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Science writer and book author in psychology, neuroscience and evolution

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    Rolf Degen‏ @DegenRolf 26 Mar 2018
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    Personality traits affect reproductive success, indicating that they are likely under current natural selection. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886918301405?_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_origin=gateway&_docanchor=&md5=b8429449ccfc9c30159a5f9aeaa92ffb …pic.twitter.com/cfvPME35Hn

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      2. Rolf Degen‏ @DegenRolf 26 Mar 2018
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        That is because of the incredible impact of the nonshared environment, which Plomin caught in the question "Why are children in the same family so different from one another?" My take on the puzzle: https://plus.google.com/101046916407340625977/posts/NzThLg3Tz5v …

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      2. M. A. Fink‏ @onetarot 26 Mar 2018
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        Replying to @MsHeatherOnline @DegenRolf @AdamPerkinsPhD

        "Have." Have inherited the Earth.

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      2. John Leven‏ @booksandbooze_ 26 Mar 2018
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        I wonder if the root cause here is actually religion. If I recall the more devoutly religious are both less open and have more children. What do you think?

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      3. Bill John Monroe‏ @BillyJonMonroe 28 Mar 2018
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        This is correlation, not causation. Plus, personality traits are not necessarily inherited.

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      1. BP‏ @BadgerPundit 26 Mar 2018
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        Finally, proof! @PatriarchTree is "cognitively rigid."

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        Replying to @DegenRolf @clairlemon

        "emotional instability can facilitate fertility"

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      1. Cavy Maintaining Social Distance‏ @_cavy_ 26 Mar 2018
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        How do you explain the Flynn Effect, given the negative correlation between IQ and fertility rate? I only ask because it seems that IQ is also being selected for despite this correlation. Survival rate doesn't seem to explain it regarding first world countries.

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        This also suggests that one of the key ways to reduce population growth is to encourage openness and honesty, and to decrease agreeableness in males.

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