Geoffrey Miller on Twitter: "Perfect example of what happens when journalists have zero understanding of behavior genetics. News flash: we've known for decades that interest in reading is heritable, and genetically correlated with the main traits mentioned here. https://t.co/FMqLDg82mN"

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1. Geoffrey Miller‏Verified account @primalpoly 5 Oct 2019
  
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  PS example papers on this topic: 1) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jcpp.12910 … 2) https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2016-12377-002 … 3)https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0113807 …
  
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1. Carey Haug‏ @haug_carey 5 Oct 2019
  
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  Great point! My husband and are avid readers and adoptive parents. We read to our son since infancy, but he loathes reading. Pinker’s Blank Slate prepared for me for this thankfully.
  
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1. Aaron Konor Copeland‏ @Aaron_Kon 5 Oct 2019
  
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  It’s scary how little people know about the heritability of behavior. I know a lot more than your average person and even I’m amazed and surprised at its correlates.
  
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1. John B‏ @jbossy56 5 Oct 2019
  
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  It's as if the media just found out we are not blank slates at birth. Stop the presses!
  
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1. Holtz‏ @Biorealism 5 Oct 2019
  
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  Kudos to whoever at the Atlantic chose the photo for this piece.
  
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1. Selina in PDX ‏ @SelinaDavis73 5 Oct 2019
  
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  I have quasi-counter anecdata! My daughter's biomom (my cousin) has never been a big reader. Our grandpa was, as was/is my mom, as was/am I. I became daughter's foster mom when she was almost four. She quickly came to love books & was reading Harry Potter on her own by 8. Fwiw
  
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1. JonAnxiety‏ @Rough_Patches 5 Oct 2019
  
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  I started reading nonfiction in my 20s, I'm not sure if I was ever interested when I was younger but my mum never encouraged it. I enjoy reading but I geuss I'm not great at taking everything in. Am I doomed?
  
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1. John Albin‏ @jetsetter328 5 Oct 2019
  
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  As a general rule of thumb it’s best to just avoid reading @TheAtlantic altogether
  
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