Genes, Brains, and Human Potential Richardson Ken
Genes, Brains, and Human Potential Richardson Ken For countless generations people have been told that their potential as humans is limited and fundamentally unequal. More recently the appeal has…
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Genes, Brains, and Human Potential Richardson Ken
For countless generations people have been told that their potential as humans is limited and fundamentally unequal. More recently the appeal has been to biology, specifically the genes, brain sciences, the concept of intelligence, and powerful new technologies. The social order, they have been assured, is arranged by powers beyond their control.
In Genes, Brains, and Human Potential, Ken Richardson illustrates how the ideology of human intelligence has infiltrated genetics, brain sciences, and psychology, flourishing in the vagueness of basic concepts, a shallow nature-versus-nurture debate, and the overhyped claims Reinforced through the authority of science and a growing belief in bio-determinism, the ordering of the many for the benefit of a few has become more entrenched.Yet scientists are now waking up to the influence of ideology on research and its interpretation.