When someone says something with such strength that there is zero effect(ask him on twitter) that means there is no uncertainty and we know all relevant variables and have assigned probabilities and utility values to them(everything is known).
Could you link to the twitter post where he describes his position? Without a clear reference to the claim under debate this exercise isn't useful.
"One of the greatest pieces of evidence demonstrating that the family/rearing environment has no effect on eventual outcomes is the absence of birth order effects. Birth order is an excellent test for these effects: it is something that systematically differs between siblings and is bona fide non-genetic (mostly). Hence, it’s a great way to see if childhood environment leaves any sort of mark on people."
He is just straight up naively saying parenting has no effect and the consequential statement that any one can act as if this is completely tr...
If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post (even in Discussion), then it goes here.
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