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Okay but that just implies that having a wide distribution of IQ is well adapted to our natural environment.



In the same sense as humans having a range of strength and speed is well adapted, sure. But athletics also tends to run in families.


We have relatively strong evidence for a significant degree of genetic determinism in athletic ability (at least for some sports). We do not for intelligence.




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