190. Jonathan Rauch — The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth
The Michael Shermer Show
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Polygamy Is One of the Worst Policy Ideas Ever
i was one of the leading ad thef same sex marriage, and constantly pointed out that polygamy is one of the worst policy ideas ever. When one man marries two wives, which is how polygamy works generally, it's one man, many wives, then some other man marries no wife. That leads very quickly to unbalanced and dangerous social consequences. And we see that in places like china right now, where their shortages of a they're men who can't get married because of differential fanicide. But if you look at the way they're actually raising their kids, they're probably not sociopathsbut on those particular examples, saye for example, the prohibition against polygamy and
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