graphito@sopuli.xyzM to Memes@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 5 months agoyay, no dunning kruger for me! hold up, oh nofiles.mastodon.onlineimagemessage-square126fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageyay, no dunning kruger for me! hold up, oh nofiles.mastodon.onlinegraphito@sopuli.xyzM to Memes@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square126fedilink
minus-squaretrashgirlfriend@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoI don’t doubt that there is a factor but you’re clearly overestimating how much of a factor it is. If two smart people have a kid and the kid grows up in poverty, they’re much less likely to grow to be “successful”.
minus-squarevga@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-25 months agoWhat do you mean when you say that I’m “overestimating”? I’m asking this because I feel like you’re thinking that I’m claiming something I don’t think I’m claiming.
minus-squaretrashgirlfriend@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoWell, you claimed that children of parents with higher IQ have more successful children. I pointed out that this is largely due to social factors, to which you replied a non sequitur about how intelligence has a genetic component. From that, a reasonable person would assume that you believe that genetics is a major component of IQ, and not just a small contributing factor.
I don’t doubt that there is a factor but you’re clearly overestimating how much of a factor it is.
If two smart people have a kid and the kid grows up in poverty, they’re much less likely to grow to be “successful”.
What do you mean when you say that I’m “overestimating”? I’m asking this because I feel like you’re thinking that I’m claiming something I don’t think I’m claiming.
Well, you claimed that children of parents with higher IQ have more successful children.
I pointed out that this is largely due to social factors, to which you replied a non sequitur about how intelligence has a genetic component.
From that, a reasonable person would assume that you believe that genetics is a major component of IQ, and not just a small contributing factor.