As a Hereditarian, I Strongly Support Economic Redistribution A recognition that genetic influences on social outcomes are important will potentially influence the kind of help that society offers poorer individuals. But it does not in any way compel an absence of help, or a casual indifference. Gregory Clark 21 Aug 2023 · 7 min read
And Yet it May (Or May Not) Move If we allow ideological campaigns to discourage controversial research, we will be making a terrible mistake. Bryan J. Pesta 16 Dec 2022 · 21 min read
Svante Pääbo and the Human Story Not so long ago, he taught us, there were at least three distinct hominin lineages roaming large parts of the planet. The Quillette Editorial Board 6 Oct 2022 · 3 min read
Learning to Forgive the Father I Never Met—and the Mother He Seduced My mother could always sense the difference, the alienation, between me and my father. It’s not that we didn’t get along. It’s just that there was almost nothing there—nothing in common. He was American football, girls, tailgating, hunting, the Air Force, that one story about being Nick Comilla 28 Feb 2022 · 17 min read
'The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality'—A Review Robert VerBruggen 8 Sep 2021 · 9 min read
There is No ‘Gay Gene,’ but Sexuality is Affected by Many Genes of Small Effect Jerry Barnett 14 Sep 2019 · 3 min read
'The Guarded Gate' Review: Elites and Their Eugenics Projects Jack B. Nimble 17 Jun 2019 · 14 min read
Genes, Environment, and Luck: What We Can and Cannot Control Michael Shermer 6 Jan 2019 · 14 min read
What Does Genetic Research Tell Us About Equal Opportunity and Meritocracy? Robert Plomin 15 Oct 2018 · 17 min read
How Animal Genes Go into Battle to Dominate Their Offspring One consequence of these genetic battles is the effect on reproductive compatibility within a species. Constantino de Jesus Macias Garcia and Michael Ritchie 10 Sep 2017 · 5 min read
The Future of Genetic Enhancement is Not in the West If the critics are correct that human enhancement is unethical, dangerous or both, then yes, emergence in China would be worrying. G Owen Schaefer 2 Aug 2016 · 5 min read