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A Fresh Face in Hell with Jonathan Evison

Dalton Conley - Nature & Nurture

11 Jun 2025

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Turns out the idea of nature vs. nurture is an overly simplistic way of describing how our genes correlate with our environments. For 150 years, scientists, sociologists, theologians, politicians, and philosophers have argued over this binary idea of determinism. My guest today, Professor Dalton Conley, writes that the answer is more like nature & nurture. In his book "The Social Genome," Dalton illustrates how our genes are activated, or subdued, by our social environments. He also talks about the emerging science behind the Polygenic Index (PGI). This is a predictive data model that can show your likelihood to succeed in life, college, love, etc., based on your genome. It's a whole new way of understanding genes.https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/782431/the-social-genome-by-dalton-conley/9781324092636linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/freshfacepods.evison

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