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In continuing our discussion on Human Intelligence and the predictive powers of IQ, Charles Murray joins the broadcast to discuss the latest science regarding ethnic and gender differences in intelligence.

Charles Murray is a political scientist, author, and libertarian. He first came to national attention in 1984 with the publication of "Losing Ground," which has been credited as the intellectual foundation for the Welfare Reform Act of 1996. His 1994 New York Times bestseller, "The Bell Curve," coauthored with the late Richard J. Herrnstein, sparked heated controversy for its analysis of the role of IQ in shaping America's class structure.

The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life
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Why can't other value systems - like God - achieve the same outcomes as Universally Preferable Behavior? You site the work of Charles Murray, Steven Pinker, and Nicholas Wade often when analyzing various topics and I have read books by all three authors - most recently reading "A Troublesome Inheritance" by Nicholas Wade. If what Nicholas Wade proposes in his book is indeed, biologically speaking, the actual narrative of our ancestral past, then how is this incompatible with the more "anthropological" approaches to history, such as Jared Diamond's "Guns, Germs, and Steel? Why can't these two be compatible? Also, a very important question regarding Wade's book, why do you think he titled it "A Troublesome Inheritance?" "Troublesome" for who? Why does it always seem like people with issues are drawn to me for consolation - and then leave me when they don't need me anymore?