The Battle Between Gender & Biology - Colin Wright | Modern Wisdom 251

Colin Wright is an Evolutionary Biologist and the Managing Editor at Quillette. We're nearly at the end of 2020 and what constitutes a man and a woman are still being discussed. Hopefully Colin can shed some light on this. Sponsor: Get 50% discount on your FitBook Membership at https://fitbook.co.uk/showcase-your-work/ (use code MODERNWISDOM) Extra Stuff: Follow Colin on Twitter - https://twitter.com/SwipeWright Read Colin's article - https://quillette.com/2018/11/30/the-new-evolution-deniers/ Get my free Ultimate Life Hacks List to 10x your daily productivity → https://chriswillx.com/lifehacks/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom #evolution #gender #sex - Listen to all episodes online. Search "Modern Wisdom" on any Podcast App or click here: iTunes: https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/modern-wisdom - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: modernwisdompodcast@gmail.com

Colin WrightguestChris Williamsonhost

Nov 28, 20201h 9mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: November 28, 2020
Duration: 1h 9m
Channel: Modern Wisdom
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Colin Wright is an Evolutionary Biologist and the Managing Editor at Quillette. We're nearly at the end of 2020 and what constitutes a man and a woman are still being discussed. Hopefully Colin can shed some light on this. Sponsor: Get 50% discount on your FitBook Membership at https://fitbook.co.uk/showcase-your-work/ (use code MODERNWISDOM) Extra Stuff: Follow Colin on Twitter - https://twitter.com/SwipeWright Read Colin's article - https://quillette.com/2018/11/30/the-new-evolution-deniers/ Get my free Ultimate Life Hacks List to 10x your daily productivity → https://chriswillx.com/lifehacks/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom #evolution #gender #sex - Listen to all episodes online. Search "Modern Wisdom" on any Podcast App or click here: iTunes: https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/modern-wisdom - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: modernwisdompodcast@gmail.com

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Colin Wright
guest
Chris Williamson
host

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Modern Wisdom, featuring Colin Wright and Chris Williamson, The Battle Between Gender & Biology - Colin Wright | Modern Wisdom 251 explores colin Wright Challenges Gender Ideology, Academic Bias, And Postmodern Drift Colin Wright, an evolutionary biologist, discusses how debates over sex and gender have become distorted by ideology, semantic games, and academic groupthink. He argues that biological sex is a clear, binary reproductive category, distinct from the far more nebulous and variably defined concept of gender. Wright describes how activist-driven theories, postmodernism, and institutional pressures are warping research, constraining acceptable conclusions on topics like racism, sex differences, and policing. He worries that this cultural and epistemic drift, amplified by technology and status games, is undermining science’s ability to track reality at precisely the time civilization faces serious existential risks.

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