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Eric Turkheimer

@ent3c.bsky.social

Behavior genetics, clinical psychology, Mets. Occasional politics. Substack (free): https://ericturkheimer.substack.com/ Book Is Out! Understanding the Nature-Nurture Debate https://shorturl.at/Ce2hf Electronic Version: https://shorturl.at/Fq2jv

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Eric Turkheimer@ent3c.bsky.social · 6d ago

All these negative stories about Fauci's diary are unfair. Who wouldn't be embarrassed to have our private diary published? Beyond that is an expectation for people who ascend to big leadership positions. The NIH directors I have met have many admirable qualities; humility is not one of them.

The Revelatory Cringe of Anthony Fauci

The private notes of the man who oversaw COVID policy are deeply embarrassing—and surprisingly instructive.

theatlantic.com

Eric Turkheimer@ent3c.bsky.social · 3w ago

With apologies for being a grump, picture taking in museums has gotten out of control. It seems to make people happy and I have mostly learned to ignore it, but if someone who indulges can explain the pleasure to me I promise not to judge. Corollary: restaurant food.

Eric Turkheimer@ent3c.bsky.social · 3mo ago

My wife is in Alzheimer's research. It turns out that the same bogus "quantile regression" methods that have been used to exaggerate genomic findings (bsky.app/profile/ent3...) are also being used to promote marginally effective AD treatments.

Study Questions Methods Used in Alzheimer's Drug Analysis

Quantile aggregation may lead to overstated claims about amyloid-cognition relationships

medpagetoday.com

Eric Turkheimer@ent3c.bsky.social · 5y ago

Yesterday @kph3k noted that I "loathe" decile analysis as a way of describing the results of a PGS analysis. The subsequent discussion clarified why I loathe it-- it's a misleading way of reporting results, a systematic sleight of hand to disguise the import of a small effect. /1

Eric Turkheimer@ent3c.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I take pride in my letters of recommendation. I hate being forced to squeeze them into text windows on a web form, responding to banal and repetitive questions. A hill I will die on: Not all human processes are improved by standardizing them.

Eric Turkheimer@ent3c.bsky.social · 3mo ago

With @remyfurrer.bsky.social, a new piece in Nature Human Behavior. The standard description of a polygenic score as a "genetic predisposition" essentializes a statistical construct. It's not language policing: PGS are a new kind of entity; now is the time to think carefully about what they are.

Polygenic risk scores are not genetic predispositions - Nature Human Behaviour

Nature Human Behaviour - Polygenic risk scores are not genetic predispositions

nature.com

Kevin Bird@stairwaytokevin.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Great new work by @evangiangrande.bsky.social tracking how race scientists exploit preprint servers to legitimize and spread their work

The Preprint Problem: Fringe, Genetically Informed Studies of Group Differences in Behavior Housed on Open Science Platforms - Behavior Genetics

Preprint servers and open science platforms have revolutionized the scientific process. A fundamental feature of these platforms is a lack of peer review—virtually anyone with an internet connection c...

link.springer.com

Eric Turkheimer@ent3c.bsky.social · 4mo ago

This tiresome nonsense follows from a poorly worded sentence I wrote in 2008. The Cato Institute invited James Flynn to write a piece about intelligence, with several comments. The conversation turned, as such conversations will, to race, and I wrote this. I still like it. /1

Race and IQ

cato-unbound.org

Pieter T. L. Beck@ptrbck.bsky.social · 4mo ago

At some point Cofnas discussed a quote by @ent3c.bsky.social that "showed" that scientists don’t want people to know “the truth” about race. To find the original, I first had to wade through search results giving articles by MacDonald, Rindermann, and Kirkegaard (all using the same snippet). /8

Eric Turkheimer@ent3c.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Thanks to Thomas Friedman for turning me on to the idea of a "Wicked Problem". The role of genetics in the genesis of human behavioral differences is a scientific wicked problem. What is your favorite wicked problem?

Wicked Problems - Stephan Hitchins

Wicked problems are complex, multi-faceted social or environmental issues that are difficult to define and solve. They are referred to as "wicked" because they are characterized by a number of unique attributes that make them challenging to address.

stephanhitchins.com.au