PhD @UMNPsych (Behavioral Genetics) Msc Genes Environment & Development @SGDPCentreKCL Bsc Economics @AUEB President Hellenic Student Association UMN
Jul 16, 2023 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
1/ I have noticed that some on Twitter, even prominent scientists, have called the historic Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart (MISTRA) "fake". The study's author, Thomas Bouchard, has recently published an exhaustive rebuttal to critics.
cambridge.org/core/journals/…2/ The author of the critique is Jay Joseph, a known pseudoscientist who is part of the anti-psychiatry movement. Amongst his claims is that psychopathology has no biological basis, a view that is both false and actively harmful to patients.