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The Importance of Universities in Advancing Knowledge and Human Understanding
2:12:35 - 2:25:05 (12:29)
Universities play a critical role in nurturing human ingenuity, creating new knowledge, and equipping young people to answer open questions about our existence. They are responsible for many of the advances in technology, cosmology, and humanistic understanding.
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The universities are where human ingenuity is nurtured, new knowledge is created, and young people are equipped to answer questions about our existence in the world that we live in.
2:12:35 - 2:21:38 (09:03)
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The universities are where human ingenuity is nurtured, new knowledge is created, and young people are equipped to answer questions about our existence in the world that we live in. The people who are trying to shut down open inquiry at the university on behalf of their particular view about things are a threat to what the university stands for and they should be resisted.
ChapterThe Importance of Universities in Advancing Knowledge and Human Understanding
Episode#285 – Glenn Loury: Race, Racism, Identity Politics, and Cancel Culture
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
This podcast episode explores the limitations of IQ tests in measuring various dimensions of human intelligence and argues that multidimensional measures are better than a narrow cognitive ability measure.
2:21:39 - 2:25:05 (03:25)
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This podcast episode explores the limitations of IQ tests in measuring various dimensions of human intelligence and argues that multidimensional measures are better than a narrow cognitive ability measure. It also questions how well IQ tests measure other pertinent abilities such as emotional intelligence and temperament.