Why we can’t predict IQ from genes

<p>Some genes are simple. It&rsquo;s easy to predict eye color.</p> <p>Some genes are complicated. It&rsquo;s hard to predict how tall your child will be. That&rsquo;s because height is controlled by thousands of separate genes, those all add up to make you a little bit shorter or taller.</p> <p>In the last decade, people made some breakthroughs with these complicated genes. For the first time in history, we were starting to understand complex genetic traits. A 2017 paper showed that we could&nbsp;predict height pretty well with genes:</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@tgof137/why-we-cant-predict-iq-from-genes-10ac5636d061"><strong>Website</strong></a></p>
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