"A Striking Similarity: The Revolutionary Findings of Twin Studies"
August 27, 2018
With this important result:
One of the consequences, I point out to my classes, but that does not really seem to get into the public consciousness, is that as we create more and more egalitarian and equal societies with equal opportunity, the differences between individuals become increasingly more and more genetically based. The differences don’t go away. The overall range may be reduced somewhat, but the differences don’t go away. They become more and more genetic. This is sort of a paradoxical finding, if you are an environmentalist. But if you believe that there are genetic differences, then it’s a natural consequence.
It's a very good thing that this isn't more in "public consciousness". I'm certain that if it were some folks would impose on us a policy like the one in Vonnegut's famous story, "Harrison Bergeron".