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" His reasoning is this: We consider someone as having choice and control over an outcome if they could have done differently. If people who share the same accidents of birth—who have the same genetics (with the aforementioned qualifications) and the same family upbringing—never actually do turn out differently, it becomes harder to imagine that they could have done so. "

Kathryn Paige Harden , The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality


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Kathryn Paige Harden quote : His reasoning is this: We consider someone as having choice and control over an outcome if they could have done differently. If people who share the same accidents of birth—who have the same genetics (with the aforementioned qualifications) and the same family upbringing—never actually do turn out differently, it becomes harder to imagine that they could have done so.