What would Galton have said if you were to ask him why there were so many eminent minds within his family (including himself and cousin Charles Darwin)

A) Intelligence is correlated with level of education, so education causes intelligence.
B) People notice the eminent minds and ignore all the dimmer ones, leading to a confirmation bias.
C) Great intelligence is passed from generation to generation, genetically.
D) The advantages of the upper class allowed for development of a strong intellect.

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Final Answer : C, Explanation :  Galton believed in the concept of eugenics, the idea that desirable traits, including intelligence, could be passed down through genetics. He argued that by encouraging people with high intelligence to reproduce and discouraging those with low intelligence from reproducing, society as a whole could increase its overall intelligence. Galton would likely attribute the prevalence of eminent minds within his own family to the genetic inheritance of intelligence.

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