The bell curve was the ultimate sion of a controversial book by Charles murray. The author repudiates it very early on in his book, and says he had to do that so he could talk about the subject. He argues race is not a genetic concept; we don't really have any evidence this explains health or education disparities across groups. And social inequalities that result from genetics are immutable or inexorable,. unable to be addressed through social policies.
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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