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Beyond human nurture

Beyond human nurture Metascience (2019) 28:383–386 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11016-019-00434-w BOOK RE VIE W Robert Plomin: Blueprint: How DNA makes us who we are. MIT Press, 2018, 280 pp, USD$27.95 HB Lucas J. Matthews Published online: 19 June 2019 © Springer Nature B.V. 2019 The culmination of an entire career of research by human behavioral genetics’ most prominent and prolific scholar, Robert Plomin, Blueprint should be recognized as the next big move in the nature–nurture debate. It stands out from most recent con- tributions to the literature in that it is unapologetically ‘naturist,’ as it presents heaps of evidence in favor of the primacy of genetics over environment. Innovative and ambitious, not only does Blueprint establish a polarized stance in the nature–nur- ture debate, it lays the foundation for an entirely new genomics-informed hereditar- ian worldview. It proposes a complete reconceptualization of behavioral psychopa- thology (Chapter  5, ‘Abnormal is Normal’) and social equality (Chapter  9, ‘Equal Opportunity and Meritocracy’). It reads easily, presenting a logical and fluid tell- ing of how genomics is revolutionizing behavior genetics. His 16th book, Blue- print, showcases Plomin’s ability to boil down sophisticated statistics and cutting- edge genomic technology into easily accessible nuggets of information, as it easily includes the most informative introduction http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Metascience Springer Journals

Beyond human nurture

Matthews, Lucas
Metascience , Volume 28 (3) – Jun 19, 2019
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Metascience (2019) 28:383–386 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11016-019-00434-w BOOK RE VIE W Robert Plomin: Blueprint: How DNA makes us who we are. MIT Press, 2018, 280 pp, USD$27.95 HB Lucas J. Matthews Published online: 19 June 2019 © Springer Nature B.V. 2019 The culmination of an entire career of research by human behavioral genetics’ most prominent and prolific scholar, Robert Plomin, Blueprint should be recognized as the next big move in the nature–nurture debate. It stands out from most recent con- tributions to the literature in that it is unapologetically ‘naturist,’ as it presents heaps of evidence in favor of the primacy of genetics over environment. Innovative and ambitious, not only does Blueprint establish a polarized stance in the nature–nur- ture debate, it lays the foundation for an entirely new genomics-informed hereditar- ian worldview. It proposes a complete reconceptualization of behavioral psychopa- thology (Chapter  5, ‘Abnormal is Normal’) and social equality (Chapter  9, ‘Equal Opportunity and Meritocracy’). It reads easily, presenting a logical and fluid tell- ing of how genomics is revolutionizing behavior genetics. His 16th book, Blue- print, showcases Plomin’s ability to boil down sophisticated statistics and cutting- edge genomic technology into easily accessible nuggets of information, as it easily includes the most informative introduction

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