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It’s about aptitude, not “genetic” aptitude.  Brains have plasticity, which is why education, especially ECE, is important.  And the fact that studying — learning more math and logic — can improve scores shows that skills are involved (and, I would argue, these same skills are useful in work and life).

Whether SATs predict college performance or whether it should be used for college admissions are different matters.  But the idea that the SAT is all about “genetics” is absurd.[/quote]

It's absurd if you are totally ignorant of the history of test. Once you learn that history, you will know that the SAT was explicitly and intentionally created by white supremacist and eugenicist Carl Bingham as a test of GENETIC aptitude (specifically in the context of claimed aptitude differences between races).

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The Asian obsession over SATs is particularly ironic given that Bingham was staunchly anti-immigrant. There were no "good immigrants" in his estimation, even if his then targets were primarily Southern and Eastern Europeans[/quote]

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