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Newspapers run by billionaires (discuss.online)

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Dude, this is good info. Thank you for sharing.

[–] TriangleSpecialist@lemmy.world 29 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And that's not all, but I wanted to keep it short. The "her life" section on Wikipedia is actually hilarious, I'll paste it here.

Her paternal great-grandfather, J. J. Thomson, was awarded a Nobel prize for the discovery of the electron. Her grandfather, GP Thomson, was awarded the Nobel prize for physics for the discovery of the wave properties of the electron. Her maternal great-grandfather, William Henry Bragg, was awarded, together with his son, William Lawrence Bragg, a Nobel prize for Physics for the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-ray. Alice along with her husband live at Chevithorne Barton, an estate in Devon, which houses the Plant Heritage National Oak collection.

"She has 4 nobel prizes (one joint one) in her family, and she... Has a big house."

[–] Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Now I'm low key wondering if she was switched at birth. Somewhere out there, some sort of physics prodigy in a family of complete dumb asses is still wondering, "How the fuck did I result from such dumb DNA?"

[–] TriangleSpecialist@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

I know this is a joke and all, but just to clarify, I was implying a social advantage, not an hereditary one.

The assumption that "intelligence" (or in this case, ability for academic endeavour) is determined more by birth than by environment is not one I believe in, or am comfortable with, and is not what my initial comment suggested.

[–] Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Yes it was a joke.

However, I do believe intelligence is molded by both DNA and the environment, they work hand in hand. The expression of DNA is impacted by our environment via eppigenetics. Our brains are built and developed by neurons turning DNA into proteins that become ligand gated ion channels and ligand gated GPCR receptors driving the electrical signals of neurotransmission and plasticity.

[–] TriangleSpecialist@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

I'm not denying that at all, just arguing social determinism is a much stronger factor on whether you'll get a Nobel Prize.