Episode · The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · 2022-12-01
Jordan Peterson & Matt Ridley: books mentioned on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast #310
310. Viral: The Origin of Covid 19 | Matt Ridley
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Jordan Peterson discussed Viral by Matt Ridley and others. Matt Ridley discussed Unweaving the Rainbow by Richard Dawkins and The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Viral
Viral: The Search for the Origin of Covid-19 by Matt Ridley and Alina Chan is an investigative non-fiction book that examines the complex scientific and geopolitical questions surrounding the emergence of the global pandemic.
Discussed“and the revised and expanded version of his latest book viral the search for the origin of covid-19 we're going to talk about a variety of issues including not least the politicization of Science”
Where to get it
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Unweaving the Rainbow
Unweaving the Rainbow by Richard Dawkins is a celebrated work of popular science that explores the intersection of scientific understanding, poetry, and wonder, arguing that scientific explanations enhance rather than diminish the beauty of the natural world.
Discussed“I think Richard Dawkins has made a very good point here that unweaving the rainbow um finding out what a rainbow is made of has not made it less wonderful”
Where to get it
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The Selfish Gene
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins is a foundational work of popular science that presents a gene-centric view of evolution, arguing that natural selection operates primarily at the level of genes rather than individuals or species.
Discussed“new book published by one of the professors that was about to teach me it turned out his name was richard dawkins the book was called the selfish gene and that sent those hairs up on the back of my neck reading it”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (11) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“his books include the Red Queen, The Origins of Virtue, Genome, Nature via Nurture, Francis Crick, The Rational Optimist, The Evolution of Everything, and How Innovation Works”
“his books include the Red Queen, The Origins of Virtue, Genome, Nature via Nurture, Francis Crick, The Rational Optimist, The Evolution of Everything, and How Innovation Works”
“his books include the Red Queen, The Origins of Virtue, Genome, Nature via Nurture, Francis Crick, The Rational Optimist, The Evolution of Everything, and How Innovation Works”
“his books include the Red Queen, The Origins of Virtue, Genome, Nature via Nurture, Francis Crick, The Rational Optimist, The Evolution of Everything, and How Innovation Works”
“his books include the Red Queen, The Origins of Virtue, Genome, Nature via Nurture, Francis Crick, The Rational Optimist, The Evolution of Everything, and How Innovation Works”
“his books include the Red Queen, The Origins of Virtue, Genome, Nature via Nurture, Francis Crick, The Rational Optimist, The Evolution of Everything, and How Innovation Works”
“his books include the Red Queen, The Origins of Virtue, Genome, Nature via Nurture, Francis Crick, The Rational Optimist, The Evolution of Everything, and How Innovation Works”
“his books include the Red Queen, The Origins of Virtue, Genome, Nature via Nurture, Francis Crick, The Rational Optimist, The Evolution of Everything, and How Innovation Works”
“His books include the Red Queen the origins of virtue genome nature via nurture Francis Crick the rational optimist the evolution of everything how Innovation Works and the revised and expanded version of his latest book viral the search for the origin of covid-19”
“and then i came across the work of alina chan who eventually became my co-author on this book”
“you can download or stream included titles all you want you can even listen to Dr Peterson's Beyond order on Audible”