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Stephen Jay Gould, call your office.
1 posted on 01/19/2012 5:54:13 AM PST by Pharmboy
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To: neverdem; SunkenCiv; blam; aculeus; thefactor; wagglebee

Ping for smart genes that keep us smart...


2 posted on 01/19/2012 5:56:29 AM PST by Pharmboy (She turned me into a Newt...but I got better.)
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To: Pharmboy
A person's intelligence is mostly inherited, it's in their genes ...


3 posted on 01/19/2012 5:57:22 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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FTA: On the other hand, whether this intelligence changes over time, they found, is very reliant on the environment.

Well, duh!


6 posted on 01/19/2012 6:10:45 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: Pharmboy

Levis or Wranglers?


7 posted on 01/19/2012 6:16:06 AM PST by BwanaNdege (“Man has often lost his way, but modern man has lost his address” - Gilbert K. Chesterton)
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To: Pharmboy

My grandpa wasn’t just a genius, he could see into the future.
“Come over here and pull my finger and you’ll hear the buck snort.”
Darned if he wasn’t right every time.


13 posted on 01/19/2012 8:23:44 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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A person's intelligence is mostly inherited, it's in their genes, but whether a person can expect to be a clever grandma or grandpa relies on both genes and environment.

A person's intelligence is mostly inherited, it's in their genes, but whether a person can expect to be a clever grandma or grandpa relies on both their accountant and their lawyer...

17 posted on 01/19/2012 7:31:58 PM PST by bigheadfred
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To: Pharmboy; a fool in paradise
I've just bought three pairs of genes at Target. You mean they'll help me remember? What?


18 posted on 01/19/2012 7:36:01 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: Pharmboy

Insanity is also heritable........ you get it from your kids


20 posted on 01/20/2012 4:22:42 AM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 ..... Crucifixion is coming)
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Stephen Jay Gould, call your office.

Exactly. The damage he and Lewontin inflicted on American biology will take decades to fix.

22 posted on 01/24/2012 8:58:16 PM PST by aculeus
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