Episode 15 - The Mismeasure of Meaning: Nature, Nurture, and Nuance

In this episode, I explain my concerns and criticisms of the claim that "everything is genetic." I explain both why I once found the hereditarian literature very persuasive, as well as the philosophical and epistemological reasons I am no longer willing to agree that the case can be considered closed. I've listed a few resources that might be useful for further reading below. Of course I don't agree with every single thing each of these authors argues either—and some of them even contradict one another on various details. But as a whole, they have greatly informed my thinking on this subject and many others.

On behavioral genetics and biology: Eric Turkheimer, "Understanding the Nature-Nurture Debate" https://amzn.to/4l5Q6K0

Evelyn Fox Keller, "The Century of the Gene" https://amzn.to/3TxKFb6

Denis Noble, "The Music of Life" https://amzn.to/4leUnuU

David Moore, "The Developing Genome" https://amzn.to/4nbGeQP

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