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[–] [email protected] -5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I don't know how else to phrase it: the claim that intelligence is breedable is a eugenicist foundation.

Evolution is a process, you're confusing evolution with evolutionary science.

Your definition of intelligence is incredibly oversimplified. Intelligence is not an inheritable trait (as in: the difference in intelligence of human population does not significantly stem from genetic differences).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Genes make a substantial difference, but they are not the whole story. They account for about half of all differences in intelligence among people, so half is not caused by genetic differences, which provides strong support for the importance of environmental factors. This estimate of 50 percent reflects the results of twin, adoption and DNA studies. From them, we know, for example, that later in life, children adopted away from their biological parents at birth are just as similar to their biological parents as are children reared by their biological parents. Similarly, we know that adoptive parents and their adopted children do not typically resemble one another in intelligence.

Article: Is Intelligence Hereditary? - Scientific American

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's not really a study, nor does it cite any.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Oh...I'm so very sorry. My sincerest apologies. I didn't realize you requested an academic study. What kind of study would you like me to produce for you, my lord? Should it be qualitative? Quantitative? Peer-reviewed?

...or better yet, how about you go fuck yourself? Take your uppity, ill-informed opinions and shove them straight up your tightwad asshole. K? Thaaanks!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

... sorry, if I don't put much scientific trust in some article someone wrote? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

No need to be butthurt about it.