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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 8 May 2015

    Blank slate watch: David Brooks lists 5 reasons achievement runs in families. Genes don't make the list.http://nyti.ms/1cu1kpO 

    6:33 AM - 8 May 2015
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      2. Ted Louis‏ @MrTedLouis 8 May 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        All @sapinker said was that genes should be on the list, and all some of you want to talk about are the exceptions. Way to miss the point.

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      3. Ted Louis‏ @MrTedLouis 8 May 2015
        Replying to @MrTedLouis

        @sapinker No, genes may not explain the Bill/Hillary dynasty. What's your point?

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      2. Mark Warschauer‏ @markwarschauer 8 May 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        .@sapinker I doubt if genes have much to do with the fact that relatives of US presidents disproportionately end up as US presidents

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      1. AfterSisyphus‏ @AfterSisyphus 8 May 2015
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        @sapinker Wealth, knowledge and control in family lines does more to create inequality, opaqueness and lack of empathy than anything else.

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      1. Eduardo Alvarez‏ @EdAlvarezB 8 May 2015
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        @sapinker @razibkhan Does it have to do with the package identified by @amychua

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      1. Jeffrey Guterman‏Verified account @JeffreyGuterman 8 May 2015
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        . @sapinker Brooks refers to families as "breeding grounds." His failure to exorcise the curse of knowledge may have led to lack of clarity.

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      2. Brad Stulberg‏Verified account @BStulberg 8 May 2015
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        @sapinker @DavidEpstein Nurture your Nature! Not, "just nurture." Oh, and also, are those political families really so talented?

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      3. David Epstein‏Verified account @DavidEpstein 8 May 2015
        Replying to @BStulberg

        @BStulberg @sapinker they often are,not that luck,work don't matter hugely,but op-ed'ers never read the critical quantitative lit on this

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      4. Jonathan Wai‏ @JonathanLWai 8 May 2015
        Replying to @DavidEpstein

        @DavidEpstein @BStulberg @sapinker politicians in the U.S. are above average in brains, not sure about families: https://www.psychologytoday.com/files/attachments/56143/wai-americas-elite-2013.pdf …

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      1. Eric Whitney‏ @EricExtempore 9 May 2015
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        @sapinker David Brooks is wrong about everything all the time, enough said.

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      1. Clark Goble‏ @ClarkGoble 8 May 2015
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        @sapinker @razibkhan to be fair I don’t read him as listing exhaustive reasons. Still genes should be discussed - especially with Bachs.

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      2. सञ्जय सराफ‏ @sanjay_111 8 May 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @omarali50 that is key - 'genes dont make the list'. It is habits learned from achiever parents.

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      3. omar ali‏ @omarali50 8 May 2015
        Replying to @sanjay_111

        @sanjay_111 @sapinker what is key is that he is wrong. All the evidence indicates that genes are an important part of it. NOT all of it..

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      4. सञ्जय सराफ‏ @sanjay_111 8 May 2015
        Replying to @omarali50

        @omarali50 @sapinker then we have to agree that racism is right? Right? I find it hard to swallow.

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      5. omar ali‏ @omarali50 8 May 2015
        Replying to @sanjay_111

        @sanjay_111 @sapinker That is a separate issue. Individual differences within population and heritability of IQ (for example) not mystery

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      6. omar ali‏ @omarali50 8 May 2015
        Replying to @omarali50

        @sanjay_111 @sapinker Of course, IQ is not the sole determinant of "achievement", but it counts, esp when "other things being equal"..

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      7. omar ali‏ @omarali50 8 May 2015
        Replying to @omarali50

        @sanjay_111 @sapinker Of course, even with high heritability, outcomes are not totally predictablehttp://www.unz.com/gnxp/even-with-heritability-outcomes-are-unpredictable/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=even-with-heritability-outcomes-are-unpredictable …

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      1. Cord Blomquist‏ @cordblomquist 8 May 2015
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        @sapinker to some, the heritability of traits has become a political, not biological, theory.

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      1. int%rmitt]nt sig^al. ...~!...))ACK.n34|&m4c(*.NAK.‏ @Auld_Mac 8 May 2015
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        @sapinker David Brooks well and truly sussed http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/i-dont-think-david-brooks-is-okay-you-guys-1702674607/+AlbertBurneko?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_facebook&utm_source=deadspin_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow%20%E2%80%A6 …

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