I'm not saying that changing one changes the other. I'm not saying that increasing nurture increases or decreases nature. I'm assuming the opposite really; the assumption is that changing one's environment does not change one's nature. What I am saying is that
by assuming:
1. There is something called intelligence and that we can or will someday be able to measure it relative to each other.
2. There is only a nature and nurure component to intelligence
3. The variables are independent (note this - then look below)
then:
In a contrived example:
Initially: environment 50, nurture 50
Finally: environment 0, nurture 100
= change
What I believe or don't isn't really relevant...just pointing out the problem of attempting to employ empiricism based on an abstract
best of luck -
aeon