Kathryn Paige Harden
@kph3k.bsky.social
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Psychology & behavior genetics. Author of THE GENETIC LOTTERY (2021) and ORIGINAL SIN (coming 2026).
Comments on this article show how evidence of biologyâs role in a behavior doesnât *erase* moral beliefs about that behavior, but rather interacts w/ moral beliefs in complicated ways See eg Interesting paper by Sydney Scott:
ideas.repec.org/a/eee/jobhdp...
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These articles revlea people's uniquely twisted/nasty views about weight & health. Have been reading an early copy
@kph3k.bsky.social
book on the "genetics of sin" (order it!), & I am convinved we need to confront people's gut instincts about health, it matters and is weaponised (see vaccines).
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advance copies of my new book are now out in the world! pub day is on 3.3.26 & preorders are a love language â¤ď¸
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SF folks! I'm going to be talking to
@pauleastwick.bsky.social
about his EXCELLENT new book on Feb 13 at the Commonwealth Club. Come to hear the *real* science of relationships (not the manosphere pseudoscience), stay for a Valentine's Day dance party
www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2026-...
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Paul Eastwick: The New Science of Love and Connection
Join us at Commonwealth Club World Affairs on February 13 to prepare scientifically for Valentineâs Day.
https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2026-02-13/paul-eastwick-new-science-love-and-connection
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SF folks! I'm going to be talking to
@pauleastwick.bsky.social
about his EXCELLENT new book on Feb 13 at the Commonwealth Club. Come to hear the *real* science of relationships (not the manosphere pseudoscience), stay for a Valentine's Day dance party
www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2026-...
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Paul Eastwick: The New Science of Love and Connection
Join us at Commonwealth Club World Affairs on February 13 to prepare scientifically for Valentineâs Day.
https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2026-02-13/paul-eastwick-new-science-love-and-connection
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reposting for the Monday crowdâ This week in my newsletter I discussed the âHave your best babyâ campaign by Nucleus Genomics as an example of what
@gaiaghirardi.bsky.social
and
@arnovanhootegem.bsky.social
have called âcommodification on steroidsâ
open.substack.com/pub/kathrynp...
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I wonder about these questions a lot! I can also see a very logical extension to GLP-1s - as a fat person who is not interested in those medications, Iâm starting to see subtle shifts from pity to confusion about my size (if she has money and health care, why ISNâT she on a GLP-1?).
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I wrote about Nucleus Genomics' "Have your best baby" ad campaign and Kris Jenner's "best version of myself" facelift, the parallels between embryo selection and cosmetic surgery, and competing definitions of "eugenics"
kathrynpaigeharden.substack.com/p/have-your-...
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"Have Your Best Baby"
Four parallels between cosmetic surgery and polygenic embryo selection, two competing definitions of "eugenics," and one short excerpt from my forthcoming book
https://kathrynpaigeharden.substack.com/p/have-your-best-baby
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Is one of your goals for 2026 to write more? One question I get all the time is, "How do you make time to write?" So, here is my unsolicited writing advice for the new year:
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2025 was a tough year: It brought me health challenges, several grant rejections, and a grinding anxiety about the future of science. Even so, work was still a frequent source of joy and satisfaction this year, and I am grateful to reflect on the highlights:
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I wrote about what disorder *isn't* in the new cross-disorder genetics paper, and why we should find that gap curious:
kathrynpaigeharden.substack.com/p/whats-miss...
(Not because the authors deliberately omitted it, but because data on it doesn't really exist)
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What's Missing from the New Cross-Disorder Genetics Paper?
Let's play a guessing game
https://kathrynpaigeharden.substack.com/p/whats-missing-from-the-new-cross
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Abdel Abdellaoui
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For more context, see also the
@nature.com
News & Views article about this work, where I unpack what it means when genetic risk for psychiatric disorders overlaps with normal-range traits, including some positive associations with education-related outcomes:
rdcu.be/eT4U7
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1/4 Thrilled to be sharing new work published today in Nature describing the third wave of results from the PGC Cross-Disorder Group. This reflects a massive group effort to examine shared and unique genetic signal across >1 million cases for 14 psychiatric disorders.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Mapping the genetic landscape across 14 psychiatric disorders - Nature
Genomic analyses applied to 14 childhood- and adult-onset psychiatric disorders identifies five underlying genomic factors that explain the majority of the genetic variance of the individual disorders...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09820-3
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The pivot by
@cdelawalla.bsky.social
from PhD student to organizer, fundraiser, and activist has been inspiring to watch. NYT explicitly crediting her organization
@standupforscience.bsky.social
for pushing for the articles of impeachment against worm brain guy!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
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House Democrat Seeks to Impeach Kennedy for Undercutting Public Health
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/us/politics/haley-stevens-impeach-kennedy.html
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I wrote about missing heritability, "missing environmentality," and why I still think twin studies are interesting and valuable:
kathrynpaigeharden.substack.com/p/twins-are-...
