Should We Genetically Edit Human Life? - Matthew Cobb - #533

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10/01/22

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Matthew Cobb is a zoologist, professor of zoology at the University of Manchester and an author.

Genetic engineering has given humans the ability to modify crops to be resistant to disease and synthesise insulin without needing to kill and extract it from animals. But what are its dangers? Especially in a world where CRISPR and human gene editing is just around the corner.

Expect to learn whether we can select and edit embryos to increase IQ or athletic abilities, the biggest close calls we've faced with bioweapon leaks from labs, why there has been 4 complete stops on genetic engineering worldwide when the research community has got scared at what they've discovered, the dark truth behind those two Chinese gene edited girls and much more...

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(00:00) Intro (01:29) Will Gene Editing be a Net-Positive? (08:05) Can We De-Extinct Animals? (12:10) Addressing Concerns about Bioweapons (22:51) The Biggest Close Calls in Gene Editing (30:11) How to Make Labs More Secure (36:04) When the Research Community Fear Discoveries (50:33) Concerns about IVF (57:11) How Close We Are to Human Gene Selection (1:05:09) The Ability to Manipulate Eco-Systems (1:20:33) Where to Find Matthew

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Do We Know What Turns Women On? - Catherine Salmon - #532

September 29, 2022

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Catherine Salmon is an evolutionary psychology researcher, professor of Psychology at the University of Redlands and an author.

Women can be a mystery, sometimes even to themselves. Modern culture is making many proclamations about what women like and why they should like it, but are these new headlines accurate, or even desirable?

Expect to learn why women love erotic stories so much, whether evolutionary psychology is sexist, why Catherine did a study where people rated the attractiveness of faces which had jizz on them, why feminine men are being pushed in media but don't feature in dark romance novels, the role of commitment in female attraction and much more...

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(00:00) Intro (00:21) Why People Enjoy “Facial Deposits” (09:44) What is the Psychology Behind Rough Sex? (15:57) Why So Many Niches of Porn Exist (29:02) Is there an Agenda Towards Feminine Men? (35:55) Women’s Obsession with True Crime (46:52) Is Evolutionary Psychology Sexist? (53:23) How Having Babies Impacts Sex Drive (1:02:33) Where to Find Catherine

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Why Is Behavioural Genetics Such A Hated Science? - Dr Stuart Ritchie - #534

October 3, 2022

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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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(00:00) Intro (00:25) Why People Distrust Behavioural Genetics (11:10) Creating an Uneven Playing Field (19:35) Evidence of IQ Heritability (22:09) Impact of Replication Crisis on Behavioural Genetics (31:33) Is EQ Real? (38:48) Dying Psychological Concepts (45:39) The Placebo Effect in Psychology (51:54) Treating Depression with SSRIs (1:07:55) How to be Effectively Sceptical of Science (1:18:14) Where to Find Dr Ritchie

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