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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]The second part of what you say is also wrong. I don't think affluence = intelligence. Higher SES kids might score better on tests, but it is not because they are more intelligent. It is usually because they are exposed to more stuff that is relevant to the tests (i.e. their families use a larger vocabulary, et cetera). But that is not the same as intelligence.[/quote]

Yes and no. You need to factor in the area employment market. In this area, the affluent are also competitive as the job market attracts people from all over the country. In order to be affluent (unless you are one of the few old money legacies in VA) you need to  be able to perform at the top of your field. You have more parents with high IQs and multiple professional degrees in the affluent areas and therefore more genetically gifted kids.

The immigrant community also breaks down into two groups. You have the immigrants who came here through education. They had to be able to achieve at the highest level to immigrate through education, often in STEM fields. They also highly value education so you have kids with a combo of genetic high iQs and incredible work ethics. [/quote]

Hold up -- isn't one's income more a factor of their choice of field? For instance, if you take three identical liberal arts grads and one becomes a social worker and one becomes a professor and one becomes a management consultant, how is it that the management consultant apparently gets credit for being the smartest because he or she makes the most money? I happen to live in a wonderful neighborhood in Silver Spring filled with more of the human service type professions and fewer of the management consultants. This says nothing about the intelligence of the parents or (given your proclivity for eugenics) the inherited intelligence of the children.[/quote]

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