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Comment by toasterlovin

6 months ago

If you think genetics matter for success (or whatever you want to call it), test scores are a proxy, but a successful parent is a direct measurement of the trait.

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dragonwriter  6 months ago

No, if "the relationship between genetics and outcomes is stochastic and messy" then having a successful parent is a proxy measure, too.

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