Is There Any Scientific Proof That The Ability To Learn Is Genetically Passed Down?

[DetroitEWarren]

The young black girl that won the spelling bee and looks to be a D1 athlete made me make this thread.


I won 2 spelling bees in elementary school and my daughter made it to the city finals a few years ago. My mama got double promoted and started college early. She is the only college graduate in my family, as y'all nikkas know my OG was in Michigan State hanging with Magic Johnson at 17yo.

My OG was a registered nurse by the age of 20. But she got hit by the crack epidemic and was on that shyt from 1990-2000. My mama didn't raise me, she wasn't around for me and my brother to learn from. My aunt raised me, and I love my TT but my aunt had no education at all, she was the oldest of their generation, my mama was the youngest.

Somehow, with absolutely no extra education to get at home thru my auntie, me and my brother kept good ass grades.

My lil sis born in 2000, got good ass grades also, bit my mama got clean because of lil sis, so mama was there the whole time for her.

Now I'm looking at me and my brothers kids, and my daughter stays with good ass grades. Same with bro son and daughter.

Is there any proof that your ability to learn is affected by your parents? I'm not necessarily speaking on overall intelligence, but more of the simple ability to comprehend things in a clear enough manner to learn from it?

 

[Sukairain]

I certainly don't think that it's anything genetic.

I think that the academic success of a child depends a lot on the child itself, how it approaches learning and how it feels about learning. Parents play a small role in how supportive, encouraging and enabling they are towards that. If you never encourage your kids to read they're never going to do it even as adults. But if you do encourage them to read then they'll likely pick it up, develop their own interest in it and before long start reading all kinds of things without you having to point them to it

 

[DetroitEWarren]

I certainly don't think that it's anything genetic.

I think that the academic success of a child depends a lot on the child itself, how it approaches learning and how it feels about learning. Parents play a small role in how supportive, encouraging and enabling they are towards that. If you never encourage your kids to read they're never going to do it even as adults. But if you do encourage them to read then they'll likely pick it up, develop their own interest in it and before long start reading all kinds of things without you having to point them to it

In me and bro case, this is legit. My aunt was very uneducated, but TT is just a extremely good person. She raised my mama too. Even if she couldn't help us learn, she stayed involved with school stuff.

However, my daughters case is different. My baby mama is legit the dumbest female I ever met, stone cold alcoholic that started drinking too early to ever learn anything. She knows nothing about history, can't spell, can't write, absolutely useless. My daughter spends a lot of time with me and my family, but much more on the other side. My BM ain't around at all, not involved even a lil bit. My baby mama's mama is good help for me, but she ain't smart or super motivational.

I don't know bro I think it might be at least a lil bit of truth to this

 

[Cereal_Bowl_Assassin]

A lot of it is nature vs nurture. So your daughter growing up in a different environment helps. Scientifically usually a child gets their ability to learn from the mother.

 

[Remote]

Feel free to post scientific journals supporting it.

But I think it's mostly a matter of parenting. If you encourage children to read and think and question, they are going to explore and learn...and therefore be smarter.

If you just give them your iPad or turn on the tv to distract them while you do....whatever it is you do....they could still be smart kids....but it's probably less likely that they will be superlative in any notable way.

Having a smart parent probably leads to a smarter child if only because a smarter parent has a better idea of how to guide that child towards the things that lead to success and intelligence.

To be clear, all of what I'm saying is predicated on likelihood...not certainties.

 

[Pseudonym]

A lot of it is nature vs nurture. So your daughter growing up in a different environment helps. Scientifically usually a child gets their ability to learn from the mother.

thank God

 

[Luke Cage]

I think it's mostly the fact that by being around smart people, that means you're less likely to pick up dumb or weird shyt that you would normally pick up by being around dumb people.

 

[Dr. Acula]

More than likely this is partially genetically and partially nurture. You have people who want to act like its one or another. I don't understand why anyone wants to go 100% the genetic route, including the usual individuals who use it to fuel discriminatory thinking and beliefs. If you're on board that everything is 100% genetic, then determinism philosophy is the only logical outcome, for everyone. Including those who use it to justify superiority vs inferiority. If your kid every has any issue in school even if you're a genius, then determinism will say that is his natural state and there is nothing you can do to rectify the issue and he is doomed to a life of being a failure in school. We know just empirically this isn't the case and secondly, I don't understand why anyone wants to normalize such a depressing outlook on life.

At least if you were on the 100% nurture train, that allows hope for change.

 

[UncleTomFord15]

Link to thread?

 

[Akae Beka]

I would say both play a part but the child's overall desire(which can be assisted by nurturing) ultimately determines.

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

In me and bro case, this is legit. My aunt was very uneducated, but TT is just a extremely good person. She raised my mama too. Even if she couldn't help us learn, she stayed involved with school stuff.

However, my daughters case is different. My baby mama is legit the dumbest female I ever met, stone cold alcoholic that started drinking too early to ever learn anything. She knows nothing about history, can't spell, can't write, absolutely useless. My daughter spends a lot of time with me and my family, but much more on the other side. My BM ain't around at all, not involved even a lil bit. My baby mama's mama is good help for me, but she ain't smart or super motivational.

I don't know bro I think it might be at least a lil bit of truth to this

Genetics matter.

Humans have always had some knowledge of this.

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

Since ALL humans have the same genetic make-up, slight variations in that make-up can account for some learning ability/disability, but that isn't the proverbial "smoking gun" nearly as much as environment + opportunity.​