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Kathryn Paige Harden || Genetic Inequality, IQ, and Education
Kathryn Paige Harden || Genetic Inequality, IQ, and Education
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Length:
82 minutes
Released:
Sep 30, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
Today it’s great to have Paige Harden on the podcast. Dr. Harden is a professor of clinical psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, where is the director of the Developmental Behavior Genetics lab and co-director of the Texas Twin Project. Her new book is called The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality. Topics· Heritability does not imply determinism· What is the value of the heritability coefficient?· Nature and nurture are always intertwined· Genes, giftedness, and responsibility· Separating individual differences from hierarchy· Genetics as a tool for social policy· Can we systematically improve general intelligence?· Prioritizing self-actualization in education· Group differences data, racism, inequality· Anti-eugenics and the great synthesis· Polygenic scores: evaluations, correlations, and applications
Released:
Sep 30, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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