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by psycr 3539 days ago
Kind of strange that there's no mention of actual behavioral genomics research here. Aside from the quip that:

> Scientists have found some genetic code that contributes to hereditary behaviors, but the bulk of it is unlikely to ever be found. Why? Because it plainly does not fit.

This is plainly not true. We've found lots of evidence for the genomic basis of hereditary behaviors. See Genome-wide Complex Trait Analysis for example - plenty of statistical research is out there.

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I did look up recent findings and they were meager. I followed your advice and looked up "Complex Traint Analysis." It is also quite meager. Were you able to find something close to 10mb? If you did, link please. I would expect that that category of genes would get a technical term alongside with "regulatory" and "encoding" genes the moment enough of them surfaced.
Right! It's obvious he's lacking some (relatively) recent information. And he vastly overestimates our ability to do things like simulate biochemical interactions.

Is he arguing that Dwarf Fortress has codes for souls? Because I feel like his argument and example say exactly the opposite.