E343 Pt 1: Can you breed higher Intelligence into society?

Evolutionary psychologist, Doug Lisle, PhD discusses listener questions with host, Nathan Gershfeld. In today's show, Dr. Lisle explains how genes are passed on through generations and just how complex and interdependent they are. However, sometimes this can lead to the mistaken belief that societies can easily breed certain traits into or out of their population. 

1. Dr lisle you've often mentioned that we cannot get intelligent people to breed for generations and give rise to a population whose average IQ is higher than the current avg IQ i.e. china/singapore tried to experiment with this idea but they failed. But Dr Lisle you've also said that today's human is on average way more cooperative than the ancient human.. so if the average cooperation can be bred to a higher level, why can't the average IQ be bred to a higher level?

Teasers 0:00 Intro 0:45 Opening discussion 1:42 Excerpt from past Episode 299: 4:55 Question #1 8:20 Dr. Lisle Answers: 9:08 Darker skin defends better against solar radiation near Equator 14:40 Survival advantages move evolution very very slowly 15:38 Eugenics is not possible because gene interactions are too complex 33:30 It’s troubling to discover your own constraints: 41:10 Individual human beings have individual differences: 50:00 Outro: 55:30

Follow us:  YouTube: @beatyourgenes  X: @beatyourgenes  Insta: @Beatyourgenespodcast  Web: www.beatyourgenes.org  Doug Lisle, PhD www.esteemdynamics.com  Nathan Gershfeld, DC www.fastingescape.com  Intro & outro song: City of Happy Ones • Ferenc Hegedus Licensed for use

Copyright Beat Your Genes Podcast