Noah and Bo discuss Noah’s response to a recent article, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, which characterised the hereditarian hypothesis as racist.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction to the Aporia Podcast
00:27 Overview of the Controversial Article
01:39 Critique of the Hereditarian Perspective
02:31 Discussion on Race and Genetic Clusters
04:05 The Ashkenazi Jewish Intelligence Hypothesis
05:52 Rebuttal of Layla and Feldman's Claims
08:43 Environmental Factors and IQ Gaps
11:17 Historical Context and Racism
24:35 Cultural Influences on Intelligence
30:22 Debunking Racism as an IQ Gap Explanation
31:56 Stress and Cognitive Development
32:14 Holocaust Survivors and IQ
34:27 Stereotype Threat Theory
37:44 Socioeconomic Status and IQ
40:44 Lead Poisoning Hypothesis
41:19 The Abecedarian and Milwaukee Projects
42:24 Inherited Norms and Institutions
43:53 Environmental Hypotheses and Cultural Deficits
54:20 Future of the Hereditarianism Debate
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