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Eric Turkheimer @ent3c.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

In which David Brooks comes up with a way to (anecdotally, without evidence) both-sides the White House press ban: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsur...

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Brooks and Capehart on Trump's warm welcome for China's Xi Jinping

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

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Eric Turkheimer @ent3c.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Woody says, almost never, maybe once a week. Keaton says, constantly, maybe once a week.

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Eric Turkheimer @ent3c.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

My general reaction to the results (SNP h2 4-10%, PGS performance 1-4%) is to be reminded of a Woody Allen gag from Annie Hall. There is a split screen; Woody and Diane Keaton are both talking to their therapists. The therapists ask, How often do you have sex?

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Eric Turkheimer @ent3c.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Since my name is invoked, I gotta say that "BG is 99% BS" is too strong. BS suggests it is untrue; my take is that this study is mostly a careful, detailed exploration of the obvious. Human behavioral differences are correlated with DNA. It is the 1st law of BG come home to roost in modern genomics.

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Eric Turkheimer @ent3c.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Blog post: Charles Murray Responds about our bet. ericturkheimer.substack.com/p/charles-mu...

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Charles Murray Replies About Our Bet

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Rémy Furrer @remyfurrer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

My letter responding to The Economist’s “designer babies” editorial is out. The editorial cites our study on public attitudes toward polygenic embryo screening but omits a key finding: attitudes became less favorable when participants first considered potential concerns. Link below.

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Eric Turkheimer @ent3c.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Thanks. For the record, over the years I have been much more skeptical about the whole hereditarian project. The current post was a limited attempt to meet the hereditarians on their own terms. See eg here: ericturkheimer.substack.com/p/origin-of-...

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Origin of Race Differences in Intelligence is Not a Scientific Question

Race Differences in IQ: The Limitations of Empirical Evidence

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Eric Turkheimer @ent3c.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

That's fine but it doesn't apply to me. I didn't come close to signing the letter, and based on the information you provide I don't think the Gaza CS postdoc should have been let go. By far the worst threats to academic freedom come from the right, as Trump and Trumpians have demonstrated.

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Eric Turkheimer @ent3c.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I’m sorry but I am not coming out of the woodwork. In fact I have spent a forty year career publicly opposing race science. Maybe take a minute to read some of my work.

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Eric Turkheimer @ent3c.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Fair enough. I didn't say that UGent shouldn't be able to follow its rules, or Belgium's. Whether following those rules is good or bad for more universal principles of academic freedom is another question. My general point is that these things are better dealt with on the front end.

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Eric Turkheimer @ent3c.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

It's important to remember that these are tables that are easily turned.

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Eric Turkheimer @ent3c.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

It's unfortunate, but I agree with Sasha. Cofnas should never have been hired (is there a good account of how that happened?), but having been hired I don't like to see him let go for ideological reasons, despite the awfulness of his ideology. I would be fine with dismissing him at his next renewal.

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Eric Turkheimer @ent3c.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

And no I’m not going to perform our disagreement for your entertainment.

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Eric Turkheimer @ent3c.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

You might disagree with them privately or publicly, as I have done with Paige. That’s what started all this. But within broad limits you don’t “disavow” them. That is a a social media construct not a scientific one.

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Eric Turkheimer @ent3c.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Show me that you have zero notion of what it means to be a scientist or a mentor.

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Eric Turkheimer @ent3c.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I can't just leave this up here. Paige and I disagree about some things but I haven't "disavowed" her. I'm proud to be advisor. All in all you should take this down.

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Eric Turkheimer @ent3c.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Quick post today. My effect size hobby: Random GWAS arrives across my transom. No Damien Morris, five minute read. ericturkheimer.substack.com/p/my-effect-...

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My effect size hobby

Random GWAS arrives across my transom

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Eric Turkheimer @ent3c.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I think her background is in specific administration.

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Eric Turkheimer @ent3c.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Just got an email from someone whose title is "Administrative Generalist." Sort of sums things up.

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Eric Turkheimer @ent3c.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Does Dylan count as a band? If so, then boomer here with obvious answer: Bringing it all back home, Highway 61 Revisited, Blonde on Blonde.

