Last weekend of summer. I plan to have my reviews of The Invisible Gorilla and The Lost History of Christianity up very soon. I recommend both heartily! Next in the stack: Stanislas Dehaene's Reading in the Brain. A question was asked about the focus on extremes when it came to perceptions of the genetic influence on an outcome. The table below has mean values, 1-21, 1 = 100% genes, 21 = 0%, so 11 = 50%.
Obese white womanDrunk Asian manSaintly Hispanic womanAthletic black man
Liberal11.2411.811.9411.83
Moderate12.1212.212.4112.02
Conservative12.9512.4412.9112.49
No College12.4211.7612.0311.78
College13.2612.913.2312.79
Not intelligent12.2710.8511.210.99
Average13.0811.9112.311.95
Intelligent13.5213.0113.0412.93
