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But I would rather avoid a discussion on IQ (I don't think it is very relevant to the discussion, as its correlation with success in modern societies is pretty weak, once above a minimal threshold).

No, it's predictive value for individual success is pretty weak. That's not the same thing. Here is a rather famous graph:

http://www.impactlab.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/occupati...

If 50% of current variation in IQ us caused by genetics, this does not conflict with the Flynn effect.



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