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0 pointsbluthru6y ago0 comments

>Higher scores have been found to correlate with students coming from a higher-income families and having better-educated parents.

Which makes a lot of sense since income correlates with intelligence and intelligence is partially heritable.

A century ago the SAT was used to fine diamonds in the rough for first-generation college students. After multiple generations of college students mating with college students, you're not going to find that many first-generation college students anymore.

Inserting dumber students into college because of their upbringing is hostile towards the success of a nation.

EDIT: Please point out something that's incorrect instead of downvoting because it makes you uncomfortable.

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fwip6y ago

Income correlates with intelligence because measures of intelligence measure income.

sisu20196y ago

IQ predicts future income even if the subjects environement is controlled for. It's a very good meassure, probably the best we have in the social sciences. What it tells us is not nice, sure, but denying reality is not going to help anyone.

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