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    6 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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      6 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. So not a non-sequitur but a specific reply to your comment.

      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.