Khanversation #26: “Get a Job!”, Rufo vs. the anons, David Lynch and anticipating Trump 2.0
Khanversation episode twenty-six
John Hawks: 2024 in Neanderthals, Denisovans and Hobbits
On this episode of Unsupervised Learning, third-time guest John Hawks returns after two years to discuss what we’ve learned in paleoanthropology since he and Razib last talked. Hawks obtained his PhD under Milford H. Wolpoff, and is currently a…
John Hawks: 2024 in Neanderthals, Denisovans and Hobbits
On this episode of Unsupervised Learning, third-time guest John Hawks returns after two years to discuss what we’ve learned in paleoanthropology since he and Razib last talked. Hawks obtained his PhD under Milford H. Wolpoff, and is currently a…
Why There Will Not Be a Beige Future
Skin colour, genetics, race, and racism.
Tade Souaiaia: the edge of statistical genetics, race and sports
A statistical geneticist dives into genetic architecture and genetic controversies
David Mittelman: pushing the genomic frontier in 2024
Three years ago David Mittelman came on Unsupervised Learning to talk about emerging possibilities on the frontiers of genomics, and his new startup at the time, Othram. Since then, Othram’s work has been featured widely in the media, incl…
In Search of Indo-Europeans in 2024: of Catacombs and Corded Ware
On this episode of Unsuperivsed Learning reviews what we know about Indo-Europeans as 2024 comes to a close. This is prompted by a new preprint Ancient genomics support deep divergence between Eastern and Western Mediterranean Indo-Europea…
We are what we speak: Indo-European phylogenetic and linguistic trees concur
2024’s biggest ancient DNA findings flesh out Proto-Indo-European trunk, branch and roots
Megan McArdle: American food culture, artisanal to industrial
This week on Unsupervised Learning Razib talks to Megan McArdle, author of The Up Side of Down: Why Failing Well Is the Key to Success and Washington Post columnist and op-ed board member. McArdle was raised in New York City and attended R…
Shadi Hamid: pessimism on Palestine but hope in America
The eternal conflict and the decline of identitarianism
Nikolai Yakovenko: the Singularity is not here
On this episode of Unsupervised Learning, Razib catches up with Nikolai Yakovenko about the state of AI at the end of 2024. Yakovenko is a former professional poker player,and research scientist at Google, Twitter and Nvidia. With a decade…
Khanversation #25: Biden era, the vibe shift (again) and grooming gangs
Khanversation episode twenty-five
Yascha Mounk: American democracy in 2024
On this episode of Unsupervised Learning, Razib talks to Yasha Mounk. The founder of Persuasion, a contributor to The Atlantic and a professor at Johns Hopkins, Mounk now has his own Substack, where he hosts his weekly column and podcast. He is…
Conn Carroll: Sex and the Citizen
How the Assault on Marriage Is Destroying Democracy
Anatoly Karlin: Russian nationalism to American globalism
Today Razib talks to Russian commentator and transhumanist Anatoly Karlin. Karlin has a BA in political economy from U C Berkeley. For most of the 21st century he had positioned himself as part of the right wing of the transhumanist movement. H…
The Horse: Man’s Most Useful Companion
During the Ice Age our ancestors often painted the horse in caves On this week’s episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib covers the archaeology, genetics and history of the horse. Dogs may be man’s best friend, but for thousands of years hor…
Khanveration #24: H1-B’s, American Nationalism, Heritage Americans and the uniqueness of Western Civilization
Episode twenty-four of the Khanversation
Antonio Regalado: CRISPR babies 6 years later
Whatever happened to He Jiankui?
Wilfred Reilly: confronting historical myths propagated in schools
On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib talks to returning guest Wilfred Reilly about his new book, Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me: Debunking the False Narratives Defining America’s School Curricula. Reilly holds a Ph.D. in politic…
RKUL: Time Well Spent 1/1/2025
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