[extropy-chat] DNA ?= Destiny

[John K Clark]

"Adrian Tymes" <wingcat at pacbell.net> Wrote:

>From my  own (admiteddly anecdotal) experiences,
>it seems that  environment has more to do with potential
>than  genetics in almost all cases.

The IQ of identical twins raised separately is much more similar than the IQ
of fraternal twins raised separately, the variation is almost the same as
twins who stayed with their biological parents. In both cases the
correlation between the intelligence of the adoptive parents and the
children they care for is lousy, the correlation with the biological parents
is much better.

This would seem to work against your theory.

   John K Clark     jonkc at att.net