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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
At the risk of dipping my toe in the water of an ongoing argument, this is fundamentally incorrect. Genes are by far - on the order of 75% - the biggest differentiators that separate some people from others. Denying this, given the data that exists, is basically like denying climate change.
Granted there's some overlap here (in the sense that if your parents and your parents' parents weren't blessed with those opportunities, there's a higher likelihood that you're not getting the genius IQ genes).
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This isn't necessarily a counterpoint to your argument but I'm pretty sure there have been a few studies that basically suggest that gifted people who weren't born into privilege tend to not ascend as high as people with average or below-average intelligence who were.