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Class background influences whether genetic predisposition for intelligence drives you left or right - People with a higher genetic likelihood for cognitive performance tend to adopt left-wing policies if they grew up poor, and right-wing policies if they grew up wealthy.
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Class background influences whether genetic predisposition for intelligence drives you left or right

New research shows that genetic predispositions for cognitive performance can shift our economic views in opposite directions depending on our childhood class background, pushing poor individuals leftward and wealthy individuals rightward.

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