Joe Henrich is the Ruth Moore Professor of Biological Anthropology and Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. He is the author of Why Humans Cooperate, The Secret of Our Success, and The WEIRDest People in the World. He joins the podcast to talk about his work. Topics include:
Good interview. I’m glad you asked him about IQ, but didn’t let the conversation get bogged down once he expressed his views. He made some good points about culture, but he’s wrong to ignore the strong evidence for group genetic differences that remain after culture is accounted for.
I like his points about group selection. It’s a subtle issue and especially with gene-culture coevolution, group level effects become very important.
Good interview. I’m glad you asked him about IQ, but didn’t let the conversation get bogged down once he expressed his views. He made some good points about culture, but he’s wrong to ignore the strong evidence for group genetic differences that remain after culture is accounted for.
I like his points about group selection. It’s a subtle issue and especially with gene-culture coevolution, group level effects become very important.
Totally wrong on IQ. Might have to write a response to that. Was very surprised to see this.