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		konschubert 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Children's arithmetic skills do not transfer betwe... Children’s intelligence is strongly correlated with parental intelligence, probably due to both nature and nurture.

tptacek 7 months ago | [–]

Probably more accurate to say "genetics, shared environment, and non-shared environment". Modern evidence heavily weights (favors? leans towards?) the environments.

sebastialonso 7 months ago | [–]

Please supply sources for this outrageous claim.

konschubert 7 months ago | [–]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritability_of_IQ

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