Are Human Genetics An Unfair Lottery? - Paige Harden | Modern Wisdom Podcast 387

Kathryn Paige Harden is a psychologist and behavioural geneticist, Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin and an author. The goal of social equality is to give everyone a fair opportunity to achieve in life. But even if advantages and disadvantages in the environment are equalised, all of us are starting at different positions genetically because we get far more than just environment from our parents. Paige is trying to work out how DNA can be integrated into social equality. Expect to learn why people are so uncomfortable talking about behavioural genetics, why your failures might be less of your fault than you think, why hitting puberty early makes girls bad at maths, whether genetic markers for working hard should be accounted for when evening out the playing field and much more... Sponsors: Join the Modern Wisdom Community to connect with me & other listeners - https://modernwisdom.locals.com/ Get over 37% discount on all products site-wide from MyProtein at http://bit.ly/modernwisdom (use code: MODERNWISDOM) Get 5 days unlimited access to Shortform for free at https://www.shortform.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Extra Stuff: Buy The Genetic Lottery - https://amzn.to/3FKqazM Follow Paige on Twitter - https://twitter.com/kph3k Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom #behaviouralgenetics #achievement #success - 00:00 Intro 02:47 Why is Behavioural Genetics so Uncomfortable? 09:15 Defining Social Equality 15:22 How Genes Affect Education 22:13 Proposals for Progress 33:37 Surprising Genetic Correlations 44:40 Dealing With Unfair Equality 56:23 The Ethics of Altering Genetics for Equality 1:02:33 Is Communism Genetics-Friendly? 1:06:29 Where to Find Paige - To support me on Patreon (thank you): http://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom Listen to all episodes on audio: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/

Paige HardenguestChris Williamsonhost

Oct 21, 20211h 7mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: October 21, 2021
Duration: 1h 7m
Channel: Modern Wisdom
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Kathryn Paige Harden is a psychologist and behavioural geneticist, Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin and an author. The goal of social equality is to give everyone a fair opportunity to achieve in life. But even if advantages and disadvantages in the environment are equalised, all of us are starting at different positions genetically because we get far more than just environment from our parents. Paige is trying to work out how DNA can be integrated into social equality. Expect to learn why people are so uncomfortable talking about behavioural genetics, why your failures might be less of your fault than you think, why hitting puberty early makes girls bad at maths, whether genetic markers for working hard should be accounted for when evening out the playing field and much more... Sponsors: Join the Modern Wisdom Community to connect with me & other listeners - https://modernwisdom.locals.com/ Get over 37% discount on all products site-wide from MyProtein at http://bit.ly/modernwisdom (use code: MODERNWISDOM) Get 5 days unlimited access to Shortform for free at https://www.shortform.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Extra Stuff: Buy The Genetic Lottery - https://amzn.to/3FKqazM Follow Paige on Twitter - https://twitter.com/kph3k Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom #behaviouralgenetics #achievement #success - 00:00 Intro 02:47 Why is Behavioural Genetics so Uncomfortable? 09:15 Defining Social Equality 15:22 How Genes Affect Education 22:13 Proposals for Progress 33:37 Surprising Genetic Correlations 44:40 Dealing With Unfair Equality 56:23 The Ethics of Altering Genetics for Equality 1:02:33 Is Communism Genetics-Friendly? 1:06:29 Where to Find Paige - To support me on Patreon (thank you): http://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom Listen to all episodes on audio: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/

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Paige Harden
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Chris Williamson
host
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EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Modern Wisdom, featuring Paige Harden and Chris Williamson, Are Human Genetics An Unfair Lottery? - Paige Harden | Modern Wisdom Podcast 387 explores genetic Lottery, Social Equality, And Rethinking Meritocracy In Modern Life Paige Harden discusses how behavioral genetics reveals meaningful genetic influences on education, intelligence, mental illness, and life outcomes, and why this unsettles deep intuitions about agency, merit, and equality.

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