Aporia Podcast

Paul Bloom is a Canadian American psychologist. He is the Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor Emeritus of psychology and cognitive science at Yale University and Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto. His research explores how children and adults understand the physical and social world, with special focus on language, morality, religion, fiction, and art.

Gavan Tredoux is a Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute, and a mathematician and statistician by training, with extensive interests in the History of Science (galton.org, burtoniana.org). He was a Senior Scientist in Research and Development at Xerox PARC, and currently works in the Data Science field. Follow him on Twitter here. Without doubt, this is one of our most educational and fascinating podcasts so far. We hope you enjoy.

Our magazine: https://www.aporiamagazine.com/ William Costello is a Ph.D. student of Evolutionary Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is part of Dr. David Buss’ lab. In 2021 William graduated with distinction with an MSc in Psychology, Culture and Evolution from Brunel University London. William’s Master’s dissertation was some of the world’s first empirical research investigating the psychology of incels (involuntary celibates).

Aporia Magazine: https://www.aporiamagazine.com/ Bryan Caplan is Professor of Economics at George Mason University, and the New York Times Bestselling author of The Myth of the Rational Voter, Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids, The Case Against Education, Open Borders, and Labor Econ Versus the World. In this podcast, Diana speaks with Bryan about many topics (timestamps below), but centres the conversation around his book Don’t Be a Feminist: Essays on Genuine Justice. You should subscribe to Bryan’s superb Substack: https://betonit.substack.com/

Louise Perry is a journalist and author based in London, UK. She is a columnist for UnHerd and a features writer for the Daily Mail. Louise hosts Maiden Mother Matriarch, a podcast about sexual politics, which is available on YouTube, Apple, Spotify, and all other podcast platforms. Subscribe to her Substack here: https://louiseperry.substack.com/ Our Magazine: https://www.aporiamagazine.com/ Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/AporiaMagazine

Amy Wax is the Robert Mundheim Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Amy attended and graduated summa cum laude from Yale University with a B.S. in molecular biophysics and biochemistry in 1975. She then attended Oxford as a Marshall Scholar in Physiology and Psychology. Wax then went to Harvard Medical School and Harvard Law School, before doing a residency in neurology at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center and working as a consulting neurologist at a clinic in the Bronx and for a medical group in Brooklyn. She completed her legal education at Columbia Law School whilst working part-time. Wax has argued 15 cases before the United States Supreme Court. She received both the A. Leo Levin Award for Excellence in an Introductory Course, and the Harvey Levin Memorial Award for Teaching Excellence. In 2015, she received a Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching, making her one of three Penn Law professors to have received the award in 20 years. In 2017, the mob came for her tenure. In 2018, she was stripped of her teaching duties. You can support Amy’s fight below: https://www.gofundme.com/f/amy-wax-legal-defense-fund https://amywaxdefense.org/ Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:32 How did Amy’s scientific training influence her opinions 2:54 ‘The beating heart of wokeism is race’  7:05 Asians & immigration 12:37 Jews and other immigrants  23:15 Have we reached a tipping point with immigration? 26:20 Sex education should be banned 29:14 Respectable girls did not have sex  30:37 Are shame and stigma good? 32:50 Neo-trads 36:07 Amy’s relationship advice her children  39:10 Your children are not you 41:52 How Amy planned her life 44:55 Jewish duty?  47:10 Dinner table talk about the West 49:15 Gratitude for our ancestors  50:15 The non-negotiables of dating  53:10 Politics is corroding dating  55:18 Feminization of the academy  1:04:20 Should we have male-only universities? 1:06:34 How you can help Amy!  1:11:08 Sneak preview of bonus questions 

Diana Fleischman is an American evolutionary psychologist. Her field of research includes the study of disgust, human sexuality, and hormones and behavior. Diana will be hosting her own show with us, so we thought you’d like to get to know her! Diana’s Substack, Twitter, and website.

Adrian Wooldridge is an author and columnist. He is the Global Business Columnist at Bloomberg Opinion. Adrian was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, where he studied modern history and was awarded a fellowship at All Souls College. Before joining Bloomberg, Adrian worked at The Economist for over 20 years. He is the author of several books, including Capitalism in America: A History, co-authored with Alan Greenspan, and, most recently, The Aristocracy of Talent: How Meritocracy Made the Modern World. Enter our Dysgenics Award competition:  https://www.ideassleepfuriously.com/p/the-first-dysgenics-awards

Malcolm Collins is a neuroscientist-turned-entrepreneur-turned-VC-turned-education innovator. Along with his wife Simone, he is one of Amazon's top 100 best-selling non-fiction writers. Learn more about their work below.   The Pragmatist Foundation: https://pragmatist.guide  The Collins Institute for the Gifted: https://collinsinstitute.org Malcolm and Simone's latest books:   https://www.amazon.com/Pragmatists-Guide-Governance-optimizing-governance/dp/B0BSJ5SXHM/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Simone+H+Collins&qid=1674304558&s=audible&sr=1-1-catcorr  https://www.amazon.com/Pragmatists-Guide-Crafting-Religion-Demographic/dp/B0BSJ5SXK2/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=Simone+H+Collins&qid=1674304558&s=audible&sr=1-2-catcorr  Timestamps:   2:46 Malcolm explains why he and his wife did embryo selection  7:18 Do people realise what they’re arguing for?  10:15 Overlooking positive pleiotropy & other bad arguments  17:18 Malcolm’s theory of the cultural super virus  18:25 Malcolm's general pessimism & falling birth rates  22:02 The case for optimism: religiosity, ritual, and exogenous motivators  23:47 Should we talk about the dysgenic effect on IQ?  24:44 The role of religion in this brave new world  26:55 Religion as a cultural software package  30:18 Malcolm’s plan to save the world!  33:28 Malcolm's idea of “descendant worship” & his thoughts on belief  34:28 Can artificial beliefs really take hold?  38:35 Is our current progress a blip & how a neo-Byzantium can survive  41:08 How many people would actually use genetic technology?   45:20 The ick factor of genetic tech  46:42 The costs and pains of IVF   52:40 Malcolm's 'theological mandate' to create a technophilic culture  54:35 Malcolm and Simone's gifted school and thoughts on improving education  1:04:17 Taking the precautionary principle when introducing new technology to children  1:06:32 A critique Malcolm respects  1:08:37 Malcolm’s recommended reading  1:09:59 Malcolm’s most controversial opinion

Auron Macintyre is a columnist and host at The Blaze. He also writes on Substack. Auron rose to prominence as a “dissident right” thinker, making popular YouTube videos on topics from what’s come to be called elite theory. Timestamps: 1:17 Auron introduces himself 3:20 Racial imposter syndrome 6:03 Whites looking for valid status 8:27 "Nonsense as a uniform” 12:42 The failure of the Intellectual Dark Web 16:18 Steelmanning the popularity of Jordan Peterson 18:40 The Overton Window of Intellectuals 22:40 Controlled opposition without a controller 24:31 What does victory look like in the face of total institutional capture? 27:53 Secessionism, federalism, and societal breakdown 30:40 Cultural decline vs material progress 36:12 Right-wing tensions 40:00 Our role in the cycle of civilisation 43:03 Reconciling theology and techno-optimism 52:36 Can biotech be deployed responsibly in our current political climate? 55:15 What will post-liberalism look like? 57:30 If Auron could only undo one aspect of post-60s culture, what would it be?