Gary Marcus says intelligence is not nature versus nurture, but both
BobThibadeau · x · 2026-07-27
Gary Marcus argues intelligence is not nature versus nurture, but both
In response to Paul Graham, Gary Marcus says the framing of “nature versus nurture” is a false dichotomy. His point is that the two operate together rather than as competing explanations.
The post is brief and mostly makes a conceptual argument about how intelligence or cognition should be understood: not as an either-or debate, but as an interaction between biology and experience.
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