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trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 5 months agoBecause it also correlates with parental wealth, better access to education, etc.
Kids with better off parents get better school/tutoring from a young age > get better IQ scores > go on to better colleges > have better creds and connections> success.
vga@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
Intelligence has a genetic component.
trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I don’t doubt that there is a factor but you’re clearly overestimating how much of a factor it is.
If two smart people have a kid and the kid grows up in poverty, they’re much less likely to grow to be “successful”.
vga@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
What do you mean, “overestimating”?
trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Well, you claimed that children of parents with higher IQ have more successful children.
I pointed out that this is largely due to social factors, to which you replied a non sequitur about how intelligence has a genetic component.
From that, a reasonable person would assume that you believe that genetics is a major component of IQ, and not just a small contributing factor.