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0 pointstharne4y ago0 comments

Like a lot of the comments here, this seems to conflate education and intelligence, when in reality the relationship between the two is tenuous. When talking about the attributes of highly educated people, the most common trait you're likely to find is diligence, which is not at all the same as intelligence though perhaps more important.

Education certainly does seem to decrease family size, particularly rates of female education.

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sandstrom4y ago

This study (with more than a thousand citations) of 70,000 school children in the UK measured IQ at age 11 and compared with educational outcome (GCSE; standardized tests) at age 16. The correlation was 0.8.

Deary, I., Strand, S., Smith, P., Fernandes, C. (2007). Intelligence and Educational Achievement. Intelligence

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S01602...

I'd also argue that it's plain common knowledge. If you ask 100 people on the street, "Do clever kids have an easier time in school?", I think the answer would be a resounding yes.

Sure, there is a lot of "junk education" out there. Schools that will accept anyone, and give everyone good grades regardless of performance. That's why I wrote "at least it used to be". But Western educational systems hasn't yet regressed to a level where it's all trash.

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