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100 1  Heine, Steven J.,|eauthor. 
245 10 DNA is not destiny :|bthe remarkable, completely 
       misunderstood relationship between you and your genes /
       |cSteven J. Heine. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bW.W. Norton & Company,|c[2017] 
300    344 pages ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
520    Scientists expect one billion people to have their genomes
       sequenced by 2025, and as the price drops it may even 
       become a standard medical procedure. Yet cultural 
       psychologist Steven Heine argues that the first thing 
       we’ll do upon receiving our DNA test results is to 
       misinterpret them completely. We’ve become accustomed to 
       breathless media coverage about newly discovered “cancer”
       or “IQ” or “infidelity” genes, each one promising a 
       deeper understanding of what makes us tick. But as Heine 
       shows, most of these claims are oversimplified and 
       overhyped misinterpretations of how our DNA really works. 
       With few exceptions, it is a complex combination of 
       experience, environment, and genetics that determines who 
       we are, how we behave, and what diseases will afflict us 
       in the future.   So why do we continue to buy into the 
       belief that our genes control our destiny? Heine argues 
       that we are psychologically ill equipped to deal with DNA 
       results, repeatedly falling into predictable biases—switch
       -thinking, essentialism, fatalism, negativity dominance, 
       and more—that mold our thinking about the information we 
       receive. Heine shares his research—and his own genome-
       sequencing results—to not only to set the record straight 
       regarding what your genes actually reveal about your 
       health, intelligence, ethnic identity, and family, but to 
       also help you counteract these insidious cognitive traps. 
650  0 Genes|vPopular works. 
650  0 Human genetics|vPopular works. 
650  0 Molecular genetics|vPopular works. 
650  0 Genetic engineering|vPopular works.