Most of us would like to think that we arrive at our political views by careful reasoning and unbiased examination of the evidence. But in a classic study, John Alford, a political scientist at Rice University, showed that identical twins, who share all the same genes, are more likely to share political views than fraternal twins, who share only about 50 percent of their genes.
Are Your Political Views in Your Genes?
Also published in Forbes Mon. January 5, 2015
John C. Goodman is a Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute and President of the Goodman Institute for Public Policy Research.
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