This absolutely rocks, and should be taught in genetics classes in schools. I have little hope it will be heeded by the geniuses of Silicon Valley, however.
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Simon Fisher
In a @currentbiology.bsky.social paper earlier this year, led by @laurawesseldijk.bsky.social, we analysed Beethoven’s genome with a polygenic index related to musicality, as a way to communicate limits of genetic predictions at the individual level & the complexity of links between DNA & behaviour:
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Nice example of (some of) the many problems with using probablistic risk scores on individuals.
Would be interesting to see if we can get samples from the Schoenberg estate to compare 😂