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Dec 2017
56m 1s

#109— Biology and Culture

SAM HARRIS
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Sam Harris speaks with Bret Weinstein about the moral panic at Evergreen State College, the concept of race, genetic differences between human populations, intersectionality, sex and gender, "metaphorical truth," religion and "group selection," equality, and other topics.

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