On the other hand, there is some non-applied scientific value in heritability. For example, though religiosity is heritable, the specific religion people join appears to be almost totally un-heritable. I think it’s OK to read this in the straightforward way, i.e. as “genes don’t predispose us to be Christian / Muslim / Shinto / whatever”. I don’t have any particular application for that fact, but it’s certainly interesting.
Similarly, schizophrenia has sky-high heritability (like 80%) meaning that current environments don’t have a huge impact on where schizophrenia appears. That’s also interesting even if not immediately useful.
On the other hand, there is some non-applied scientific value in heritability. For example, though religiosity is heritable, the specific religion people join appears to be almost totally un-heritable. I think it’s OK to read this in the straightforward way, i.e. as “genes don’t predispose us to be Christian / Muslim / Shinto / whatever”. I don’t have any particular application for that fact, but it’s certainly interesting.
Similarly, schizophrenia has sky-high heritability (like 80%) meaning that current environments don’t have a huge impact on where schizophrenia appears. That’s also interesting even if not immediately useful.