Last Thursday I went to a fascinating talk at the Wellcome Collection by Dr Alice White. It covered the work psychiatrists and psychologists from the Tavistock Institute carried out for the British Army during and after WW2. One part of this covered the selection process for choosing officers and how they helped introduce methods, such as non-verbal reasoning tests, word […]
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Why genes mean little in how our children act
I’ve read some eye-opening books during 2017, but none more so than Oliver James’ Not In Your Genes. Subtitled “The real reasons children are like their parents”, the book reveals the truth about how little impact genes have on the way we turn out as people. At the core of this is the seemingly-little-known revelation that genes play no part […]
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I read The Observer’s article remembering George Michael today with great sadness – and not just because I liked him. It also reminded me that – so often – it takes someone to die before we talk about how much we loved them and what was so special about them. The Observer feature has Elton John saying “he was one of the […]
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