Comment by comrade1234
4 days ago
When I was an undergrad (or maybe it was grad - it was a long time ago) we learned about the Minnesota twins study that attempted to find the strength of genetics in personality. The study developed new statistical techniques to measure this and can to the conclusion that genetics is very strong.
But now you hear nothing about this study. I'm not sure if it's because the results are tainted by eugenics, or if the techniques they developed were wrong...
You hear something about it if you run the article through a screen reader. :-)
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I think you're going to find "I refused to read the article" is not a very effective persuasive strategy on HN. Especially when your opening bid is a restatement of what the article is about!
So, you admit you DNRTFA, and yet complain about what's not in it?
What you call name-dropping is justified by the need to clarify the stakes and be transparent about where the criticism is coming from. If the article is too long for you & you're already familiar with the notion of heritability, you can go directly to the "The Dog Eat My Control Group" section near the end.