@morin-chasse
Independent researcher, studying the links between political science and public understanding of science. #politicalpsychology #far-right #geneticessentialism. From Canada. https://alexandremorinchasse.wixsite.com/accueil
Marketing for new genetic tests claims that polygenic risk scores can predict which IVF embryo will grow into the tallest, smartest or healthiest child. The tests both fail to deliver on their promises and advance dehumanizing eugenic ideas about whose lives have value.
Read this @livescience.com interview with Sam Trejo and @daphmarts.bsky.social, authors of What We Inherit: How New Technologies and Old Myths Are Shaping Our Genomic Future
L'idéologie néo-réactionnaire. Carl Schmitt, Peter Thiel, Curtis Yarvin, impérialisme, techno-monarchie, bio-autoritarisme, surveillance de masse. Un royaume efficace sans la règle de droit. Une dystopie à la George Orwell, vue comme un idéal par des multimillionnaires et leurs influenceurs.
A short, accessible introduction to the history of eugenics, by TED-Ed.
@profdasgupta.bsky.social
"Threats of mass deportations loom on the post-2024 election horizon. Some supporters claim these will protect the country from immigrants who bring “bad genes” into America. But this is a misguided use of the language of science to give a sheen of legitimacy to unscientific claims."
Where is our national press? The government has been shooting at and harassing clergy for months. This used to be a red line. The reality is their red line moved, not yours. They’re cowards.
"Under Donald Trump, fitness, inherent health, and morality are all associated with a specific type of person: able-bodied, white “heritage Americans.” (...) this rhetoric echoes one of the darkest ideologies of the 19th and 20th centuries (...) : eugenics."
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A feeling of déjà vu? Extract from a 1912 paper: "We, in the United States, have an opportunity which is unique in history for the practice of eugenic principles.(...) Today, by selecting our immigrants through proper legislations, we have the power to pick up the best specimens of each race"
Interessed in learning more about the Ethical, Legal, and Social implications (ELSI) of genetics ans genomics? The ELSI Hub provides a free, timely monthly review of recent publications in this field. elsihub.org/news/elsi-re...
"While both [academics and journalists] considered [Social and Behavioral Genetics (SBG)] especially ethically sensitive and prone to risks such as misinterpretation, (...) many deferred the ethical responsibility to minimize risks associated with SBG to others." rdcu.be/eXjvJ
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We are pleased to welcome the Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics to Bluesky, you can follow them here -
@journalrep.bsky.social.
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Nice open access paper by Diya Jiang, PhD candidate at McGill University :
Trade Attitudes and Federalism: A Study of Provincial Public Opinion toward Canada–US Trade academic.oup.com/publius/arti..., in Publius.
How and for whom can genetics education reduce beliefs in genetic essentialism? pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41267401/
"We also find that the 3 intervention curricula are highly effective across sociodemographic group characteristics [...] we offer evidence-based strategies for curriculum development"
"Dozens of politicians from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party will travel to Washington in December at the invitation of a group of House Republicans, said U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna."
www.politico.eu/article/larg...
In 2018, Eric Turkheimer took a bet with Charles Murray, who said that by 2025, the genetics of intelligence would be basically understood. Turkheimer knew otherwise. “I am here to declare that I was more right,” Turkheimer writes.
@ent3c.bsky.social
An excellent post by an insider's critique of applied behavioral genetics.
open.substack.com/pub/ericturk...
I wonder if this piece was written using AI. While the description of my study is engaging, the story quotes me for something I never wrote or said. I brought the matter to to author's attention but got no reply.
Still, I'm glad my work got some exposure.
www.sciencenewstoday.org/dangerous-dn...
Our letter @philippbroniecki.bsky.social on what unites the right in the European Parliament is out in @eupthejournal.bsky.social , journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
📢 New research by Alexandre Morin-Chassé reveals that supporters of far-right parties in Scandinavia are more likely to believe genetics play a significant role in social outcomes compared to other party supporters. Read more about the findings on our blog RightNow! www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...
