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#73 — Forbidden Knowledge

Making Sense with Sam Harris

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Is There a Gene Environment Interaction Between IQ and Environment?

IQ is highly heritable. It seems at least 50% dictated by the genes you inherited from your parents. Does that mean that if only you can jack up artificially the environment, you're going to make much difference in a child's IQ? And the answer to that is not long term. You can get some short term effects, but the fate problem with fate out is universal.

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