This is VERY interesting. I was under the impression that Conley was one of the people on the skeptical (or more careful) side of this research program, especially because of his training in Sociology and the way I have seen him interact with figures such as Charles Murray. I saw him as being closer on the spectrum to people like Eric Turkeimer.
I think I'm going to read this one side by side with Turkeimer's new book to get a sense of the truly skeptical (albeit maybe a bit too skeptical).
Both Conley and Plomin were recent guests on Converging Dialogues and iirc, Plomin's episode was the one that sounded more enthusiastic. He was still careful enough to emphasize:
"... population level statistics, applicable only to one population at a particular time..."
I think im just generally critical of the optimistic stance on PGIs revolutionizing things. My reading of his book could also be largely a result of the uber popular writing style of the book, which i find cheapens complex topics. Over simplifying =/= simply explaining. I also just find the book unoriginal! Plomin and Harden's books better covers both angles of his book and i find he just offers nothing novel.
Great review, thank you. I'm interested in DNA and heading to the bookstore to look for Blueprint. Thank you for the recommendation 😊
This is VERY interesting. I was under the impression that Conley was one of the people on the skeptical (or more careful) side of this research program, especially because of his training in Sociology and the way I have seen him interact with figures such as Charles Murray. I saw him as being closer on the spectrum to people like Eric Turkeimer.
I think I'm going to read this one side by side with Turkeimer's new book to get a sense of the truly skeptical (albeit maybe a bit too skeptical).
Both Conley and Plomin were recent guests on Converging Dialogues and iirc, Plomin's episode was the one that sounded more enthusiastic. He was still careful enough to emphasize:
"... population level statistics, applicable only to one population at a particular time..."
I think im just generally critical of the optimistic stance on PGIs revolutionizing things. My reading of his book could also be largely a result of the uber popular writing style of the book, which i find cheapens complex topics. Over simplifying =/= simply explaining. I also just find the book unoriginal! Plomin and Harden's books better covers both angles of his book and i find he just offers nothing novel.