> You don’t inherit intelligence, you get taught to throw it away or not based largely on environmental factors, including how your parents raise you.
You're glossing over the role of other personality traits in success. And yes, environmental factors are hugely important to those as well, but often in complex ways.
For example, food insecurity during childhood has an enormous impact on an individual's ability to delay gratification. While there is certainly quite a bit that parenting can do to make that even worse, there isn't a lot that can be done to make it better.
You're glossing over the role of other personality traits in success. And yes, environmental factors are hugely important to those as well, but often in complex ways.
For example, food insecurity during childhood has an enormous impact on an individual's ability to delay gratification. While there is certainly quite a bit that parenting can do to make that even worse, there isn't a lot that can be done to make it better.