For countless generations people have been told that their
potential as humans is limited and fundamentally unequal. The
social order, they have been assured, is arranged by powers beyond
their control. More recently the appeal has been to biology,
specifically the genes, brain sciences, the concept of
intelligence, and powerful new technologies. Reinforced through the
authority of science and a growing belief in bio-determinism, the
ordering of the many for the benefit of a few has become more
entrenched. Yet scientists are now waking up to the influence of
ideology on research and its interpretation. In Genes, Brains, and
Human Potential, Ken Richardson illustrates how the ideology of
human intelligence has infiltrated genetics, brain sciences, and
psychology, flourishing in the vagueness of basic concepts, a
shallow nature-versus-nurture debate, and the overhyped claims of
reductionists. He shows how ideology, more than pure science, has
come to dominate our institutions, especially education,
encouraging fatalism about the development of human intelligence
among individuals and societies. Genes, Brains, and Human Potential
goes much further: building on work being done in molecular
biology, epigenetics, dynamical systems, evolution theory, and
complexity theory, it maps a fresh understanding of intelligence
and the development of human potential. Concluding with an upbeat
message for human possibilities, this synthesis of diverse
perspectives will engender new conversations among students,
researchers, and other interested readers.
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