to learn, reason and solve problems'

        2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      4. RaceRealist‏ @Race__Realist Jan 12
        Replying to @bigyospeck @sapinker

        pic.twitter.com/Dqjw6AkHxs

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