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The message from geneticists

The message from geneticists to intellectuals and policy-makers is this: choose the society you want to promote then prepare to live with its heritabilities. Never favour the reverse, of promoting social policies to change heritabilities. For best results, cultivate individuals, not groups.
- p.156, Consilience, E.O. Wilson

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