Episode · The Rubin Report · 2018-11-19

Books mentioned on Bret Weinstein: Life After Evergreen, Evolutionary Biology, and Gender

1 book · With Bret Weinstein · Listen · Watch on YouTube

Bret Weinstein (former professor at Evergreen State) joins Dave to discuss life after being pushed out from Evergreen State University for a scandal surrounding accusations of racism, his disagreement

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

1. 

   The Selfish Gene

   Richard Dawkins · at 53:17 · mentioned 3 times

   Richard Dawkins's influential popular science book examines evolution through a gene-centric lens, proposing that natural selection operates primarily at the genetic level rather than the organismal or species level.

   Discussed

   “but the last piece of theoretical progress actually involves Dawkins Selfish Gene we essentially encapsulates a synthesis that does lots of things including brings a proper theory of cultural evolution online... so to the extent that we did not have a way of discussing cultural evolution prior to the Selfish Gene Dawkins introduction of the concept of memes”

   Bret Weinstein Bret Weinstein: Life After Evergreen, Evolutionary Biology, and Gender 2018-11-19 Listen at 53:17

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