Razib Khan Answers My Most Controversial Questions About Genetics: Quillette Cetera Episode 30 A conversation with geneticist and writer Razib Khan. Zoe Booth / Razib Khan 23 Feb 2024 · 1 min read
Destiny of Earth Muthukrishna’s new book presents a fundamentally optimistic narrative, brimming with ideas and concepts. Razib Khan 1 Nov 2023 · 6 min read
The Aristocracy of Talent—A Review Wooldridge argues that meritocracy can only survive if it is infused with an ethos that prioritizes virtue, applying talent to ends that ennoble rather than enrich. Razib Khan 14 Dec 2021 · 12 min read
The Scout Mindset—A Review A review of The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don’t by Julia Galef. Portfolio, 288 pages (April, 2021) Julia Galef’s The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't is a brisk introduction to a particular way of Razib Khan 10 Nov 2021 · 7 min read
Charles Murray's 'Facing Reality'—A Review Facing Reality attempts to force into view data that many Americans would rather not acknowledge. Razib Khan 29 Jul 2021 · 12 min read
Podcast #152: Nicholas Wade Explains Why It’s No Longer Taboo to Ask Whether COVID-19 Was Caused by a Chinese Lab Leak Quillette’s Razib Khan speaks with veteran science writer Nicholas Wade about why so many scientists and journalists are now exploring theories about the origins of COVID-19 that, not so long, ago, were being dismissed as conspiracy theories. Articles discussed in this podcast * Origin of COVID—Following the Clues: Did Quillette / Razib Khan 7 Jun 2021 · 17 min read
Totally Under Control—A Review Totally Under Control is squarely focused on the bungling, mismanagement, and incoherence of the Trump administration. Razib Khan 17 Nov 2020 · 14 min read
The Evolutionary History of Man's Best Friend Revealed Dogs are the only domestic species who have been with us since the Pleistocene, which ended 11,500 years ago. Razib Khan 29 Oct 2020 · 7 min read
Not All Identities Are Created Equal The revival of racial identity to tackle social injustice reawakens an ancient beast. Razib Khan 17 Oct 2020 · 11 min read
Heritability and why Parents (but not Parenting) Matter Non-additive effects don’t breed true with the same degree of fidelity—in fact these effects bust up the clean transmission of traits from parents to children (to use a sports analogy, it’s a bit like a cornerback in football deflecting the quarterback’s perfect spiral aimed at the receiver). Brian Boutwell / Razib Khan 19 Jan 2016 · 13 min read
