Eric Turkheimer
@ent3c.bsky.social
Behavior genetics, clinical psychology, Mets. Occasional politics.
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Book Is Out! Understanding the Nature-Nurture Debate
https://shorturl.at/Ce2hf
Electronic Version: https://shorturl.at/Fq2jv
Substack (free): https://ericturkheimer.substack.com/
Book Is Out! Understanding the Nature-Nurture Debate
https://shorturl.at/Ce2hf
Electronic Version: https://shorturl.at/Fq2jv
I haven't seen it suggested explicitly that the ongoing vibe-cession is a consequence of inequality. No matter how well one is doing in real terms, it is hard to enjoy while watching the oligarchs party at Mar a Lago.
November 25, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I haven't seen it suggested explicitly that the ongoing vibe-cession is a consequence of inequality. No matter how well one is doing in real terms, it is hard to enjoy while watching the oligarchs party at Mar a Lago.
I would love for a reporter to ask him, "Can you explain what a standard error is?"
November 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I would love for a reporter to ask him, "Can you explain what a standard error is?"
Joining in on the self-promotion 😅 I think my book presents this point of view.... bookshop.org/p/books/unde...
Understanding the Nature‒Nurture Debate
Check out Understanding the Nature‒Nurture Debate - There are arguably few areas of science more fiercely contested than the question of what makes us who we are. Are we products of our environm...
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November 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Joining in on the self-promotion 😅 I think my book presents this point of view.... bookshop.org/p/books/unde...
The ability to hold those two ideas in one's head at the same time is precisely what is required for a serious view of the origins of human differences. Meehl had a lifelong commitment to psychoanalysis. Freud himself was no naif about what he would have called organic origins of differences.
November 22, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The ability to hold those two ideas in one's head at the same time is precisely what is required for a serious view of the origins of human differences. Meehl had a lifelong commitment to psychoanalysis. Freud himself was no naif about what he would have called organic origins of differences.
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The Paradox of James Watson
The discovery of DNA was evidence of how deeply interconnected humans are, but the late scientist saw only difference.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Lots to say about this, but quickly: 1) It is not a scientific paper, it is a unreviewed report from a private company, with most of the methods proprietary. 2) The results are inflated by "correction for attenuation". 3) Accounting for 12% of the variance within families does not overthrow the GP.
October 24, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Lots to say about this, but quickly: 1) It is not a scientific paper, it is a unreviewed report from a private company, with most of the methods proprietary. 2) The results are inflated by "correction for attenuation". 3) Accounting for 12% of the variance within families does not overthrow the GP.
I very much appreciate that Jay took the time to read and review the book. It is interesting to me that all of the published criticism of the book has come from the anti-hereditarian left. Mainstream BG, never mind the hereditarians, have scrupulously ignored it.
October 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I very much appreciate that Jay took the time to read and review the book. It is interesting to me that all of the published criticism of the book has come from the anti-hereditarian left. Mainstream BG, never mind the hereditarians, have scrupulously ignored it.
Jay's review is here:
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October 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Jay's review is here:
This is how you get genetic 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 without genetic 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘮. Nice! Thanks.
October 17, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This is how you get genetic 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 without genetic 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘮. Nice! Thanks.
This is how you get genetic variance, without genetic determinism. (Why don't these apps allow fonts? That sentence wants italics.)
October 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This is how you get genetic variance, without genetic determinism. (Why don't these apps allow fonts? That sentence wants italics.)
I couldn't think of the outfit that runs this. It's the Noba Project: nobaproject.com/modules/the-...
The Nature-Nurture Question
People have a deep intuition about what has been called the “nature–nurture question.” Some aspects of our behavior feel as though they originate in our genetic makeup, while others feel like the resu...
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October 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I couldn't think of the outfit that runs this. It's the Noba Project: nobaproject.com/modules/the-...