Kathryn Paige Harden || Genetic Inequality, IQ, and Education

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
Have we successfully improved general intelligence?
Prioritizing self-actualization in education
Group differences data, racism, inequality
Anti-eugenics and the great synthesis
Polygenic scores: evaluations, correlations, and applications

About the guest

Kathryn Paige Harden

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Kathryn Paige Harden is an American psychologist and behavioral geneticist who is a professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, where she directs the Developmental Behavior Genetics lab and co-directs the Texas Twin Project. She is the author of The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality.

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