High-Fidelity Imitation | Rob Henderson
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High-Fidelity Imitation | Rob Henderson
Status, family, IQ, assortative mating, genetics, high-fidelity imitation, “purple-belt living”, and much more!
Aporia went to visit Rob Henderson in Cambridge. We discussed status, family, assortative mating, IQ, genetics, high-fidelity imitation, “purple-belt living,” and much more!
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:47 Has Rob learnt more from formal study or everyday life?
2:03 Lived experience & groupthink
8:43 Family breakdown
11:45 What genetics can and can't explain
16:43 The 3-step success sequence & IQ
25:10 Status, signalling, shame
33:47 The trauma of the rich
37:45 High-fidelity imitation
41:48 Status frustration
44:04 Purple-belt living
49:30 Rob's role at the University of Austin
55:03 Feminisation of the academy
58:40 Will assortative mating breakdown?
1:03:33 Bonus questions preview
High-Fidelity Imitation | Rob Henderson
Really enjoyed this. Thanks again for welcoming me on your show!
Agree that hereditarians overemphasize genetics - Hugh-Jones makes a good case for it in his article (posted below), but I do disagree that looking at the best vs worst households is the best way to quantify this. It's kind of like arguing intelligence is highly important because John von Neumann is much more successful than a random person with an IQ of 70.
https://wyclif.substack.com/p/no-wait-stop-it-matters-how-you-raise