@stephenpetro411: For decades, identical twins raised apart were treated as the ultimate proof that intelligence is mostly genetic. Then a 2025 re-analysis of that exact data, published in *Acta Psychologica*, turned the assumption on its head. When researchers sorted twins by how similar their schooling had been — something earlier analyses had never focused on — the results were stunning. Twins with similar educations differed by fewer than 6 IQ points. Twins with very different educations differed by around 15 — nearly as much as complete strangers. Same DNA. Inside, I break down what happened to the heritability numbers, and what a 2018 meta-analysis found about each extra year of education. #Intelligence #Education #CognitiveScience #Psychology #Learning

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strong.afrika
Strong Afrika :
IQ hardly measures intelligence for these claims to be valid.
2026-08-01 13:51:01
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meowamine
meowamine :
How many reanalyses of this data set have there been? This needs replication.
2026-07-31 03:22:55
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nycmitch25
Hiker Mike :
I’m a twin - I know this I’m the dumb one lol 😂😂😂😂
2026-07-31 03:34:59
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aarinder
(`${Aaron}/mmxvS5}`) :
It's not that intelligence is malleable, it's that educational deficit reduces your ability to achieve your highest score. People with more education have not increased their IQ, they are simply closer to their maximum potential IQ score than those with less education.
2026-07-30 17:01:39
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dianoiaysus
Dianoiaysus :
15 points is a standard deviation.So IQ cannot be used as an immutable trait.
2026-07-31 05:02:41
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idamaze888
idamaze888 :
6 points is a lot. 15 points is huge. I somehow doubt this.
2026-07-30 16:42:42
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unimkeabana
Unimke Abana | Bandana Prophet :
I had an extensive argument with ChatGPT 3 years ago on this topic. I've always been aware that environment determines intelligence. Not genetics. If genetics played any part...people who scored 150 points in standard IQ tests will produce children that will score nothing less than 145 points. But that's typically not the case.
2026-07-30 23:43:03
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zoofiamafia
ZoofiaMafia :
15 points is not enough to call intelligence malleable
2026-07-30 20:14:35
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billb345
Bill B :
Can you drop a link 🔗 to these 2 meta analysis you’re referring to?
2026-07-30 16:54:59
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aaron.w002
Aaron W :
.5 is still pretty high. From what i've seen the number is always changing between .5 and .8
2026-07-30 16:14:22
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tabw53
tabw :
This proves that intelligence is, at least partially, taught or learned knowledge 😎
2026-07-30 18:11:29
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stephenpetro411
Stephen Petro :
Excuse my grammar mistake here: it should be "those exact data" instead of "that exact data" Also, please keep in mind here that my description of heritability here is oversimplified for the sake of brevity: heritability, strictly speaking, is the proportion of phenotypic variability that is explained by genotypic variability.
2026-07-30 12:37:20
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x3meta
Think Meta :
IQ is a test score, not intelligence. g reflects performance on specific batteries and is highly environment‑sensitive. Conflating these breaks causal inference in twin models. IQ has limited use outside diagnostics or narrow educational decisions.
2026-07-30 15:30:51
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checkthemailtomorrow
shalexxo :
this combined with the fact that average intelligence seems to have peaked or plateaued at the millennial generation really ought to show that we are failing for next generations
2026-07-31 00:13:26
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hammittborg
Hammitborg :
Previous studies were far more thorough - this is data shaping - not untrue but equivocated
2026-07-30 16:29:23
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rennywestminster
Ryan Selkirk III :
The majority of twin studies account for education, and education has a less and less meaningful effect on IQ with age. IQ is just a proxy for genetic G, anyway.
2026-07-30 16:34:55
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007begley
Red :
intelligence must be defined for this to have meaning. Quantified.
2026-07-30 16:31:32
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watchpartyvideo
WatchPartyVideo :
lol
2026-07-30 15:25:11
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immanent.redemption
MalasPascas :
Who would have thought...
2026-07-30 14:32:34
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