Bret Weinstein

systems those cultural systems are equally as adaptive as the genetic systems underneath so people often draw a distinction between biology and culture that's a false dichotomy biology or genes and culture are equally biological and the bitter pill that comes with the whole thing

is culture is actually the genes solving a gene problem, one that we as conscious beings with values shouldn't care about. We are condemned in some sense to be playing out a battle between genes that is absurd once you see it. It's not worthy of us. So, yes, we are evolving radically.

is culture is actually the genes solving a gene problem, one that we as conscious beings with values shouldn't care about. We are condemned in some sense to be playing out a battle between genes that is absurd once you see it. It's not worthy of us. So, yes, we are evolving radically.

is culture is actually the genes solving a gene problem, one that we as conscious beings with values shouldn't care about. We are condemned in some sense to be playing out a battle between genes that is absurd once you see it. It's not worthy of us. So, yes, we are evolving radically.

The fact that, you know, if you go to Italy, you struggle to communicate is the result of two populations having diverged at a cultural level enough that you're functionally incompatible, right? That's a lot of evolutionary change in a short period of time. And you could say the same thing about The difference in belief systems, right?

The fact that, you know, if you go to Italy, you struggle to communicate is the result of two populations having diverged at a cultural level enough that you're functionally incompatible, right? That's a lot of evolutionary change in a short period of time. And you could say the same thing about The difference in belief systems, right?

The fact that, you know, if you go to Italy, you struggle to communicate is the result of two populations having diverged at a cultural level enough that you're functionally incompatible, right? That's a lot of evolutionary change in a short period of time. And you could say the same thing about The difference in belief systems, right?

You've got effectively a phylogenetic story of evolution at the level of human cultures, right? You know, for example, we have, you know, you have Judaism, right? From it evolves Christianity, right? Christianity, if in a phylogenetic sense, is the largest evolutionary branch of Judaism, right? It is a competing branch with Judaism. Islam and Hinduism.

You've got effectively a phylogenetic story of evolution at the level of human cultures, right? You know, for example, we have, you know, you have Judaism, right? From it evolves Christianity, right? Christianity, if in a phylogenetic sense, is the largest evolutionary branch of Judaism, right? It is a competing branch with Judaism. Islam and Hinduism.

You've got effectively a phylogenetic story of evolution at the level of human cultures, right? You know, for example, we have, you know, you have Judaism, right? From it evolves Christianity, right? Christianity, if in a phylogenetic sense, is the largest evolutionary branch of Judaism, right? It is a competing branch with Judaism. Islam and Hinduism.

You know, these are alternative structures and the implications for the behavior of the populations that subscribe to these different doctrines are as significant as species distinctions. In other words, the belief system that you inherit outside the genome is It encodes how to be a human being relative to some niche, right? A niche that we don't describe in those terms, but we should.

You know, these are alternative structures and the implications for the behavior of the populations that subscribe to these different doctrines are as significant as species distinctions. In other words, the belief system that you inherit outside the genome is It encodes how to be a human being relative to some niche, right? A niche that we don't describe in those terms, but we should.

You know, these are alternative structures and the implications for the behavior of the populations that subscribe to these different doctrines are as significant as species distinctions. In other words, the belief system that you inherit outside the genome is It encodes how to be a human being relative to some niche, right? A niche that we don't describe in those terms, but we should.

If we want a complete, as simple as possible story of evolution, understanding that culture alters the way evolution functions, it does not alter the objective of evolution, is the way to do it.

If we want a complete, as simple as possible story of evolution, understanding that culture alters the way evolution functions, it does not alter the objective of evolution, is the way to do it.

If we want a complete, as simple as possible story of evolution, understanding that culture alters the way evolution functions, it does not alter the objective of evolution, is the way to do it.

No. Genetics carve out the ability to transmit large packages of vital information about how to be outside of the genome. In other words, you inherit your genes from your parents. You inherit your culture mostly from your parents, but outside the genome. After you're born, if you're Parents speak Italian, you will come to speak Italian. If your parents speak Mandarin, you'll speak Mandarin.

No. Genetics carve out the ability to transmit large packages of vital information about how to be outside of the genome. In other words, you inherit your genes from your parents. You inherit your culture mostly from your parents, but outside the genome. After you're born, if you're Parents speak Italian, you will come to speak Italian. If your parents speak Mandarin, you'll speak Mandarin.

No. Genetics carve out the ability to transmit large packages of vital information about how to be outside of the genome. In other words, you inherit your genes from your parents. You inherit your culture mostly from your parents, but outside the genome. After you're born, if you're Parents speak Italian, you will come to speak Italian. If your parents speak Mandarin, you'll speak Mandarin.

So that package of adaptive information is being passed in parallel to the genes. But again, it is unfortunately obligated to serve the ends that the genome is evolved to serve.