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IQ is not worth discussing casually

IQ and the hereditarian-versus-environmentalist debate is a subject on which it is absolutely not worth 'taking an idea for a walk' in a casual debate or podcast format; some subjects require the careful, footnoted format of a book rather than off-the-cuff discussion.

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Helen Lewis

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there are subjects for which discussing them in a debate format or in a in a podcast format absolutely works and there are others where actually just you know i think i more and more appreciate that feeling of just having time to sit down something to say do i really think this

Source

400 - The Politics Of InformationMaking Sense with Sam Harris
Created: 6/14/2026, 2:01:10 AM

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