Blueprint: How DNA Makes Us Who We Are
By Robert Plomin
Recommended on: 15th March 2024
Blueprint: How DNA Makes Us Who We Are, by Robert Plomin. With the rapid advancements in genomic sequencing and the ever-expanding field of behavioral genetics, we feel the age-old question of “nature vs. nurture” is one of the hottest debates around. After all, scientists can now point to the vast array of twin and adoption studies available nowadays—as well as the new opportunities created by identifying the specific genes associated with behavioral traits and cognitive abilities. Plomin’s book lays out the evidence and implications from his 45 years of groundbreaking research in behavioral genetics, making the case that inherited DNA differences are the major systematic force in shaping who we are. The current prevailing view tends to assume that only environmental factors, particularly parenting and socioeconomic status, are causal in determining behaviors and life outcomes. However, there are growing inconsistencies and problems with this view that are difficult to reconcile, including the inability to explain stark differences between siblings raised together, the finding that the effects of parenting on children’s outcomes are mostly correlational rather than causal, and the discovery of inherited DNA differences that increasingly account for variations in behavioral traits and cognitive abilities. Plomin introduces the concept of “the nature of nurture”, positing that our genes are in fact what’s driving us to perceive, select, modify and create environments that fit our genetic predispositions.
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