Freddie deBoer: the “Hereditarian Left”

Razib Khan’s Unsupervised Learning | 7 October 2021 | 1h 15m | Listen Later | iTunes | Spotify
Interview with Fredrik DeBoer discussing his book The Cult of Smart and Kathryn Paige Harden’s The Genetic Lottery. Backgrounds the evidence for heritability as a major determining factor when predicting intelligence and explores the implications of that for education policy.

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Kathryn Paige Harden || Genetic Inequality, IQ, and Education

The Psychology Podcast | 30 September 2021 | 1h 22m | Listen Later | iTunes | Spotify
Interview with Kathryn Paige Harden about her book The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality. Explains what genetic information can and can’t illuminate and argues for the importance of taking account of genetics to improve social policy.

See also Kathryn Paige Harden on Genetics, Luck, and Fairness.

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Kathryn Paige Harden on Genetics, Luck, and Fairness

Sean Carroll’s Mindscape | 20 September 2021 | 1h 25m | Listen Later | iTunes | Spotify
Interview with Kathryn Paige Harden about her book The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality. Argues that DNA matters to how we understand people, that we can clearly measure some of its effects, and understanding those effects is a crucial tool in fighting discrimination and making the world a more equitable place.

See also the excellent New Yorker profile of Hardin.

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