Romanian children moved from orphanages to foster care show a 12-15 point gain on IQ, if placed before the age of 2.
So much for that high heritability of “q,” a mythical intelligence factor that’s never even been proven to exist.
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December 20, 2007
Yet another empirical swift kick in the pants for Charles Murray and “The Bell Curve”
Labels:
Murray (Charles),
The Bell Curve
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