BEHAVIOR CAUSES GENES!
In his new book, Blueprint, and elsewhere in his recent writings, Robert Plomin has repeated a striking claim about the causal properties of DNA, in the form of polygenic risk scores: GPSs are unique predictors in …
APPLIED ETHICS OF POLYGENIC SCORES – DIRECTOR’S CUT
(Longer version of article published at: https://leapsmag.com/the-shiny-and-potentially-dangerous-new-tool-for-predicting-human-behavior/) Posted here with permission) Imagine a world in which pregnant parents could go to the doctor and obtain a simple inexpensive genetic test of their unborn child that would …
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THE GENETICS OF APHASIA
Charles Murray and I were going back and forth yesterday about the future of polygenic scores, especially as they might be applied in the schools. Murray, as always, looks to a future (now moved back …
CHARLES MURRAY’S “HUMAN DIVERSITY”
Charles Murray’s new book, Human Diversity, is out today. I will write a few blog posts about it over the next few weeks. First, a general note about how I am going to approach the book. …
MORE ON MURRAY: WHAT IS BIOLOGICAL DETERMINISM?
Reactions to my post yesterday about Human Diversity mostly involved my invocation of the idea of genetic determinism, henceforth GD. Please define “genetic determinism”. — Yeyo (@RealYeyoZa) January 29, 2020 https://t.co/DCi0Dz6qoc — hbd chick – #FFCE …
Turkheimer's Projects: Genetics and Human Agency | The Blueprint Metaphor
I have more to say about Plomin’s use of my ideas in Blueprint, but for now I want to start at the beginning and write about the book and the ideas in contains. The obvious …
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Turkheimer's Projects: Genetics and Human Agency | Loneliness and the Future of GWAS
Last week, after the publication of EA3, Cecile Janssens tweeted about another GWAS she had come across. The new low in GWAS: “Further loci were identified for regular attendance at a sports club or gym …
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Turkheimer's Projects: Genetics and Human Agency | Robert Plomin’s Use of My Ideas in “Blueprint”
I have been planning to spend a week or so blogging about Robert Plomin’s new book, “Blueprint.” The first post was going to be about the title, but that is going to have to wait …
Turkheimer's Projects: Genetics and Human Agency | French Citizenship and Race
Posted at 15:16h in Uncategorized by Eric Turkheimer 0 Comments One of my many shortcomings as a blogger is that it takes me a long time to think things through. I tend to react to …
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Turkheimer's Projects: Genetics and Human Agency | Origin of Race Differences in Intelligence is Not a Scientific Question
Race Differences in IQ: The Limitations of Empirical Evidence This is the first of a series of blog posts about race and intelligence. My opinions on this topic are, I think, the least popular arguments …
