Re:Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% prote...
by telotortium on Monday November 09, 2020 @02:02PM
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Scanning the Wikipedia page for 5-HTR1A, it looks like most of the studies were done in the first decade of the 21st century, when the candidate gene (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candidate_gene#Criticisms) approach was at its height, before it became known that many of these studies were statistically underpowered and thus likely detecting noise. So I'd be skeptical of any associations between 5-HTR1A and personality unless there's been recent follow-up.
Re:Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% prote...
by btilly on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @12:11AM
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That would make sense given that the book I read was from 2012. Thanks for the correction!
Re:Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% prote...
by DissidentSci on Monday November 09, 2020 @04:22PM
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Spot on
The 5-HTR1A gene affects whether we more easily make relative versus absolute judgments. And this seems to be true for everything from the length of lines, to quality of life. The allele that is most common in East Asia makes relative judgements easier, in America it is absolute judgements that are easier.
Politically, having the relative form of the gene encourages more community thinking while the absolute encourages more individualism. This leaning holds within whatever society you're in. But when a culture is dominated by one form of the gene, it will naturally shift the entire society.
I learned this from pages 183-186 of https://www.amazon.com/Whos-Charge-Free-Science-Brain/dp/006... and I've wondered ever since how many of my opinions are reason (as it feels) versus genetics.