Forrest Maready is the author of ?The Moth in the Iron Lung?, among other books. It tells a very different story of the Polio epidemic than the one you are likely familiar with, a story with radically different implications for health and medicine. Bret talks with Forest about his book and his interpretation of the evidence with an evolutionary bent to the conversation.

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In this 221st in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this episode, we discuss men competing against women in women?s sport, and the new research that shows there?s no problem at all. We are in a world of science cosplay, full of science skin suits. Then: cancel culture and its mirror image: promotion culture. The promotion of zombies to positions of power is a weapon of the culture. Also, if wisdom is about delayed gratification, and the counter-intuitive, and being comfortable with uncertainty, then we are in a society of deeply unwise people, a society led by people with the minds of children?just like in The Twilight Zone. Finally: how cats and humans communicate with one another by narrowing our eyes at each other.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Hamilton et al 2024. Strength, power and aerobic capacity of transgender athletes: a cross-sectional study. British Journal of Sports Medicine: https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/bjsports/early/2024/04/10/bjsports-2023-108029.full.pdf

Hilton and Lundberg 2021. Transgender women in the female category of sport: perspectives on testosterone suppression and performance advantage. Sports Medicine, 51: 199-214: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s40279-020-01389-3.pdf

Feynman?s Cargo Cult Science: https://calteches.library.caltech.edu/51/2/CargoCult.htm

Biden v Clifton Duncan: https://x.com/cliftonaduncan/status/1780532643051741657

Freddy Sayers at UnHerd: The Disinformation Industry: https://unherd.com/2024/04/inside-the-disinformation-industry/

Katherine Maher, new CEO of NPR, on the First Amendment: https://twitter.com/realchrisrufo/status/1780597079439446250

Humphrey et al 2020. The role of cat eye narrowing movements in cat?human communication. Scientific Reports, 10(1): 16503: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-73426-0

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In this 220th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this episode, we discuss the modern Dark Age. Topics include informational advantage, entropy, and reason. We discuss whether all static rules are gameable, and whether adjusting your model to increase predictive power can help you evade the sophists. We also ask what people in North Korea actually think about their lives relative to the rest of the world, and how their situation is analogous to that of people who have been kidnapped, or to that of a populace that is convinced by authorities to do things that are against their interests. At what scales does Stockholm Syndrome apply? We also discuss confidence and humility, intellectual obstructionism, and the value of track records.

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Excerpt from Chandler Burr?s book about Luca Turin, The Emperor of Scent: https://chandlerburr.com/books

Mattias Desmet?s The Psychology of Totalitarianism: https://www.chelseagreen.com/product/the-psychology-of-totalitarianism/

Evolutionary Lens Livestream 121 from April 2, 2022, Welcome to the Noble Psy-Op: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrfL6fRW150

In this 219th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this episode, we discuss evolution and intelligent design, and why the failures of institutions and institutional science during Covid are causing people to question everything that science has concluded. We also discuss motonormativity?aka car brain?both steel manning it as a concept, and critiquing the research that named the phenomenon. Finally: sex chromosomes in cephalopods (octopus and their kin)?older than you think.

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Mentioned in this episode:

?Giving Up Darwin? - Gelernter?s review of Meyers? book: https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/giving-up-darwin/

Motonormativity: critical car theory (at Principled Bicycling): https://substack.com/home/post/p-142960056

Walker et al 2023. Motonormativity: how social norms hide a major public health hazard: https://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/abs/10.1504/IJENVH.2023.135446?af=R

Oldest known animal sex chromosome evolved in octopuses 380 million years ago: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00637-0

Coffing et al 2024. Cephalopod Sex Determination and its Ancient Evolutionary Origin Revealed by Chromosome-level Assembly of the California Two-Spot Octopus: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.02.21.581452v2.full.pdf

Bret Speaks with Ryan Cole about his role as a Covid dissident over the last 4 years, and his unique viewpoint as a pathologist.

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In this 218th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this episode, we discuss plants, a lot, in service of understanding what a ?syndrome? is, and why it matters. This is not mere semantics, but if you feel that it is, focus on the tropical forests instead! There are plenty of bats to go around. What can you predict about the pollinators of flowers that are bright and showy and have no smell? How about those that are white and have a musty smell? What can you predict about jungle trees that grow fast and die young? How does such predictive power and pattern recognition relate to how to make sense of the world in which you live? Also: update from Panama: the San Vicente Camp is now closed, and a fire has apparently destroyed all of its records. Curious, that.

