Lex: I am deeply uncomfortable with the idea that general intelligence is genetically inherited.<br>Also Lex: My father is an award-winning plasma physicist, and I got a PhD from MIT and became a machine learning researcher.,(reply>), Harvard’s motto is “Veritas.” Many of you have already found out and others will find out in the course of their lives that truth eludes us as soon as our concentration begins to flag, all the while leaving the illusion that we are continuing to pursue it. This is the source of much discord. Also, truth seldom is sweet; it is almost invariably bitter. A measure of bitter truth is included in my speech today, but I offer it as a friend, not as an adversary.,(reply>), @Parasite Lights I don’t believe Lex has ever had any machine learning position at google. A lot of his credentials are exaggerated if not outright made up. Take the OP of the very comment we’re under. “Got his phd from MIT”<br><br>He didn’t. I’ve also heard people call Lex a “professor at MIT” which he also isn’t.<br><br>I’m not saying I think Lex is dumb like the other guy, but I see a lot attributed to him that’s just not true. It’s all part and parcel of these joe rogan adjacent guys,(reply>), @CM  Isn't exactly what you call your soul/spirit the device through which we process the data in the physical world?  As for the cards dealt, you are absolutely right, and therein lies the greatest sorrow of mankind.  Everything is built by brilliant minds and inhabited by simple ones who cannot navigate in an environment they do not understand and accordingly, due to their confusion, they are inclined to respond relying on their primal instincts - destroying everything they cannot comprehend.,(reply>), Nature or nurture.  Some people may experience better cards dealt but that’s in this physical world. In the deeper sense your soul/spirit is far more advanced than the processing of data in the physical world.,(reply>), @tennisace Very interesting. You judge someone's level of intelligence based on the way they speak. And of course the result is that you fail miserably. As you apply your methodology, do you happen to consider the factors: is the individual in question a native speaker, does he have a speech impediment, does he suffer from social anxiety, doesn't he have a headache right now, didn't his best friend die yesterday, does he experience anxiety due to the presence of all of the above? Not to mention that, as you mentioned yourself, he's found great success, which rarely happens to people who aren't smart, even less when that same great success is a consequence of hosting a scientific podcast. And his career before that I don't need to mention at all, you think it's perfectly natural for a non-smart person to get a BS and MS in computer science, a PhD in electrical and computer engineering, catch a machine learning position at Google, build an amazingly successful YouTube career while serving as a research scientist at MIT, playing several musical instruments, earning a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and publishing dozens of articles in peer-reviewed scientific publications? Frankly, if you ask me, he's not just not smart, he's actually suffering from SMI.