On today’s episode, we’re going to first talk about the recent debate between Sam Harris and Vox writer Ezra Klein about Harris’ interview with Charles Murray, co-author of the infamous book The Bell Curve. We’ll talk about what both Harris and Murray got wrong, and go a little bit into the science behind intelligence and genetics. For the second half of the show, we’ll talk about how stress from all the atheist movement drama led me to a suicidal episode last week, and whether or not being part of the movement is worth it. Links:•The Sam Harris vs. Ezra Klein debate transcription: https://www.vox.com/2018/4/9/17210248/sam-harris-ezra-klein-charles-murray-transcript-podcast •Gretchen Koch’s summary: klein-harris-debate-in-two-panels.html">http://www.giantif.com/2018/04/the-klein-harris-debate-in-two-panels.html •My Paste Magazine article about “The Bell Curve”: the-bell-curve-scientific-racism.html">https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/05/is-the-bell-curve-scientific-racism.html •Scientific American’s 1995 review of TBC: http://www.mdcbowen.org/p2/rm/sciam1.htm •Eric Siegel on TBC: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/voices/the-real-problem-with-charles-murray-and-the-bell-curve/ •Is Intelligence Hereditary?: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-intelligence-hereditary/ •Secular Women Work: http://www.secularwoman.org/ •The Trans Podcaster Visibility Initiative: https://www.facebook.com/transvisiblepodcaster/ •A Lost State of Mind: http://aloststateofmind.bandcamp.com •The Biskeptical Podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/biskepticalpodcast/ •The Biskeptical Podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/biskepticalpod •Bi Any Means/Biskeptical Podcast Fan Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/179617892470906/ •Trav’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/tmamone •Morgan’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/mostring •Morgan on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/morgan.stringer.9 •Beyond the Trailer Park: https://www.spreaker.com/show/beyond-the-trailer-park-aoa •Bi Any Means Podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/show/bi-any-means-podcast •Email: biskepticalpodcast@gmail.com •Listener line: 410-690-3558 •Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/biskepticalpodcast