

Downstream: Science Isn’t Truth w/ Adam Rutherford
Jan 30, 2023
Discusses the resurgence of race science and belief in race purity, personal experiences with ancestry testing, complexity of genetics, categorizations based on phenotype, Cheddar Man reconstruction, relationship between social epidemiology and eugenics, historical methods of time measurement, discovery of DNA, intersection of complexity and humanism/atheism, and changing public perception of genetics during the COVID era.
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Introduction
00:00 • 2min
Personal Experience with 23andMe Ancestry Testing and Insights into Ancestry
01:50 • 2min
Personal Experiences and the Complexity of Genetics
04:05 • 15min
The Complexities of Genetics and Categorizations
19:19 • 15min
Cheddar Man Reconstruction
34:42 • 18min
The Relationship Between Social Epidemiology and Eugenics
52:45 • 26min
Historical Methods of Time Measurement and Calendar Accuracy
01:18:32 • 2min
Discovering the Molecule of Inheritance
01:20:09 • 7min
Complexity and Humanism/Atheism
01:27:13 • 13min
Exploring the Changing Public Perception of Genetics during the COVID Era
01:40:30 • 4min