The following is a conversation with Richard Hire on a science of human intelligence.

This is a highly controversial topic, but a critically important one for understanding

the human mind.

I hope you will join me in not trying away from difficult topics like this, and instead,

let us try to navigate it with empathy, rigor, and grace.

If you're watching this on video now, I should mention that I'm recording this introduction

in an undisclosed location somewhere in the world.

I'm safe and happy, and life is beautiful.

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