A lot of rightwing arguments in economic times is about the idea that some, some level of inequality is good. And i really like that it forced me into confrontation with saying, what r you know, what are you prepared to tolerate for for the good of everybody? It's a very fundamental policy question that readly gets dodged a lot these days," he says. "I think we can't have a conversation about just equality"
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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