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Twins Are So Much More Interesting Than Heritability Estimates
On starting places, "missing environmentality," and the Waddington landscape of life
https://kathrynpaigeharden.substack.com/p/twins-are-so-much-more-interesting
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Louise Seamster
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And almost nobody has "cancer moneyâ of the type you need when itâs really serious which is why Iâm increasingly skeptical thinking about how the idea that wealth is protective (which it isâŚuntil itâs not) causes us to overlook how ind. wealth, not Bezos wealth but like median white wealth,
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The American medical system only makes a twisted sort of sense when you realize it both reflects and enforces Calvinist / prosperity gospel thinkingâ if you were *really* good, you wouldnât have gotten sick
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âThis is sociologically rich and intellectually precise political theory of and for the moment.â
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I wrote about my knee injury and recent surgery, Oliver Sacks's "A Leg to Stand On", and how a zombie Calvinism continues to distort the American health care system:
open.substack.com/pub/kathrynp...
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"A Leg to Stand On"
Lessons in solidarity from knee surgery, physical therapy, and Oliver Sacks
https://open.substack.com/pub/kathrynpaigeharden/p/a-leg-to-stand-on?r=6yncm&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
about 2 months ago
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Robert McNees
about 2 months ago
On top of everything else, this is immediately recognizable to scientists as basically every crackpot email weâve ever received.
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John Ganz
about 2 months ago
I spoke to
@lkatfield.bsky.social
about her new book, Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right
www.unpopularfront.news/p/talking-to...
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Talking to Laura K. Field about MAGA "Ideas"
Author Series No. 4
https://www.unpopularfront.news/p/talking-to-laura-k-field-about-maga
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This paper clearly articulates what is, in my opinion, one of the major ethical problems with polygenic embryo testing companies--that they are *companies* that sell health as a private commodity. from
@gaiaghirardi.bsky.social
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@arnovanhootegem.bsky.social
www.fertstert.org/news-do/embr...
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Embryo selection based on polygenic prediction risks reinforcing social inequality
The rise of companies offering embryo selection based on genetic testing has triggered heated debate about ethical acceptability, as well as the accuracy and scientific validity of these techniques. W...
https://www.fertstert.org/news-do/embryo-selection-based-polygenic-prediction-risks-reinforcing-social-inequality
about 2 months ago
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Eric Turkheimer (
@ent3c.bsky.social
) and I consider the paradoxical life of James Watson for
@theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
(nonpaywalled link to come)
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The Paradox of James Watson
The discovery of DNA was evidence of how deeply interconnected humans are, but the late scientist saw only difference.
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/2025/11/james-watson-death-paradox/684882/
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My kidâs middle school has started doing âstudent-ledâ conferences, where the student is tasked with pulling together comments & grades from their teachers, reflecting on their challenges & growth, and then giving a presentation to their parents & teachers about their goals & needs
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I am scheduled for knee surgery in a few weeks. The contrast between the prehab / rehab that you get for knee surgery & what you get for a c-section (which is nothing) is WILD.
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INVEST Research Flagship Centre
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How can science build fairer, more resilient societies? Join us in Turku for the 3rd INVEST Conference 6â8 May 2026. Keynotes by Kathryn Paige Harden
@kph3k.bsky.social
(first time in Finland!) and Philip N. Cohen
@philipncohen.com
Save the date now!
invest.utu.fi/conference/
#INVESTconference
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FURIOUS MINDS by
@lkatfield.bsky.social
reviewed in NYRB as "the most up-to-date introduction we have to the MAGA intellectual right reshaping America with astonishing speed today."
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We are late to this party, but if you are looking for an opportunity to have a conversation with your tween daughter about perfectionism, negative emotions, critical self-talk, watching KPop Demon Hunters together is the *perfect* opening
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New from
@ent3c.bsky.social
in The Atlantic -- 7 years (!) after Charles Murray made a bet with us that we'd "understand IQ genetically" by 2025, Eric describes how far we still are--and might always be--from that goal
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
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Your Genes Are Simply Not Enough to Explain How Smart You Are
Seven years ago, I took a bet with Charles Murray about whether weâd basically understand the genetics of intelligence by now.
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/2025/10/genetics-intelligence-charles-murray/684544/
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Virginia Senate leaders say UVa should cease considering the âcompactâ: âThe conditions outlined ⌠are fundamentally incompatible with the mission and values of a premier public research university.â
www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
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Virginia Senate leaders express âunequivocal oppositionâ to Compact
The letter calls upon the University to immediately cease consideration of the Compact, and if not, the state will work to negatively impact the Universityâs funding.
https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025/10/virginia-senate-leaders-express-unequivocal-opposition-to-compact
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"Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
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M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/us/mit-rejects-white-house-compact.html
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My friend
@lkatfield.bsky.social
has a book coming out that I think is essential reading for everyone. A starred review in Publisher's Weekly called it a "formidable debut ... a meticulous and unsettling revelation of a right-wing plan for a 'new old-fashioned world.'"
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Furious Minds
The story of the radical conservative intellectual movement shaping Donald Trumpâs agendaâand how it threatens American freedoms, values, and democracy
https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691255262/furious-minds?srsltid=AfmBOoqozCWxgRgT02BoyAMrObZc1GR8u_2FExYiwhl29_krjPY7U0RI
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Elliot Tucker-Drob
3 months ago
Non-paywalled link to my commentary on
@vw1234.bsky.social
and colleagues new paper in
@nature.com
rdcu.be/eI2NG
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Dave Morningstar
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
A global academic freedom group has warned that the Trump administrationâs assault on universities is turning the US into a âmodel for how to dismantleâ academic freedom. ...
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âUnprecedented in historyâ: global academic freedom group warns of dismantling in US
Report from Scholars at Risk counts some 40 attacks against academic freedom in the US in the first half of 2025
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/01/academic-freedom-us
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