What Does Genetic Research Tell Us About Equal Opportunity and Meritocracy?
Are genetic castes inevitable?
Robert Plomin
· 18 min read
Genetics
A collection of 20 posts
Is Sociogenomics Racist?
Those scientists who want to draw attention to the racial bias in genetic research but who don’t want to acknowledge the scientific validity of race are in a tricky position.
Toby Young
· 22 min read
Forget Nature Versus Nurture. Nature Has Won
Plomin tries to present this cascade of new information about the genetic influence on human behavior in a way that will positively affect human behavior – but his own work suggests the impact of such arguments will be limited.
Gregory Cochran
· 7 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.
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
· 5 min read