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NARRATED: An interview with Noam Chomsky: IQ, Dysgenics, & Existential Risk
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NARRATED: An interview with Noam Chomsky: IQ, Dysgenics, & Existential Risk
Why does Noam Chomsky think intelligence research has little scientific merit?
Nov 9, 2022
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Matthew:

Do you believe it's possible to accurately rank order the major risks facing humanity? Or are many of these risks sufficiently intertwined to render any such exercise futile?

Noam:

It's possible to identify major ones — the Doomsday Clock does a creditable job on that — but I don't see how to rank these.

Matthew:

Wha…

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