{"id":54597,"date":"2014-05-11T08:12:56","date_gmt":"2014-05-11T16:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=54597"},"modified":"2014-05-11T08:12:56","modified_gmt":"2014-05-11T16:12:56","slug":"a-troublesome-inheritance-genes-race-and-human-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=54597","title":{"rendered":"A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/isteve.blogspot.com\/2014\/05\/from-steveosphere-on-troublesome.html\">Steve Sailer writes<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>I joke around about the existence of a Steveosphere, but you&#8217;ll notice that much of the current attention being paid to Nicholas Wade&#8217;s new book <i><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Troublesome-Inheritance-Genes-Human-History-ebook\/dp\/B00G3L7VFM\/ref=zg_bs_13535_1\">A Troublesome Inheritance<\/a><\/i> seems to follow its contours.<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2014\/05\/nicholas-wades-a-troublesome-inheritance.html\">Tyler Cowen in <i>Marginal Revolution<\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/douthat.blogs.nytimes.com\/2014\/05\/08\/what-ive-been-reading\/?_php=true&amp;_type=blogs&amp;_r=0\">Ross Douthat in the <i>New York Times<\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/health_and_science\/science\/2014\/05\/troublesome_inheritance_critique_nicholas_wade_s_dated_assumptions_about.html\">Andrew Gelman in <i>Slate<\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<i><br \/><\/i><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arnoldkling.com\/blog\/what-im-reading-7\/\">Arnold Kling in <i>AskBlog<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/westhunt.wordpress.com\/2014\/05\/06\/a-troublesome-inheritance\/\">Greg Cochran in <i>West Hunter<\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.realclearscience.com\/articles\/2014\/05\/06\/race_is_real_what_does_that_mean_for_society_108642.html\">Robert VerBruggen in <i>Real Clear Science<\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/jaymans.wordpress.com\/2014\/05\/08\/first-mainstream-notice-of-a-troublesome-inheritance\/\">JayMan in <i>JayMan&#8217;s Blog<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.spectator.co.uk\/edwest\/2014\/05\/darwins-unexploded-bomb\/\">Ed West in <i>The Spectator<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/news\/articles\/SB30001424052702303380004579521482247869874?mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB30001424052702303380004579521482247869874.html\">Charles Murray in the <i>Wall Street Journal<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amren.com\/features\/2014\/05\/a-troublesome-inheritance-genes-race-and-human-history-2\/\">Jared Taylor in <i>American Renaissance<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=steven%20pinker&amp;src=typd\">Steven Pinker on <i>Twitter<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vdare.com\/articles\/john-derbyshire-on-nicholas-wade-s-a-troublesome-inheritance-a-small-but-significant-step-f\">John Derbyshire in <i>VDARE<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/infoproc.blogspot.com\/2014\/05\/nicholas-wade-interview.html\">Steve Hsu in <i>Information Processing<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/dreher\/race-genetics-and-nicholas-wade\/\">Rod Dreher in <i>The American Conservative<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/dreher\/race-genetics-and-nicholas-wade\/\">HBD Chick in <i>HBD Chick<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/occamsrazormag.wordpress.com\/2014\/05\/06\/roundup-of-book-reviews-of-nicholas-wades-a-troublesome-inheritance\/\">Alfred W. 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