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Does Dylan count as a band? If so, then boomer here with obvious answer: Bringing it all back home, Highway 61 Revisited, Blonde on Blonde.

As I think about this, the more offended I get that Visscher would write a paper that is implicitly very critical of me while casually admitting that he has never read a relevant word I have written. Proud of his ignorance. He ought to be embarrassed.

Here is a link to the article I am blogging about. Let me know if you can't get through the firewall and I will send you a pdf.

Was the Minnesota Transracial Adoption Study Abhorrent or Just Controversial? - Behavior GeneticsThe Minnesota Transracial Adoption Study (MTRAS) has been a source of enduring controversy due to its goal of addressing genetic and environmental explanations of Black-White IQ differences. The study...link.springer.com

Very pleased to have played a small role in this amazing study, with some distant Scarr-Rowe vibes.

I believe this free link still works.... rdcu.be/fjmWD

Polygenic risk scores are not genetic predispositionsNature Human Behaviour - Polygenic risk scores are not genetic predispositionsrdcu.be

I am convinced that inequality writ large is the reason for the permavibe-cession. I have plenty of money and a very nice life. Still, it stings to have my nose rubbed so constantly in the excesses of the super-wealthy. Boarding zone 4 is fine, but I hate watching the fat cats in zone 1.

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What I find kind of baffling is the lack of curiosity on the part of the authors.

Yes, and it is basically 0 for BMI. I am open to a good explanation why all of these estimates are biased downward.

Oops thanks. Being too cute. I'll fix it later.

Shareable link to Nature Human Behavior paper on polygenic scores. Hope it works.

Polygenic risk scores are not genetic predispositionsNature Human Behaviour - Polygenic risk scores are not genetic predispositionsrdcu.be

fwiw, the greatest and most serious statement of this sentiment. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X0U...

Bob Dylan - Only a Pawn in Their Game (Official Audio)YouTube video by BobDylanVEVOwww.youtube.com

I think you got the wrong Eric!

By pushing up mz correlations

And I hope it's clear that I am just kidding around. As Michel has said, it's an important problem.

The classic, "More research is needed."

My usual example when talking about the different challenges of animal and human work is, "milk production in cows." Gas production is a livelier one. (Semi) seriously, I think it is an example where animal work might be interesting but human fartWAS would fail. Diet variation would overwhelm it.

Is @nathancofnas.bsky.social not him, or does he not check the account?

I'm not on Twitter anymore so I can't tell him directly-- I assume he isn't here? Feel free to send him a link; Chapter 9 of my book would be even better, though it doesn't address the "ethical principle" thing directly. I would sincerely like to hear his counter-arguments.

Here is the tl;dr. I stand by the whole business. I obviously didn't mean what Cofnas and others insist that I meant. /end