#534 - Dr Stuart Ritchie - Why Is Behavioural Genetics Such A Hated Science?
Modern Wisdom
Chris Williamson
4.7 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 3 October 2022
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
Dr Stuart Ritchie is a psychologist and science communicator known for his research in human intelligence and an author.
The influence of our genes on the outcomes we get in life has been long established and replicated in science. However the public response to this has been very unhappy, making Behavioural Genetics one of the most heated areas of research there is.
Expect to learn why some people dislike behavioural genetics so much, what happened with the recent SSRI rug pull, whether Emotional Intelligence is an actual thing, how to be skeptical without becoming nihilistic, which psychological phenomenon were debunked during the replication crisis and much more...
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everybody, welcome back to the show. My guest today is Dr. Stuart Richie. He's a psychologist |
| 0:06.5 | and science communicator known for his research in human intelligence and an author. |
| 0:11.9 | The influence of our genes on the outcomes we get in life has been long-established and replicated |
| 0:16.8 | in science. However, the public response to this has been very unhappy, making behavioral genetics |
| 0:23.1 | one of the most heated areas of research there is. Expect to learn why some people dislike |
| 0:28.0 | behavioral genetics so much. What happened with the recent SSRI Ruggpole, whether emotional |
| 0:33.3 | intelligence is an actual thing, how to be skeptical without becoming nihilistic, which |
| 0:38.2 | psychological phenomenon were debunked during the replication crisis, and much more. |
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