>It appears that you can raise human geniuses from average parents if you train them early enough. And while human intelligence is hereditary, there isn’t that much genetic drift within the human population.
Don’t make me call Gwern!
Do please link the relevant post. I’d like to change my mind on this.
Ignore the other links I gave, I’ve just recalled a Steve Hsu post that is more to the point at hand: https://infoproc.blogspot.com/2010/05/psychometric-thresholds-for-physics-and.html
The Blank Slate is a good polemic on the topic. The Nurture Assumption is also good.
Gwern links:
https://www.gwern.net/docs/iq/index
https://www.gwern.net/reviews/McNamara
>It appears that you can raise human geniuses from average parents if you train them early enough. And while human intelligence is hereditary, there isn’t that much genetic drift within the human population.
Don’t make me call Gwern!
Do please link the relevant post. I’d like to change my mind on this.
Ignore the other links I gave, I’ve just recalled a Steve Hsu post that is more to the point at hand: https://infoproc.blogspot.com/2010/05/psychometric-thresholds-for-physics-and.html
The Blank Slate is a good polemic on the topic. The Nurture Assumption is also good.
Gwern links:
https://www.gwern.net/docs/iq/index
https://www.gwern.net/reviews/McNamara