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  The genes we’re dealt

  

  aeon.co

  The new field of social genomics can be used by progressives to combat racial inequality or by conservatives to excuse itBy Erik ParensRead at Aeon

  fairness and equality genetics race and ethnicity

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  Paige Harden on Genetic Differences and the Left

  

  marginalrevolution.com

  Paige Harden, the left-leaning behavioral geneticist, brings the fire in comments on an AEON article about...

  Paige Harden, the left-leaning behavioral geneticist, brings the fire in comments on an AEON article about her work: In this article, Erik Parens urges me and other scientists working in the field of social genomics to “curb [our] optimism” regarding how genetic discoveries could be used to advance progressive and egalitarian social goals. In my […] The post Paige Harden on Genetic Differences and...

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  Charles Murray Returns, Nodding to Caution but Still Courting Controversy

  

  nytimes.com

  In “Human Diversity,” Murray criticizes what he sees as the central tenets of a stifling orthodoxy...

  In “Human Diversity,” Murray criticizes what he sees as the central tenets of a stifling orthodoxy in the social sciences: Gender is a construct; race is a construct; and class is a function of privilege.

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  The promise and peril of the new science of social genomics

  

  nature.com

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