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

<p>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.</p><p><br /> </p><p><strong>Topics</strong></p><p>· Heritability does not imply determinism</p><p>· What is the value of the heritability coefficient?</p><p>· Nature and nurture are always intertwined</p><p>· Genes, giftedness, and responsibility</p><p>· Separating individual differences from hierarchy</p><p>· Genetics as a tool for social policy</p><p>· Can we systematically improve general intelligence?</p><p>· Prioritizing self-actualization in education</p><p>· Group differences data, racism, inequality</p><p>· Anti-eugenics and the great synthesis</p><p>· Polygenic scores: evaluations, correlations, and applications</p>