Comment on yay, no dunning kruger for me! hold up, oh no

• 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”.

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  • vga@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    What do you mean, “overestimating”?

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    • 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.

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      • vga@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Well, you claimed that children of parents with higher IQ have more successful children.

        That wasn’t my first claim. My first claim was that IQ predicts success.

        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.

        Then I went here because you brought up parents.

        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.

        When I specifically said it’s not clear how big of a factor it is. So no, I don’t think a reasonable person would assume that.

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