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Intelligence is Inherited

Posted by michael on from the insanity-is-too dept.

codeButcher writes: "Now you can blame it on your parents! NewScientist.com reports on a study done on twins, that determines that IQ [and lack thereof then too, I suppose] is inherited. Quote: The finding suggests that environment - their own personal experiences, what they learned in life, who they knew - played a negligible role in shaping it."

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  1. As if we didn't know that..... by Mr.Phil · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Of course it is. Don't you remember when you were in school and there were those really stupid kids in your class, did you ever meet the parents? They were always stupid, or related, or both. There was a group of brothers going to the same school I did that were called the "Spud Brothers" who's parents where in the "family" way.

    Of course, my parents moved from Chicago to Northern Michigan while I was still quite young, so my experience might be different from yours.