Tues 11.03.09| The Perils of "Genohype"

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Jonathan Marks, Why I Am Not a Scientist: Anthropology and Modern Knowledge UC Press, 2009

Do genes determine race? Are some races innately more intelligent than others? And what about Charles Darwin -- is his name safe from those who would push a racist or misogynist agenda? Jonathan Marks points out political leanings and racial ideas still at play in some scientific disciplines, including genetics.

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