Tag: identical twins
Genes Rule? The Evidence of Identical Twins
Researcher on identical twins hoped to prove that Genes Rule! But there were ethics slippages along the way.
Why Should a Baby Live?
My title is adapted from a 2012 article by two philosophers, Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva.
Science, Scientism, and Magic
The scientific culture of the 19th and early 20th century produced three great wizards — Charles Darwin, Karl Marx, and Sigmund Freud.
Why Genetic Determinism Is a Bad Stock
This particular shambling zombie takes another punch now with news about identical twins.
Why Identical Twins Aren’t Identical: Epistasis and Its Evolutionary Implications
With every study that reveals another layer of complexity in the genome, it becomes more difficult to attribute evolutionary progress to an accumulation of random factors.