Thoughts on AI in academia
https://theinfinitesimal.substack.com/p/thoughts-on-ai-in-academia
Published: June 7, 2026 16:25
PhD-level thinking, LLM bias, alignment, AGI, data centers, and AI politics
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Embryo selection company Herasight goes all in on eugenics
https://theinfinitesimal.substack.com/p/embryo-selection-company-herasight
Published: December 13, 2025 20:02
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More missing heritability discourse
https://theinfinitesimal.substack.com/p/more-missing-heritability-discourse
Published: December 8, 2025 01:43
mutability, twins, and "hereditarianism" versus "nurturism"
The missing heritability question is now (mostly) answered
https://theinfinitesimal.substack.com/p/the-missing-heritability-question
Published: November 21, 2025 22:27
Not with a bang but with a whimper
Beneath the surface of the sum
https://theinfinitesimal.substack.com/p/beneath-the-surface-of-the-sum
Published: August 27, 2025 20:30
When genetic interactions matter and when they don't
What we talk about when we talk about risk
https://theinfinitesimal.substack.com/p/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about
Published: August 10, 2025 18:58
How embryo selection exploits our flawed intuitions about risk
We still do not understand family resemblance
https://theinfinitesimal.substack.com/p/we-still-do-not-understand-family
Published: July 11, 2025 20:58
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How population stratification led to a decade of sensationally false genetic findings
https://theinfinitesimal.substack.com/p/how-population-stratification-led
Published: March 28, 2025 21:48
Stratification makes environments look like genes
A FAQ on federal research cuts
https://theinfinitesimal.substack.com/p/a-faq-on-federal-research-cuts
Published: February 20, 2025 03:30
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On abhorrent science and the weaponization of genomic data
https://theinfinitesimal.substack.com/p/on-abhorrent-science-and-the-weaponization
Published: January 12, 2025 19:06
How to balance open data sharing and public responsibility
What happens to heritable conditions across generations?
https://theinfinitesimal.substack.com/p/what-happens-to-heritable-conditions
Published: December 26, 2024 18:38
some counterintuitive properties of the polygenic liability threshold model
Distinguishing real from invented problems with the NIH
https://theinfinitesimal.substack.com/p/distinguishing-real-from-invented
Published: November 24, 2024 15:29
How does the NIH work and where does it work well?
Book Review: Eric Turkheimer's "Understanding the Nature-Nurture Debate"
https://theinfinitesimal.substack.com/p/book-review-eric-turkheimers-understanding
Published: November 16, 2024 18:33
Or, some thoughts on The Gloomy Prospect and the Gloomy Present
Where are the (less recent) selective sweeps?
https://theinfinitesimal.substack.com/p/where-are-the-less-recent-selective
Published: November 2, 2024 17:16
A murky picture of selection in the past 50,000 years from ancient and modern DNA
What are we learning from the genes of siblings?
https://theinfinitesimal.substack.com/p/what-are-we-learning-from-the-genes
Published: October 13, 2024 16:05
Family-based genetic analyses come of age
No, heritability will not tell you anything about education policy
https://theinfinitesimal.substack.com/p/no-heritability-will-not-tell-you
Published: September 21, 2024 16:20
Or: Variance components are not a substitute for mechanisms
Where are the recent selective sweeps?
https://theinfinitesimal.substack.com/p/where-are-the-recent-selective-sweeps
Published: September 14, 2024 14:57
How do we make sense of the surprisingly few loci under selection in the past 5,000 years?
Comments on: No, intelligence is not like height
https://theinfinitesimal.substack.com/p/comments-on-no-intelligence-is-not
Published: September 2, 2024 14:51
Some feedback and responses
Comments on: Gene-environment interactions
https://theinfinitesimal.substack.com/p/comments-on-gene-environment-interactions
Published: August 29, 2024 20:56
Some interesting feedback from last week's post
No, intelligence is not like height
https://theinfinitesimal.substack.com/p/no-intelligence-is-not-like-height
Published: August 26, 2024 21:05
... and the reason is one of the most interesting findings from modern behavioral genetics