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Eric Turkheimer @ent3c.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

All these negative stories about Fauci's diary are unfair. Who wouldn't be embarrassed to have our private diary published? Beyond that is an expectation for people who ascend to big leadership positions. The NIH directors I have met have many admirable qualities; humility is not one of them.

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The Revelatory Cringe of Anthony Fauci

The private notes of the man who oversaw COVID policy are deeply embarrassing—and surprisingly instructive.

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Eric Turkheimer @ent3c.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Blog post. Dennett, Determinism, and the Nonshared Environment: Genetic determinism is no myth. More in my thread on Damien Morris.

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Dennett, Determinism, and the Nonshared Environment

Genetic determinism is no myth

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lucaisharsh @lucaisharsh.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The pipeline intersection

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Eric Turkheimer @ent3c.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Blog Post: Part 1 of my reply to Damien Morris. Am I a Free Will Compatibilist? Daniel Dennett and me. tldr; Morris doesn't think I am a compatibilist, but Dennett did.

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Am I a Free Will Compatibilist?

Daniel Dennett and me

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Eric Turkheimer @ent3c.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Blog post: Damien Morris on Free Will (1/x): Introduction, Clarifications, and a Concession. An introduction to a series of replies to a three-part monograph by Damien Morris. ericturkheimer.substack.com/p/damien-mor...

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Damien Morris on Free Will (1/x)

Introduction, Clarifications, and a Concession

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Eric Turkheimer @ent3c.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

With apologies for being a grump, picture taking in museums has gotten out of control. It seems to make people happy and I have mostly learned to ignore it, but if someone who indulges can explain the pleasure to me I promise not to judge. Corollary: restaurant food.

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Eric Turkheimer @ent3c.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

As I think about this, the more offended I get that Visscher would write a paper that is implicitly very critical of me while casually admitting that he has never read a relevant word I have written. Proud of his ignorance. He ought to be embarrassed.

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Eric Turkheimer @ent3c.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Blog post: Peter Visscher's defense of behavior genetics. Blah blah blah from yours truly. ericturkheimer.substack.com/p/peter-viss...

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Peter Visscher's Defense of Behavior Genetics

More blah blah blah from yours truly

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Eric Turkheimer @ent3c.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Slack is the 12:00 flashing on my VCR. I just don't get it.

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Eric Turkheimer @ent3c.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Very pleased to have played a small role in this amazing study, with some distant Scarr-Rowe vibes.

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Eric Turkheimer @ent3c.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Regardless of what you think about Graham Platner-- I don't know what I think-- it is becoming clear that the Times is going full-bore Hillary's emails on the story. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/u...

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Several Women Who Dated Graham Platner Recall ‘Unsettling’ Behavior

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Eric Turkheimer @ent3c.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

I am convinced that inequality writ large is the reason for the permavibe-cession. I have plenty of money and a very nice life. Still, it stings to have my nose rubbed so constantly in the excesses of the super-wealthy. Boarding zone 4 is fine, but I hate watching the fat cats in zone 1.

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Eric Turkheimer @ent3c.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

What I find kind of baffling is the lack of curiosity on the part of the authors.

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Eric Turkheimer @ent3c.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Yes, and it is basically 0 for BMI. I am open to a good explanation why all of these estimates are biased downward.

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Eric Turkheimer @ent3c.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

My wife is in Alzheimer's research. It turns out that the same bogus "quantile regression" methods that have been used to exaggerate genomic findings (bsky.app/profile/ent3...) are also being used to promote marginally effective AD treatments.

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Study Questions Methods Used in Alzheimer's Drug Analysis

Quantile aggregation may lead to overstated claims about amyloid-cognition relationships

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Eric Turkheimer @ent3c.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Oops thanks. Being too cute. I'll fix it later.

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Eric Turkheimer @ent3c.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

New blog post: Galton's Grandma was right. I locate the the preprint from Jaishankar et al in this history of Galtonian behavior genetics: a remarkable methodological achievement, with devastating-- and mostly unacknowledged-- substantive implications for the field. open.substack.com/pub/ericturk...

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Eric Turkheimer @ent3c.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

I take pride in my letters of recommendation. I hate being forced to squeeze them into text windows on a web form, responding to banal and repetitive questions. A hill I will die on: Not all human processes are improved by standardizing them.

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