I’ve published in genetics and been at conferences with epigenetics guys and honestly I came out with a low opinion of them. I saw a lot of poor work, p hacking with multiple indices, trawling etc.

I just think common sense should make us suspicious of anything having deep heritable effects like this. There are obvious potential confounds here, it’s not at all plausible that exposure to violence is random.

See also the excellent https://www.razibkhan.com/p/you-cant-take-it-with-you-straig...