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313. Matthew Cobb — As Gods: A Moral History of the Genetic Age

The Michael Shermer Show

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Fear of Behavior Genetics

There's going to be a certain consistency there if you're high and open as to experience. You could have a crazed Hitler but i mean he'd end up like Alex Jones or somebody. If we're all the same then no one can be smarter than anybody else according to steep hinkers book. The fear of imperfectibility is why people are afraid of perfecting society, says author David Frum.

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