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Challenging IQ.

Posted on August 20, 2017 by Eddie Playfair

Behavioural genetics; the clue to the difficulty is in the name. As with Sociobiology and Evolutionary Psychology before it, the squashing together of two very different levels of understanding into a single discipline creates a real problem. Genetics and psychology … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Science | Tagged behavioural genetics, determinism, Education, emergence, genes, heritability, intelligence, IQ test, Leon Kamin, neuroscience, neurotrash, reductionism, Richard Lewontin, Science, Siddhartha Mukherjee, Stephen Jay Gould, Steven Rose | Leave a comment

Challenging Neurosexism

Posted on January 24, 2016 by Eddie Playfair

In her brilliant Royal Institution lecture last week, Professor Gina Rippon from Aston University comprehensively trashed ‘neurotrash’ and the harmful gender stereotypes which it perpetuates. The term ‘neurotrash’ refers to the inappropriate application of neuroscientific findings to everyday life. Gina … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Science | Tagged brain science, determinism, discrimination, Equality, Gina Rippon, inequality, neuroscience, neurosexism, neurotrash, Raymond Tallis, reductionism, Science, sexism | Leave a comment

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