Why didn't Einstein's descendants inherit Einstein's IQ?

They did, to an extent. But first let's step back a little bit and talk about IQ heritability. read more

Albert Einstein never took an IQ test, so we don't know his IQ. We can assume it was above average, but we can't say if it was 130, 160, or 190. Furthermore, we don't know the IQ of all of his descendants, so it is hard to know for certain that they did not inherit his IQ. read more

Einstein’s descendants did inherit his IQ, to an extent. First let’s step back a little bit and talk about IQ heritability. IQ is highly heritable, and that heritability is largely driven by genes (from 50% to more than 70% according to most estimates, some going as high as 90%). read more

Answer by Adrien Lubas Ecoffet, Quora engineer, Frenchman, Americanophile. They did, to an extent. read more