Message from @possumsquat93
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So, research seems to indicate that people have variations on how quickly and how much progress they can make.
fine, i'll just assume all those studies took those people from birth, and made them grow up the exact same, just to see the exact inherited differences.
Are you going to argue that bone structure and metabolic rate are environmental?
You're moving towards the point of genetics meaning nothing, and they most certainly mean *something*.
they do mean something. i don't think we have come close to sequencing the entire genome, and cataloging all their interaction. But we know at least some of these genes appear to have an on off switches, and i'm curious how the environment, particularly while still developing, affects that.
Tim is basically explaining that "purge" episode of rick and morty 😛
I wouldn't argue against that being a factor in a genetic lineage
genes do much, but ingesting chemicals while young will do more.
so i still question research that is still more or less correlation
use it more as a guideline rather than the rule
You're asking for a branch of science that's been deemed unethical.
yes, i am
bit a problem, isn't it?
Aside from that, we can actually study similarities between the parent and offspring, and figure out where bone structure and the like came from.
In the same way you can generally trace hair, skin, and eye tones.
It's exceptionally easy to observe the differences skin deep
But to imply that we haven't done what we could to confirm genetic traits without turning children into lab rats... which we HAVE done similar shit with lab rats...
I mean...
Here's what I think the bottom line is... IQ and Knowledge are not the same thing.
just as physical potential and actual physical status aren't the same.
Yes, the on/off thing is epigenetics, I believe. "Genes load the gun, but environment pulls the trigger."
but if we want to get back to IQ, if there is one part of the body we probably know the least about, its still the brain. and I still question the value of IQ tests out side of correlation without causation. That, to me, is an interesting fact with no real use yet, aside from telling the obvious: growing up poor, uneducated, in a cesspool, does nothing to help a person.
IQ tests measure capability of an individual to recognize patterns, mostly.
so we think, anyway.
i mean, how do you test the tests to make sure they actually answer the question you think they do?
testing muscles is pretty easy. Can you pick up this thing that ways x.
oh shit! its blowing up in syria
explosions all over demascus
when did it stop blowing up?
bombing in mezze airport in demascus
also missile cache in israel blown up
its turned up to 11
in the last 3 minutes
power outages in the capital
its going down .... right now