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A much better lay-accessible introduction to epigenetics would be Ewan Birney's tweetorial from earlier this year [1] or his Guardian column from a few years ag
by cauthon 4y ago
A much better lay-accessible introduction to epigenetics would be Ewan Birney's tweetorial from earlier this year [1] or his Guardian column from a few years ago [2].
Rabiz Khan lacks formal training in medicine or genetics, and I perceive him to be a crank who has a weird fixation on Jewish genetics and a history of writing racial superiority op-eds for the alt right community.
[1] https://twitter.com/ewanbirney/status/1520414171334168577 https://twitter.com/ewanbirney/status/1520414171334168577
[2] https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2015/sep/11/why-im-sceptical-about-the-idea-of-genetically-inherited-trauma-epigenetics https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2015/sep/11/why-im-...
- oa335 4y agoRazib Khan was a PhD candidate in genetics at UC Davis - https://www.linkedin.com/mwlite/in/razibkhan https://www.linkedin.com/mwlite/in/razibkhan , he’s pretty qualified to speak on genetics IMO.
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- cauthon 4y agoHe has no first-author publications that aren't op-eds [1], and no publications whatsoever from his time at UC Davis. Since dropping out afaict he's done no relevant academic or industry work. I'm skeptical of his qualifications over any other bio undergrad. fwiw, I don't think credentialism is the strongest signal here. The larger disqualifying factor is his history of crank takes and writing for anti-semitic and alt-right blogs. [1] https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=6Ye06ekAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=6Ye06ekAAAAJ&hl=en...
- robertlagrant 4y agoThis is all what's known as "ad hominem". Discredit the argument, not the person.