Phineas Gage[1] would have limited ability, it doesn't mean he was genetically destined to get a rod through the brain. Weston Price[2] photographed and studied people around the world and wrote the book "Nutrition and Physical Degeneration" arguing that modern diets lead to physical development problems.
Not that it can't be influenced by genetics, or that people can all be the same; very few people will be Von Neumann reading a 46-volume world history series in his fifth language at age 8.
But saying "these people are failing at school, it's genetic" is a handwavy dismissal; a giving up on them. If it is, what should it change about teaching?
Not that it can't be influenced by genetics, or that people can all be the same; very few people will be Von Neumann reading a 46-volume world history series in his fifth language at age 8.
But saying "these people are failing at school, it's genetic" is a handwavy dismissal; a giving up on them. If it is, what should it change about teaching?
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_Gage
[2] https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=nutrition+and+physical+dege...