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Mentioned in this episode:

San Vicente Camp in Panama destroyed: https://apnews.com/article/panama-migrants-darien-colombia-disturbance-6d45b7fc7f581ad0c0a8bcff7247b9bf

Introduction to Antipode: https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/antipode-introduction

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Find Joomi Kim on Substack: https://joomi.substack.com/

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Norman Fenton ?Cheap Trick? Statistical Games: https://wherearethenumbers.substack.com/p

In this 217th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this episode, we discuss the Supreme Court, the First Amendment, Covid, censorship, DEI, the Rawlsian Veil of Ignorance, and affirmative action, in the context of Murthy v State of Missouri. We also talk about Goliath being a combination of emergence and collusion, and how facts are being used to support existing narratives, rather than stories being constructed using all of the facts. We discuss two explosive pieces of research that dropped this week?on the health risks of heat, and of intermittent fasting. And we briefly talk about why you should never cave to the mob (beaver edition).

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Mentioned in this episode:

Case File 23-411: Murthy v State of Missouri: https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23/23-411/299644/20240202144405984_2024-02-02%20-%20Murthy%20v.%20Missouri%20-%20Brief%20of%20Respondents%20-%20Final%20with%20Tables.pdf

Hypothesis about Goliath: https://twitter.com/alexandrosm/status/1770219558990938294

Sunbathing for just ONE DAY is super bad for you (except it?s not): https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wellness-us/body/article-13215737/sunbathing-heart-disease-risk-skin-cancer.html

Research Abstract: Associations Between Short-Term Outdoor Heat Measures and Markers of Immune 

Response and Inflammation: https://www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/20343/presentation/484

Research Abstract: Association Between Time-Restricted Eating and All-Cause and Cause-Specific 

Mortality: https://www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/20343/presentation/379

Never Cave to the Mob: https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/never-cave-to-the-mob

In this 216th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this episode, we discuss the WPATH files?internal documents from the World Professional Association on Transgender Health?which were released this month. In them, we find evidence that clinicians are encouraging hormonal and surgical interventions on young people who are too young to consent, have not been informed of the risks, and often have comorbidities. We also discuss an article by a trans-identified man who argues ?the moral case for letting trans kids change their bodies.? Finally: the milk of amphibians.

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Mentioned in this episode:

The WPATH Files: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56a45d683b0be33df885def6/t/65e6d9bea9969715fba29e6f/1709627904275/U_WPATH+Report+and+Files.pdf

Andrea Long Chu in New York magazine: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trans-rights-biological-sex-gender-judith-butler.html

Amphibian Milk at Natural Selections: https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/amphibian-milk

In this 215th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this episode, we discuss the CDC?s new super simple recommendations on respiratory viruses, and learn from the CDC that treatment can be prevention. While the CDC never mentions vitamin D in these new guidelines, a new meta-analysis finds that vitamin D supplementation is protective against bad Covid outcomes, especially in people who were previously deficient. We also discuss how podcasts are stepping in for institutions, sparking intellectual connections that the academy used to provide?all of this in the context of genocide and perpetrator studies. Also: strictly mechanistic explanations are standing in for evolutionary ones in many fields?including ophthalmology, dentistry, and psychology?to the detriment of all. And: the shared teeth of mammals and crocodiles.

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Mentioned in this episode:

CDC Guidance: https://www.cdc.gov/respiratory-viruses/guidance/respiratory-virus-guidance.html

Sartini et al 2024. Preventive Vitamin D Supplementation and Risk for COVID-19 Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Nutrients, 16(5), p.679: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/16/5/679

Oregon Health Authority provides ways for Oregonians to get non mRNA shots: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/ORHA/bulletins/38c37fe

Drs. Jonny Hudson and Michael Bryant on DarkHorse, March 2024: https://rumble.com/v4ghlsk-no-title-jonny-michael-pod.html?mref=256aqg&mc=eh4u2

Mike Mew on DarkHorse, July 2020: https://youtu.be/JYpPu-NrYSI?si=LOVDF2nrV1NAxOPb

Weston A Price Foundation: https://www.westonaprice.org/

1491, by Charles Mann: https://www.amazon.com/1491-Revelations-Americas-Before-Columbus/dp/1400032059

Brains, Mammals, and the Brains of Mammals: https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/brains-mammals-and-the-brains-of

Dr. Michael Bryant is a professor of History and Legal Studies at Bryant University. Dr. Jonny Hudson has a Ph.D. in Holocaust and Genocide Studies. Bret talks with the two of them about Jonny?s recent dissertation which applies an evolutionary lens to the Holocaust.

