i am approaching this topic not just as a scientist, but as someone who is personally, morally and politically committed to agalletarianism. And so part of the goal in writing this book was to explain the science and clear up a lot of myths and misunderstandings around the science. How can we think about equality in a world of difference, in particular, in genetic difference? i thought it was important to describe how i, as someone whose life has been shaped by genetics, have spent much time thinking about these things together.
The subject of genetic inheritance provokes passionate debate but behavioural geneticist Kathryn Paige Harden believes both sides are getting it wrong. It’s possible, she argues, to reclaim the science of genetics while avoiding the trap of categorising traits as superior or inferior. Drawing from her new book, The Genetic Lottery, Harden shares her research uncovered as head of the Developmental Behavior Genetics lab at University Texas with Helen Lewis, staff writer at The Atlantic.
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