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Dec 3, 2025ACX

The Good News Is That One Side Has Definitively Won The Missing Heritability Debate

Scott examines a new genetic study on missing heritability that both hereditarians and nurturists claim vindicates their position, concluding that despite the study's advances, the fundamental debate over how heritable traits like IQ actually are remains unresolved.

13 min read 1,961 words

Jul 3, 2025ACX

Highlights From The Comments On Missing Heritability

Scott Alexander responds to comments and criticism on his earlier post about 'Missing Heritability', discussing issues like gene-environment interactions, sequencing technology limitations, and the use of polygenic scores across ancestry groups.

66 min read 10,199 words

debate Eric Turkheimer genetic testing