Heritability does not negate innate genetic effects on IQ even if mediated by knowledge acquisition. Twin studies largely capture true genetic variance after correcting for cohort effects. Flynn Effect gains correlate negatively with g-loadings unlike Black-White IQ gaps which correlate positively. Height heritability stays high despite massive environmental gains of 1.4 SD. SNP heritability estimates IQ at only 23% due to ignoring epistasis, GxE, and measurement error. Adoption studies show twins reared apart correlating at 0.75 in IQ. Unrelated siblings reared together correlate 0.1-0.2 in IQ. Family correlations match 70% heritability after confounds. Black-White IQ differences strongly track g-loadings indicating similar causal structure to heritability. Pedigree GWAS overestimates environment due to unadjusted relatedness and indirect effects. Molecular studies fail to confirm twin heritability because of methodological flaws. Observed IQ rises do not disprove genetic group differences. People are clearly born with stark intelligence differences.
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