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Behavior genetics, clinical psychology, Mets. Occasional politics.
Substack (free): https://ericturkheimer.substack.com/
Book Is Out! Understanding the Nature-Nurture Debate
https://shorturl.at/Ce2hf
Electronic Version: https://shorturl.at/Fq2jv
First was an important talk by @ent3c.bsky.social on grappling with “race science” at Penn Medical Ethics and Health Policy. Highly recommend www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvu5...
In which David Brooks comes up with a way to (anecdotally, without evidence) both-sides the White House press ban: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsur...
Woody says, almost never, maybe once a week. Keaton says, constantly, maybe once a week.
My general reaction to the results (SNP h2 4-10%, PGS performance 1-4%) is to be reminded of a Woody Allen gag from Annie Hall. There is a split screen; Woody and Diane Keaton are both talking to their therapists. The therapists ask, How often do you have sex?
Since my name is invoked, I gotta say that "BG is 99% BS" is too strong. BS suggests it is untrue; my take is that this study is mostly a careful, detailed exploration of the obvious. Human behavioral differences are correlated with DNA. It is the 1st law of BG come home to roost in modern genomics.
Blog post: Charles Murray Responds about our bet. ericturkheimer.substack.com/p/charles-mu...
My letter responding to The Economist’s “designer babies” editorial is out. The editorial cites our study on public attitudes toward polygenic embryo screening but omits a key finding: attitudes became less favorable when participants first considered potential concerns. Link below.
Thanks. For the record, over the years I have been much more skeptical about the whole hereditarian project. The current post was a limited attempt to meet the hereditarians on their own terms. See eg here: ericturkheimer.substack.com/p/origin-of-...