Intelligence Squared

The Genetic Lottery: DNA demystified with Kathryn Paige Harden

Dec 7, 2021

59:37

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Kathryn Paige Harden

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Genetics

02:57

The History of Eugenics

02:39

How to Design a School Curriculum That Helps the Bottom %

04:15

Introduction

2min

What Do You Think Need Saying About Genetics?

2min

The History of Eugenics

3min

Being Humble About the Limits of Science

2min

What Else Were You Reading to Compliment Your Genetics?

3min

Genetics

3min

How to Design a School Curriculum That Helps the Bottom %

4min

What Level of Inequality Is Right?

3min

Why Is the Bell Curve So Controversial?

4min

10.

Race and Ic

3min

11.

Is Intelligence a Good Index?

2min

12.

The Lost Debate

2min

13.

Is It a Good Idea to Know Your Polygenic Score?

2min

14.

Is There a Better Understanding of Genetic Inheritance?

3min

15.

Equality of Opportunity

4min

16.

Is There a Social Media Chatter Around Human Difference?

2min

17.

The Risks of Talking About Genetics

2min

18.

How Does Microbiam Nullify Each Other?

3min

19.

Epigenetics

2min

20.

Quit Smoking

3min

21.

What Do We Do With the Science of Terrible Men?

2min

The subject of genetic inheritance provokes passionate debate but behavioural geneticist Kathryn Paige Harden believes both sides are getting it wrong. It’s possible, she argues, to reclaim the science of genetics while avoiding the trap of categorising traits as superior or inferior. Drawing from her new book, The Genetic Lottery, Harden shares her research uncovered as head of the Developmental Behavior Genetics lab at University Texas with Helen Lewis, staff writer at The Atlantic.

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Intelligence Squared

The Genetic Lottery: DNA demystified with Kathryn Paige Harden

Episode guests

Genetics

The History of Eugenics

How to Design a School Curriculum That Helps the Bottom %

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