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Not in Our Genes: Biology, Ideology and Human Nature (Penguin Press Science)
by: Steven Rose, Richard C. Lewontin, Leon J. Kamin

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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780140135251
Format: Import
ISBN: 0140135251
Label: Penguin Books Ltd
Manufacturer: Penguin Books Ltd
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: November 22, 1990
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Sales Rank: 2943445
Studio: Penguin Books Ltd

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- A fascinating and thought-provoking classic
This book was published in 1984. Funnily enough, 24 years later and despite important scientific advances, "Not in our Genes" remains as fresh, interesting and fascinating today as it was back then.

If you want to develop your critical consciousness, to learn to think for yourself, not to depend on ready-made opinions and to find the other side or even an alternative to the predominant story about evolution, biological determinism and the like, read this book.

It is enlightening and already a classic. You won't regret it.

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- Has some good insights but...
Lewontin, Rose and Kamin argue that people are the way they are because of social conditioning and birth privilege, not because of their biology. Not in Our Genes, and similar books, balance the argument that our actions and motives are governed only by our genes.

This book has some useful insights worth exploring. Having said that, as with many other books that argue specific areas have controlling influence on human behavior, this book needs to be read with discretion.

The Re-Discovery of Common Sense: A Guide to: The Lost Art of Critical Thinking

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- Attacking a Straw Man
This book does a fine job of dispelling the view the genes solely determine cognitive ability. The problem is that virtually no researchers in the fields of differntial psychology or psychometrics are arguing this position. According to respected experts (e.g., Thomas Bouchard, Arthur Jensen, and Linda Gottfredson), the answer to the question "nature or nurture?" is nature and nurture. The available evidence indicates that both play an important role. The authors of this book are therefore attacking a straw man for ideological reasons.

The critique of this issue in Hernstein's and Murray's "The Bell Curve" is much more valuable for anyone with an open mind. But if you've already been baptized into the cult of egalitarianism, read and enjoy.

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- Not in our Genes? Not hardly.
I read this book for a college human nature class and found it highly enlightening. I have long been an opponent to the rigid structure of the nature v. nurture argument, and have thus far found few (if any) serious intellectual scientific works to clearly articulate other possible explanations for why we are the way we are. Kudos to the authors of Not in our Genes for presenting a possible alternative to the norm. Read it and see whatcha think.

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