
Episode 143: Robert Plomin - The Power of Genes in Human Nature
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Robert Plomin is a British-American scientist, a psychologist and behavioral geneticist, and the author of the bestselling book, Blueprint: How DNA Makes Us Who We Are.
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(00:00) Intro
(01:00) The history of nature vs nurture debate
(15:40) "All parents are nurture-ists - until their second child."
(18:54) Identical twin studies
(39:16) Lessons from the film "Three Identical Strangers"
(41:20) How much influence do parents have on their kids?
(58:40) Genes and psychology
(01:10:55) A better model for psychology
(01:16:35) How should society look, based on the truth and power of genes?
(01:27:03) Nucleus genomics in NYC for polygenic information