Yeah, the point that genetic != heritable is really important- religion is highly inherited but obviously there’s no gene for being Christian. Some of this inheritance may be due to cultural or socioeconomic effects, but at this point, the data with twin studies seems to suggest that a lot of the heritable differences in intelligence are genuinely genetic.
Yeah. Cultural problems are a tricky one. It’s repeatedly shown you can get 15 IQ points from non-genetic differences. So you do need to pay attention to the apparently stupid or shiftless kids so they can in fact be at least some of all they can be. But not neglect the bright ones.
I’ll note here as well: it’s bloody hard work being a teacher.
(Having met the kids in my daughter’s class, her teachers deserve a medal. And they’re pretty nice kids.)
Yeah, the point that genetic != heritable is really important- religion is highly inherited but obviously there’s no gene for being Christian. Some of this inheritance may be due to cultural or socioeconomic effects, but at this point, the data with twin studies seems to suggest that a lot of the heritable differences in intelligence are genuinely genetic.
Interestingly, how seriously people take religion appears to be genetic.
Yeah. Cultural problems are a tricky one. It’s repeatedly shown you can get 15 IQ points from non-genetic differences. So you do need to pay attention to the apparently stupid or shiftless kids so they can in fact be at least some of all they can be. But not neglect the bright ones.
I’ll note here as well: it’s bloody hard work being a teacher.
(Having met the kids in my daughter’s class, her teachers deserve a medal. And they’re pretty nice kids.)