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Polygenic Riskors and Intelligence
I find myself very troubled when we talk about intelligence and ic scores and being smarter, because even before we get to whatever the genes appear to be coating for, we need to identify we're looking for. And i don't know anybody that's come up with a definition of intelligence that would allow us to then make some judgment about whether a particular genetic mutation or variant is going to lead more strongly or more weakly toward one of those outcomes. So i know that there's a tremendous fear about using biology to create a caste system. We have kids who are dramatized as very young children by physical violence, by lack of good nutrition, by exposure to toxic substances. In many cases,