Gram_Stone comments on Monthly Bragging Thread July 2015 - LessWrong

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Comment author: Gram_Stone 16 July 2015 05:29:00PM 0 points [-]

Gotcha. I'd sure be interested in seeing empirical evidence demonstrating a link between socioeconomic class, parenting style, and/or impulse control and self-discipline.

Comment author: Lumifer 17 July 2015 03:46:47PM *  1 point [-]

It's complicated :-)

The problem is that there is considerable genetic component in "impulse control and self-discipline" and it also affects your (and your parents') socioeconomic class. And additional problem is that the effects of parenting style are asymmetric -- it's relatively easy to royally screw up a kid, but it's very hard to improve a kid beyond his/her genetic baseline. Yet another problem is that certain possible outcomes of studying this topic are politically incorrect and likely to lead to... undesirable career consequences for the researcher.