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Episodes · 12 months
9
Nov 2025–Oct 2026peak share, Jan 2026
Share of analysed episodes per month, Nov 2025 to Oct 2026: 0 of 3,584, 1 of 3,862, 2 of 4,115, 1 of 4,226, 2 of 4,731, 1 of 4,438, 1 of 4,230, 0 of 4,319, 1 of 4,515, 0 of 4,419, 0 of 4,624, 0 of 4,594.
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+52 via 41 narrower
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Where they standLast discussed
3mo ago
Jul 22, 2026
via DNA
Where they stand
Camps of opinion · 3Positions people took on this topic in transcripts, grouped by school of thought. The bar shows each camp's share of the people sorted into a camp. It is not a poll and not a share of any audience, and people whose position fit no camp are left out of it. Within a camp, people with demonstrated expertise on the topic come first, then those who reached the most listeners on it. Positions are extracted from transcripts by a model and may misattribute who said what. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
Share of people placed in a camp20 people
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- Emphasize primary genetic influence12 people · 60%
- Prioritize environment and lifestyle6 people · 30%
- Caution against genetic enhancement2 people · 10%
Emphasize primary genetic influence
Genetics serve as the most significant factor in explaining individual differences in behavior, longevity, health, and social outcomes.
12 people · 12 episodes
KH
Genetic research shows that there is no part of human personality or behavior that is exempt from being influenced by biological and genetic factors.
“It's all your body. It's turtles all the way down. It's genotype all the way down. You're never going to find some aspect of yourself that's sort of exempt from being embodied.”
Chris Williamson · Mar 2026 · 1 episode · 291K views on this topic
Genetics is the most important systematic force in explaining human individual differences across various traits.
“inherited dna differences are the major systematic force making us who we are as individuals”
Triggernometry · Jul 2022 · 1 episode · 128K views on this topic
Approximately 50% of an individual's happiness is determined by their genetics.
“happiness is about 50% genetic”
The Diary of a CEO · Jan 2024 · 1 episode · 3.0M views on this topicPrioritize environment and lifestyle
Environmental factors and lifestyle choices act as the primary drivers of health, aging, and personal outcomes over static genetic destiny.
6 people · 6 episodes
Genetic factors determine only a minority of an individual's aging and longevity.
“we used to say DNA is our destiny that's not true for aging and Longevity and health span only about 10 to 20% is genetically determined the rest is this epigenetic determination and that's behind the curtains”
StarTalk · Mar 2024 · 4 episodes · 1.4M views on this topic
Many diseases attributed to genetics are actually caused by nutrient deficiencies that prevent the body from processing raw materials correctly.
“we rarely pass disease from generation to generation we pass the inability for the body to refine a raw material which causes a deficiency which leads to that disease this deficiency can be fixed”
PBD Podcast · Mar 2025 · 3 episodes · 11.5M views on this topic
He emphasizes that individuals can overcome their genetic predispositions through conscious effort.
“I don't like there's a phenomenon called genetic determinism where people find out oh I have a slightly increased risk for depression or for smoking and they throw in the towel and they say well that's it I'm gonna smoke I'm gonna be depressed and that's not the lesson I would want people to hear be”
Jim Jefferies · Nov 2021 · 1 episode · 47K views on this topicCaution against genetic enhancement
The application of genetic technologies for enhancement or modification involves significant ethical risks and potential for misuse.
2 people · 1 episode
AG
AJ Gentile claims that CRISPR gene editing technology carries significant ethical risks and potential for misuse.
“The potential to do incredible things and make incredible advances that will be beneficial to our society, but hand in hand with that goes these um large risks.”
The Why Files · Jul 2026 · 1 episode · 1.6M views on this topicHM
Hecklefish J. Moriarty argues that genetic enhancement through technology is a dangerous venture akin to creating monsters.
“You what are they nuts? It's like these people never seen a movie. They're making Jurassic Park for real.”
The Why Files · Jul 2026 · 1 episode · 1.6M views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.
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Share of episodesThis topic's episodes as a share of every episode we analysed, in each complete month. We analyse more episodes every month, so a raw count would mostly show that growth. Recent months fill in as transcripts are analysed.
Complete months · first on record Mar 2019