IQ; Life & Morality Without God or Religion | Yaron Brook Show

00:00 Intro
04:20 IQ

Live Questions:
15:12 If you had a debate or discussion with Jordan Peterson about IQ and success in life it could definitely go viral.
16:24 IQ is not a barometer for self esteem, which should essentially be measured in moral terms. Tony Soprano has a high IQ and gets very defensive when his therapist asks if he puts importance in that.
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17:22 Part 1) Intelligence clearly has a lot to do with the options available to you in life. And the scope of your capacity is largely genetic.
17:51 Part 2) If you happen to be born with lower cognitive horse power, that doesn't mean you have to be a criminal or homeless, but you are going to have a much harder time navigating this world.
19:49 Intelligence is such a multidimensional thing. It's hard to capture it all in a single number like an IQ score.
20:20 Does financial success have to do with temperament as much as intelligence? I know truck drivers who arent too bright who make more than I do. But I don't have the temperament to spend 16 hours a day driving a truck by myself
22:05 Another glaring point for Objectivists re: IQ is why would we care about or want to spread a particular epistemology if we thought intelligence and success was set at birth?
23:40 What's the IQ requirement for IQ test designers? 🙃
23:57 Not all of success is set at birth, but some people are born on third base, let's not pretend like they hit a triple.
26:06 Shouldn't we be skeptical of IQ tests considering the mixed economy? Who designed them and why
29:37 My stepdad, now in his 70s, used to read the encyclopedia as a past time as did many of his peers. Today information is readily available and vast, yet young

30:21 Life & Morality Without God or Religion

Live Questions:
1:05:50 On the topic of morality without god: I was raised catholic and I’ve had to work very hard to unlearn a lot. I still catch myself feeling guilt without reason. Thank you for introducing me to Ayn Rand. It has saved my life.
1:08:43 A friend’s major barrier to integrating Objectivism was moral. He was tormented by the inculcated phrase to “be a mensch”, a shorthand for sacrifice and which psychological meaning was to feel guilt for putting himself first.
1:10:34 Witty quote from Mark Twain, "Faith is believing in what you know ain't so." 😀
1:12:20 It seems many atheists are also nihilists because they don't have Ayn Rand, so they throw out objective morality along with God. I don't want live with them either. What do you think of atheists who reject to objectivism?
1:15:00 A good example of a frozen abstraction is morality is Christianity to most. Why do you think it’s frozen? I would say it’s an error of knowledge but then someone like Sam Harris seems to evade when exposed to Rand’s ideas.
1:18:14 "From now on I could step firmly on the ground that was under my feet and navigate based on my own reason and self-respect. My moral compass was within myself, not in the pages of a sacred book." -- Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Infidel
1:19:27 How would an Objectivist Tech CEO respond to accusations of causing housing gentrification and wealth inequality. How would they respond if accused of Censorship from the left/ right? Would they have Chief Diversity Officer?
1:22:22 Does living a moral life correlate to IQ? 😉
1:22:42 What do you think of the term “Free Thinker?”
1:23:11 Europeans don’t want to work long hours, go to church, get married or have kids. Wait, what do they want to do?
1:24:30 Have you tried getting on Bill Maher's new podcast? He's having everyone on lately.
1:25:15 Peterson turned many atheists into religionists.
1:25:21 Updated thoughts on Richard Hanania?
1:25:33 In The Bell Curve, Charles admits that the book raises more questions than it answers about what IQ captures, and the role of genetics vs environment. Most people talking IQ know nothing about it.

1:26:20 Outro

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