Originally Posted by Ken G

Obviously you mean me,

Originally Posted by Ken G

but I'll just accept your confession that I was right all along when I pointed out that you were indeed posting to a different thread, a thread about the many obvious effects of genetics, whereas this is a thread about math ability (see the OP).

Originally Posted by Ken G

Oftentimes, when people go off topic, it can cause miscommunication when others make the relatively natural assumption that their talking points were intended to be on topic. I think that's exactly what happened here. But in case there was any doubt, I'm sure every single person on this thread is aware that genetics plays an important role for individuals, just as they are aware that genetic differences in regard to many types of innate abilities (not necessarily all) tend to average out in a large population (whereas cultural pressures do not, obviously).

As all of these statements are complete fact, it falls on any person making a claim that some particular innate ability difference exists to support that claim with hard evidence, controlled for the way the known impact of the environment can interfere with any diagnostic information that is not directly taken from the genes themselves (math aptitude tests, the topic of the thread, being an obvious example of this problem). I should have thought none of that would have been the least bit controversial, but that is the sole point I have been making that was being objected to repeatedly. If you thought I was ever saying anything else, replace that misinterpretation with this new information, just as I have replaced the misinterpretation that you were ever talking about math aptitude, as per your new information above.