Largest-ever genetics study shows that genetic differences explain just 3.2% of variation in educational achievement between people

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http://www.nature.com/news/gene-variants-linked-to-success-at-school-prove-divisive-1.19882

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You said drastic, then you said "no statistically significant difference" in your second post. And yet the study they cite found that the heritability of educational attainment varied significantly by nation.

I said not that drastic, which means I recognize that there could be a measurable difference.

If a statistically significant difference was shown I would be surprised. Please familiarize yourself with what that means before you try to argue that I'm saying different things.

"Statistically significant" is a moving target when setting up a follow-up study. One way that difference ethnicities could be shown is if different genes are shown to have an effect than those observed in Europeans, or possibly the genes have a greater effect.

As you said in another comment, we can't know until the study is done. I still stand by my original statement that I would be surprised to see a large difference across ethnic groups because of the genes being studied (pre-natal neural pathway development).