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Nick Bostrom should step down as Director of FHI
dumont1y3
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one study found that adopting a poor kid could jump their IQ test scores by 12-18 points.  

I expected this to link to the study, but it doesn't?

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titotal
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That's a fair point. The meta-analysis study is here. It find difference in d of 1.17 between IQ scores of  adopted and non-adopted children. d means standard deviations, corresponding to 15 IQ points, giving a total of 18 IQ point change in the traditional sense. It was linked in the original article, the one i linked is a follow-up which I thought was pretty good. 
Nick Bostrom should step down as Director of FHI
dumont1y11
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The survey of experts finds that far more experts believe both genetic factors and environmental factors play a role than just environmental factors.

Are you referring to Rindermann et al. 2016? The core table is this,

It is concerning to see 'discredited' used so easily  when it is far from clear that it is an accurate label. This is not my specialty so I'm not qualified to have an opinion, but it seems more like rejecting some hypotheses a priori, without consideration. I'd like to see further discussion which qualifies such claims. 

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Randomized, Controlled
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I can see "Republican" becoming its own cluster in the last couple of decades, but what cleanly distinguishes small-c conservative from libertarian? Eg, I definitely would not call Cowen a Republican, but I get the sense he might be somewhat conservative in how he thinks about development, economics and institutions. 
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TomWestgarth
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Thanks for linking to this discussion - I found the replies useful!
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Paul_Christiano
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No, sorry. Here's a copy-paste though.
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johnburidan
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Thanks for the correction! Sorry, Bryan!