thomblake comments on Rationality Quotes December 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: thomblake 26 January 2012 04:15:07PM 1 point [-]

The notion of heritability clears up this issue a bit, as it screens off genetic similarities in the population.

Comment author: [deleted] 26 January 2012 05:11:45PM 0 points [-]

Indeed. (On the other hand, people often grow up in the same region as their parents...)

Comment author: thomblake 27 January 2012 04:44:04PM 0 points [-]

So perhaps heritability should have a counterpart that screens off common environmental factors...

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