I hope you enjoy the discussion as much as I did. Again, that, I hope, is a hallmark of the podcast. And while Murray and I do not share political views on a number of issues, thoughtful discussion is far preferred to blanket cancellation and denunciation or a refusal to even engage. Indeed, if all social scientists and policy makers took his approach, the overall tenor of popular discussion would improve, I believe. One of the purposes of The Origins Podcast is to connect science and culture, and Murray connects hard science with social science issues in a refreshingly honest and detailed way. But if you take the time, I think you will be pleasantly surprised, as well as learning some new things about the world.

I know from experience, as I indicated at the beginning of our discussion, that many people will condemn the discussion without listening to it, just as they condemn his writing without reading it. He is a delightful and thoughtful individual and I believe that comes out in our dialogue. He makes it clear that he focuses on only well understood and well accepted concepts, and the discussion we had was instructive and enjoyable. All people are equal but, as Murray explores, all groups of people are not the. It is far from controversial, and instead is a clear effort to explain often complex genetic concepts in a popular format. HUMAN DIVERSITY: The Biology of Gender, Race, and Class. In my review last week of Charles Murray’s latest book, Human Diversity, I predicted that the liberal press would be baffled by the book, either into silence or incoherence: How do you honestly try to refute a systematic, intricate dismissal of your most cherished beliefs. I wanted to discuss his most recent book, Human Diversity, with him.

His work has been misinterpreted as being racist and sexist, and at Middlebury College students forcibly stopped his guest lecture and rioted.Īs often the case with stereotypes, Murray is instead a thoughtful scholar who has tried to base his social science research on data from empirical science, something that should be standard, but isn’t. After writing the book, The Bell Curve, Charles Murray became a controversial figure in the US Social Science scene, and was much maligned in the public arena.

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