tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post2135183483729773126..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: Heckman and social mobilitySteve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-4539833524705113812012-09-28T21:21:56.734-04:002012-09-28T21:21:56.734-04:00"But there is a BIG effect in some studies.&q..."But there is a BIG effect in some studies."<br /><br /><br />So, these studies have been replicated, right? That's what we need, isn't it if we are going to spend hundreds of billions on programs -- some hope of consistent results?stevesailernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-17409269241425251332012-09-20T13:12:46.048-04:002012-09-20T13:12:46.048-04:00A farm, fishing and hunting? Those tell me everyth...A farm, fishing and hunting? Those tell me everything about you HH.<br /><br />You don't understand the difference between data and the interpretation of data.<br /><br />But what would I know? I'm a participant in the BGI study. Are you?MtMorunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-66015215788459875962012-09-19T17:56:57.603-04:002012-09-19T17:56:57.603-04:00Idealogy and science. At any moment, there are fol...Idealogy and science. At any moment, there are folks who answer to the call of idealogy and mix that with science. As such, you will always be dragged back to refute something that you thought were dead and burried. It is all the more reason that we need folks like you to continue.reservoir_dogsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-44525513179140859672012-09-19T16:31:50.603-04:002012-09-19T16:31:50.603-04:00Freeman Dyson would seem to be a model to suggest ...Freeman Dyson would seem to be a model to suggest you need not head to the farm.Bobdisqusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-15059335504626442242012-09-18T22:30:54.308-04:002012-09-18T22:30:54.308-04:00Heckman's essay and most of the responses just...Heckman's essay and most of the responses just made me sad. How can someone with that guy's intellectual powers just put out stuff that we all heard half a century ago? His smug assumption that early family environments cause anything at all has long been denied by data. He embraces the idea that epigenetic effects are widespread. Epigenetics is essentially the last desperate hope forHenry Harpendinghttp://profiles.google.com/harpendnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-7954913848977852762012-09-18T14:58:07.320-04:002012-09-18T14:58:07.320-04:00"...where disadvantage is most basically a ma..."...where disadvantage is most basically a matter of the quality of family <br />life and only secondarily measured by the number of parents, their <br />income, and their education levels..."<br /><br />The point is made that household income and quality of environment aren't the same.<br /><br />Steve still thinks that the low or non-existent correlation of income and IQ for MtMorunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-22699600640432527642012-09-18T02:53:12.200-04:002012-09-18T02:53:12.200-04:00The practical import of the debate must remain moo...The practical import of the debate must remain moot - because of the near irrelevance of cognitive skills for almost all jobs.5371noreply@blogger.com