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http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/28959| Title: | ’Dysgenic fertility’ is an ideological, not a scientific, concept. A Comment on: ‘Stability and change in male fertility patterns by cognitive ability across 32 birth cohorts’ (2023), by Bratsberg & Rogeberg |
| Authors: | Sear, R Townsend, C |
| Keywords: | dysgenic fertility;eugenics;fertility;intelligence;ideology |
| Issue Date: | 1-Nov-2023 |
| Publisher: | Royal Society |
| Citation: | Sear, R. and Townsend, C. (2023) '’Dysgenic fertility’ is an ideological, not a scientific, concept. A Comment on: ‘Stability and change in male fertility patterns by cognitive ability across 32 birth cohorts’ (2023), by Bratsberg & Rogeberg', Biology Letters, 19 (11), 20230390, pp. 1 - 4. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0390. |
| Abstract: | Recently Bratsberg & Rogeberg (2023) presented an analysis in Biology Letters of how cognitive ability is associated with fertility in Norwegian men. Our concern relates to the theoretical framework of this paper. The analysis is framed around the concept of ‘dysgenic fertility’, which is treated throughout as a scientific theory, but ‘dysgenic fertility’ is not science, it is an ideological concept. |
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| URI: | https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/28959 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2023.0390 |
| ISSN: | 1744-9561 |
| Other Identifiers: | ORCiD: Rebecca Sear https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4315-0223 ORCiD: Cathryn Townsend https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4274-1811 20230390 |
| Appears in Collections: | Dept of Life Sciences Research Papers |
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