Reading Eric Turkheimer’s CV gives me the uncomfortable feeling that I’ve fallen behind the research frontier in behavioral genetics. Just in the last few years, he’s published dozens of careful papers (almost all available ungated from his webpage) that challenge the hardline Harris/Pinker view that genes are virtually the sole cause of family resemblance. Topics include marital instability, harsh punishment, and of course IQ. I’ll probably be reading these papers for the next few weeks.
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Daniel Yokomizo
Jun 30 2008 at 2:34pm
His papers seem to very interesting. A dozen caught my eyes (and my time in the next couple of weeks). Thanks for the pointer.
Tim Lundeen
Jun 30 2008 at 7:53pm
The link to the IQ article is wrong, so not sure which article you meant to link to.
Bryan Caplan
Jun 30 2008 at 9:41pm
Sorry, Tim, I fixed the link.
Patri Friedman
Jul 2 2008 at 4:53pm
Let us know what you learn.
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