Jan 19, 2016
Wes Bertrand and I are joined by geneticist Kevin McKernan for more analysis of Stefan Molyneux and Freedomain Radio. This time we take a close look at Molyneux's Gene Wars series, and the R vs K hypothosis discussed within. Kevin details how R vs K has long been dismissed as pseudo science by the scientific community, and that there is no evidence for the claims Stefan is making that political leanings are tied to genetics. From there, Kevin talks about how the claims Stef is making about IQ being linked to genetics also have no scientific evidence to back them. We discuss race quite a bit in this episode, and even dig into global warming a bit. This is a can't miss show, especially if you are an FDR listener!
Part 1 in the series:
http://choiceconversations.libsyn.com/the-fall-of-stefan-molyneux-there-will-be-no-recovery-part-1
Part 2 in the series:
http://choiceconversations.libsyn.com/the-fall-of-stefan-molyneux-can-there-be-a-recovery-part-2
Find more from Wes here: http://completeliberty.com/
Cannmed conference mentioned by Kevin: http://www.medicinalgenomics.com/
Superior Pattern Processing is the essence of the evolved human
brain
•
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4141622/pdf/fnins-08-00265.pdf
Joseph Graves refutation of R vs K
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eRtjgKlt8s
Wikipedia refutation of R vs K
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R/K_selection_theory
Self reported race is not accurate. Bell Curve is based on self
reported race.
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4307746/
Ice Core data (Figure 5)- Not open access but discussed at the
link below.
• North Greenland Ice Core Project Members: High-resolution record
of Northern Hemisphere climate extending into the last interglacial
period, Nature, 431, 147-151, 2004
•
https://www.bas.ac.uk/data/our-data/publication/ice-cores-and-climate-change/
IQ genetics cant be found
•
http://www.nature.com/news/chinese-project-probes-the-genetics-of-genius-1.12985
Closest recent finding implies a network of over 150 genes
•
http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nn.4205.html
Genetics of Skin Color
•
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_skin_color#Genetics_of_skin_color_variation
Human Microbiome complexity
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3709439
Human Birth Rate
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_rate
•
https://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/infantcare/conditioninfo/Pages/born.aspx
Cannabis plants per year are derived from DEA seizure data
(likely flawed but black market data is hard to get to)
• http://www.drugscience.org/Archive/bcr2/estproc.html
• http://www.dea.gov/ops/cannabis.shtml
DEA report over 4M plants seized and believes to only seize less
than 10% of whats out there.
10,000 metric tons at 1 pound per plant = 2204 X10,000 or 22M
plants in the USA alone (5% of global population)
about 4M people were born in the USA in 2010
The choice quotes Wes read, starting at 1hr 39min:
FDR3170 Dusty P3n!s Syndrome - Call In Show - January 1st, 2016
http://cdn.freedomainradio.com/FDR_3170_Call_In_Show_01_Jan_2016.mp3
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