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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 17 Jul 2016

    Brooks: "No one denies early attachment powerfully shapes lives." I do: Studies are fatally confounded by genetics.http://nyti.ms/29E3K7t 

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      2. Neasa‏ @neasac 17 Jul 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        Interesting - what's the confound specifically? Happy attached parents = happy child genetically?

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      3. Victor Rivera  🇵🇷 👻 🎃 👹‏ @cognitivicta 17 Jul 2016
        Replying to @neasac @sapinker

        I'm currently perusing a paper by @fsnole1 about this confound: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Todd_Shackelford/publication/303952365_Rethinking_the_Transmission_Gap_What_Behavioral_Genetics_and_Evolutionary_Psychology_Mean_for_Attachment_Theory_A_Comment_on_Verhage_et_al_2016/links/57627c0308ae0c8c25528f13.pdf?origin=publication_detail …

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      2. Brendon J. Brewer‏ @brendonbrewer 19 Jul 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        @hbdchick @nytimes Surely that means you should be uncertain, not confident of the negative answer.

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      3. David Manheim‏ @davidmanheim 19 Jul 2016
        Replying to @brendonbrewer @sapinker @hbdchick

        the fact that weak evidence gets cited as best available should be weak bayesian evidence against, right?

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      2. Crambazzled‏ @nickysmithers 17 Jul 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        @nytimes what about attachment disorders in children with highly chaotic early years, eg multiple Foster placements, violence?

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      3. Ron Drabkin‏ @DrabkinRon 17 Jul 2016
        Replying to @nickysmithers @sapinker

        also factors. To quote Pinker "many scientists miss what all parents of two kids know - kids come out different."

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      4. Crambazzled‏ @nickysmithers 17 Jul 2016
        Replying to @DrabkinRon @sapinker

        yes the old nature nurture. I suppose attachment disorder will manifest in relation to genetic predisposition

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      5. Ron Drabkin‏ @DrabkinRon 17 Jul 2016
        Replying to @nickysmithers @sapinker

        of course, you are right about nurture. His point is that many scientists shockingly miss that nature exists.

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      6. Crambazzled‏ @nickysmithers 17 Jul 2016
        Replying to @DrabkinRon @sapinker

        interesting I work in social work and attachment theory's very influential, would be helpful to broaden knowledge base

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      7. Ron Drabkin‏ @DrabkinRon 17 Jul 2016
        Replying to @nickysmithers @sapinker

        for sure. I really liked Pinker's book the blank slate. Of course there are nature and nurture - both important

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      8. Crambazzled‏ @nickysmithers 17 Jul 2016
        Replying to @DrabkinRon @sapinker

        I assumed the Nat/nurt debate was long settled, but this made me realise dominance of nurture theory to practice.

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      1. jcscaliger‏ @jcscaliger 17 Jul 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        By all means post your incontrovertible studies

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      2. Oantastlig‏ @Oantastlig 17 Jul 2016
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        Are there any studies that control for genetic factors?

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      1. Jason Dusek‏ @solidsnack 1 Aug 2016
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        I always thought it so great how attachment explains how humans and dogs can love each other.

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      1. (((Billy Bob da Vinci)))‏ @billybobdavinci 1 Aug 2016
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        don't get in the way of a hasty generalization from a nationally recognized "social science communicator!"

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