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Joe Henrich: How Culture Has Shaped Our Bodies and Brains | Clear + Vivid with Alan Alda

Joe Henrich: How Culture Has Shaped Our Bodies and Brains | Clear + Vivid with Alan Alda

September 25, 2023

Episode Summary: "He’s fascinated by how culture has shaped our evolution – not only changing our bodies and expanding our brains but even expanding our ability to cooperate. And the more diverse a culture, the better its ability to innovate."

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Interview with The Dissenter: Cross-Cultural Research, Intelligence, Mating Systems, and Religion

Interview with The Dissenter: Cross-Cultural Research, Intelligence, Mating Systems, and Religion

August 28, 2023

YouTube Description: "In this episode, we start by talking about how culture shapes human psychology; human universals, and cognitive phenotypes; how different fields reacted to the WEIRD problem; and the replication crisis. We discuss how to understand biases, like the prestige bias. We talk about what drives innovation, and cumulative culture. We discuss the collective brain hypothesis, and reframing how we think about intelligence and IQ. We talk about assortative mating, human mating systems, and the relationship between polygyny and inequality. We discuss religion, Big Gods, and...

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