DNA confirmed for determinant variable in IQ development: ht

>>8242904
IQ is bullshit

To think that one's genes could conceivable influence one's intellectual abilities is so preposterous that people who endorse this should be grouped with climate deniers.

>>8242904
No, retard.

>1) It's a genome wide polygenic score, meaning it doesn't look at specific genes but your genome as a whole. So it isn't useful for selecting genes or even polygenes.
>2) It doesn't compute IQ, it computes achievement in the education system via education years (EduYears) for at most high schoolers. There is a tenuous link between education and IQ.
>3) The samples are all children who were born in the mid 90's. Society changes and education systems change, one of the big problems of education systems is that we're trying to prepare kids for shit at least 10-20 years in the future.
>4) The samples are all UK children. This tells you nothing about children anywhere else.
>5) The prediction is only at 9% confidence.

The best it can do is do a genome-wide test on a kid born in the mid 90's who went to school in the UK and tell you with 9% confidence about how far into school they got (ignoring university).

Countless /pol/esmokers have made this thread every day since the paper was published only to be BTFO for not being able to into basic science. Go fuck yourself and learn to use the /sci/ archive!

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>>8243026
We are invading :^)

>>8243046
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWAsI3U2EaE

IQ testing is good for determining if someone will be retarded or not, it has very little affect on academic and career success.

>>8243026
>it computes achievement in the education system via education years
isn't that what makes your IQ higher or lower? I thought it was, I mean you can't do for example column divisions unless you learn them, so if you were asked to fill an IQ test that required solving column divisions obviously your result would be lower than other participants who know how to solve them because they already learned it.

How far in the future is real genetic engineering then? I thought after figuring out the relevant genes, it would be possible to modify them and change the DNA of the children.

>>8243447
An IQ test's arithmetic section tests basic stuff like reasoning and mental multiplication. Moreover, many students who learned long division at one point in school don't necessarily remember it further along in eduction. This is especially the case nowadays since techniques like long division aren't really practical in an era where a person is more likely to carry a computer in their pocket than a pen and paper. This trend is unlikely to change for future generations.

There are also claims that IQ is correlated in individuals between young and old age. So in general you can't draw inferences on IQ based on what someone learned in school. Why would you want to anyways? IQ is shit tier too, just as much as EduYears.

Real genetic engineering isn't far off in general (even though it will be unsafe shit tier mods for rich morons) but it is ridiculously far off in the context of complicated polygenic characteristics like intelligence.

>>8243026
>template shitposting
go away and get highschool education kid

Lets see how many small IQ braintards will come crying in this thread.
>>8242966
>>8242990
>>8243026
I see a couple already :^)

>>8242990
>To think that one's genes could conceivable influence one's intellectual abilities is so preposterous that people who endorse this should be grouped with climate deniers.
Then why aren't chimps as smart as humans?

>>8243026
>9% confidence rating
>Weird and limited sample
WEW.

>>8243506
Because they have chimp culture you dummy ;) Raise them in a middle class decent family with school and they will surely ace IQ tests.

>>8242990
Is this a joke?