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| Topic | Do you believe that someone's intelligence is mostly inherited? |
| ParanoidObsessive 05/17/17 6:20:58 PM #4: | If I recall correctly, the standard official assumption in the psychological community is that there is a degree of genetic biases at the extreme ends, but that in purely biological terms, most humans are starting from the same basic potential and how "intelligent" you become is almost always an expression of your life experiences and the culture you grow up in. Or to put it another way, maybe 1-2% of humans are destined to be geniuses from the womb, and 1-2% are destined to be somewhat slow, but the other 96-98% are all starting from the same point and have to "earn" their eventual place. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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