Kraut and Tea Denies the Existence of Quantitative Genetics

   

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Published on Nov 13, 2017

The clips at the end are filler for when I decided I was done making a video. There's no hidden meaning to them. Stop asking.

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Video from our one-man brain trust:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpIrNCk0zCI

Textbook bit on Quantitative Genetics:
https://books.google.com/books?id=IWYdBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA73&lpg=PA73&dq=%22For+complex+behavioral+traits+in+the+human+species,+an+experiment+of+nature+(twinning)+and+an+experiment+of+nurture+(adoption)+are+widely+used+to+assess+the+net+effect+of+genes+and+environments.+The+theory+underlying+these+methods+is+called+quantitative+genetics.+Quantitative+genetics+estimates+the+extent+to+which+observed+differences+among+individuals+are+due+to+genetic+differences+of+any+sort+and+to+environmental+differences+of+any+sort+without+specifying+what+the+specific+genes+or+environmental+factors+are.%22&source=bl&ots=dyWOaDH202&sig=Zh0nAvNF5vVXucPDUkBWbU8N3CI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiiiLKfsrzXAhVV8WMKHTooD0QQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=%22For%20complex%20behavioral%20traits%20in%20the%20human%20species%2C%20an%20experiment%20of%20nature%20(twinning)%20and%20an%20experiment%20of%20nurture%20(adoption)%20are%20widely%20used%20to%20assess%20the%20net%20effect%20of%20genes%20and%20environments.%20The%20theory%20underlying%20these%20methods%20is%20called%20quantitative%20genetics.%20Quantitative%20genetics%20estimates%20the%20extent%20to%20which%20observed%20differences%20among%20individuals%20are%20due%20to%20genetic%20differences%20of%20any%20sort%20and%20to%20environmental%20differences%20of%20any%20sort%20without%20specifying%20what%20the%20specific%20genes%20or%20environmental%20factors%20are.%22&f=false

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http://thealternativehypothesis.org/index.php/2017/03/15/first-worldism-part-5-the-european-revolution/

Article Kraut is having a conniption over:
http://thealternativehypothesis.org/index.php/2016/04/15/race-and-iq-related-genes/

As an aside, Piffer did an analysis looking at more recent genes:
https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/201706.0039/v1

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