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Posted by JayMan on Fri Jan 6 14:19:31 2012, in response to Re: OP-ED: What the Education Establishment keep ignoring about Finland's school success, posted by Concourse Express on Fri Jan 6 13:51:05 2012. >>>>Considering the high heritability of IQ, yeah I'd rather play the odds.While IQ is indeed highly heritable, it is less so in children, and there is evidence that the contribution to (verbal) IQ by non-shared environmental factors (i.e. environmental factors causing behavioral differences among siblings) among children and adolescents is statistically significant. But that all peters out to zero by the time the children grow up. Think of it this way, a child's environment might give him a leg up (home full of books) or be a handicap (broken down ghetto), but ultimately he will settle to his genetic IQ, one way or the other. Here's a chart:  >>>He would be relieved from having to pay child support. ...of this. While it's certainly an incentive for the dude in question, it leaves the mamas and their kids up the creek (unless they have other streams which can meet the need). The mom and children would receive welfare as usual. The cost in supporting this generation is recouped by not having to pay for future generations. Worse still, I see this incentive exacerbating the absentee father dilemma, as it gives some dudes an avenue through which they can duck the responsibility of providing for their children. How is that any different from what we have currently, other than the fact that it is perpetuated from generation to generation? >>>Discourse? Hehe, are you forgetting what LOW IQ means? Heh - no, I haven't forgotten; though I don't believe all low-IQ people are "unreachable" in this regard (though it'd certainly be more difficult, as you stated)... No, they're not all unreachable but the reality of situation shows that this is a wasted effort. HBD explains why this is so. >>>I would argue violent high-IQ individuals are of greater concern since they are potentially much more dangerous. Based on watching shows like World's Dumbest (Criminals) and Forensic Files, I'd say you have a point. You got that right. Nothing is as dangerous as a smart criminal... |
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