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Episode 143: Robert Plomin - The Power of Genes in Human Nature


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Robert Plomin is a British-American scientist, a psychologist and behavioral geneticist, and the author of the bestselling book, Blueprint: How DNA Makes Us Who We Are.

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(00:00) Intro

(01:00) The history of nature vs nurture debate

(15:40) "All parents are nurture-ists - until their second child."

(18:54) Identical twin studies

(39:16) Lessons from the film "Three Identical Strangers"

(41:20) How much influence do parents have on their kids?

(58:40) Genes and psychology

(01:10:55) A better model for psychology

(01:16:35) How should society look, based on the truth and power of genes?

(01:27:03) Nucleus genomics in NYC for polygenic information

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