<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Jason Collins blog]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://jasoncollins.blog]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Jason Collins]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://jasoncollins.blog/author/jasonacollins/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[A week of&nbsp;links]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p style="margin-bottom:12px;">Links this week:</p>
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<li style="margin-bottom:12px;"><a href="http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/41239/title/Epigenetics-Paper-Raises-Questions/" target="_blank">Was the paper proposing that mice can pass their fears onto their offspring and grandchildren via epigenetic mechanisms too good to be true</a>? <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/neuroskeptic/2014/10/16/inherited-too-good-to-be-true/#.VEMSC1tCXBM" target="_blank">Neuroskeptic comments</a> (and read the comments to Neuroskeptic&#8217;s post).  And my favourite epigenetics statement of the week: &#8220;Women too can succeed in business. Because epigenetics.&#8221;</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:12px;"><a href="http://zacharydavid.com/2014/10/introduction-to-agent-based-models-with-respect-to-the-future-of-macroeconomics/" target="_blank">What are agent based models</a>?</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:12px;"><a href="http://www.aei-ideas.org/2014/10/the-bell-curve-20-years-later-a-qa-with-charles-murray/" target="_blank">The Bell Curve 20 years on</a>.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:12px;"><a href="http://nautil.us/issue/18/genius/super_intelligent-humans-are-coming" target="_blank">Genetic engineering will create the smartest humans who have ever lived</a>.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:12px;"><a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/content/346/6206/229.abstract" target="_blank">Is low fertility really a problem</a>?</li>
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