are all human traits heritable?
A new article by Polderman et al. in Nature Genetics, nicely summed up by Jeremy: Twin studies: what if we just meta-analyze the WHOLE LOT OF THEM? https://t.co/8SyqD8Mzsh [@JamesPsychol] — Jeremy Freese (@jeremyfreese) May 25, 2015 is a meta-analysis of essentially every twin-based study of heritability of any trait between 1958 and 2012. The top-line […]
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are all human traits heritable? | SP
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There should be a name of this kind of argument. Like argumentum ad nuance, or argumentum ad variation.
Any time a sociologist argues that, "yes a central tendency exists, but there is variance, and the variance is what matters" it always seem to be in service of some politically correct conclusion. In this case that the environment matters more than genetics.
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I'm writing on this topic these days, safetoto, but I have stopped writing because there is no reference material. Then I accidentally found your article. I can refer to a variety of materials, so I think the work I was preparing will work! Thank you for your efforts.