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In this 214th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this episode, we discuss polite society, RSV, and Google?s Gemini. Under what circumstances should we listen to, or defer to, the will of polite society? How can we tell if those conditions are changing? With regard to RSV (Respiratory Syncitial Virus), how deadly is it? To whom? What drugs?vaccinations and otherwise?are available, and to whom? While Politico mocks those who question the use of RSV vaccine in children, the New York Times points out there is no FDA authorized RSV vaccine for children. We also discuss the RSV vaccine that was authorized for children in the 1960s?and how it made subsequent illness far worse for those vaccinated. Finally: how does Google?s roll-out of Gemini AI reveal what is going on behind the scenes? A discussion of positive and negative feedback illustrates more broadly what Gemini reveals.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Suspension of Curiosity leads to Serious Adverse Events: https://open.substack.com/pub/naturalselections/p/suspension-of-curiosity-leads-to
Matt Orfalea: Nobody is Safe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI3yU5Z2adI&t=28s

MilkBar TV: pandemic of the unvaccinated: https://twitter.com/TheMilkBarTV/status/1761934974784246068
 
Politico: ?There?s a New Life-Saving Vaccine. Why Won?t People Take It??: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/02/13/next-front-vaccine-wars-00141054

New York Times: ?Some Pregnant Women and Infants Received the Wrong R.S.V. Shots?: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/14/health/rsv-shots-pregnant-women-infants.html

RSV according to the CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/rsv/public/child.html

Welliver 2003. Review of epidemiology and clinical risk factors for severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection. The Journal of Pediatrics, 143(5): 112-117: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022347603005080

Castilow et al 2007. Understanding respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine-enhanced disease. Immunologic Research, 39: 225-239: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12026-007-0071-6.pdf

In this 213th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this episode, we discuss sex, gender, and plants. First up: sex is binary, gender is downstream of sex, and rare Disorders of Sexual Development do not put the lie to the sex binary. Then: Duke University is deep-sixing its world class herbarium. We discuss the value of natural history museums, and of libraries, and defend the liberal arts and sciences as fundamental not just to human inquiry, but to human flourishing.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Colin Wright on Eric Weinstein?s appearance on Modern Wisdom: https://x.com/SwipeWright/status/1759718664369050058
 
Me, She, He, They: Reality vs Identity in the 21st Century (Heather on sex and gender):https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/meshehethey

Duke plans to close its Herbarium, ?A tragic mistake?: https://www.science.org/content/article/tragic-mistake-decision-close-duke-university-s-herbarium-triggers-furor
 
Herman, S.G., 2002. Wildlife biology and natural history: time for a reunion. The Journal of wildlife management66(4): 933-946. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3802927

Bjorn Lomborg is the president of the Copenhagen Consensus Center and author of the recent book, Best Things First.

Copenhagen Consensus: https://copenhagenconsensus.com/
Best Things First: https://www.amazon.com/Best-Things-First-BjornLomborg/dp/1940003482/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=8-1 

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In this 212th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this episode, we discuss how to build your own boot camp, with principles including the courage cascade, flak over the target, recognizing the distinction between signal and noise, random vs systematic error, ?the room is not the room,? OODA loops, and keeping separate track of analytics and morals. Also: how a new ant in Africa has forced lions to change how and what they hunt. And: microbeef sushi.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Dolphins: https://x.com/rainmaker1973/status/1757341726186910022

Judicial Watch: DHS Secretary Mayorkas Personally Declined Presidential Candidate RFK Jr?s Request for Secret Service Protection: https://www.judicialwatch.org/rfk-jr-secret-service-protection/

Center for Countering Digital Hate ? The New Climate Denial: https://counterhate.com/research/new-climate-denial/

Kamaru et al 2024. Disruption of an ant-plant mutualism shapes interactions between lions and their primary prey. Science, 383(6681): 433-438: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adg1464

Microbeef sushi: https://www.science.org/content/article/rice-covered-cow-cells-aims-provide-nutritious-sustainable-food

In this 211th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this episode, we discuss Winter and seasonality, before a longer discussion of overfitting, shoe-horning, and straight-jacketing. How do models, collusion, and Occam?s Razor contribute to how we understand the world? Why are generalists better situated to interpret complexity than are specialists? Then: how good is the science behind the major paper out of The Lancet that assures us that we should not be eating red meat? Answer: not very. Finally, we discuss the orcas who were trapped in sea ice off of Japan, and what it means to be an orca (including mention of the grandmother hypothesis).

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Mentioned in this episode:

The Emperor of Scent by Chandler Burr (about Luca Turin): https://www.amazon.com/Emperor-Scent-Story-Perfume-Obsession/dp/0375759816
 
Willett et al 2019. Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT?Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems. Lancet 393, 447?492: https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0140-6736%2818%2931788-4

Stanton 2024. Unacceptable use of substandard metrics in policy decisions which mandate large reductions in animal-source foods. Npj Science of Food 8(10): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41538-024-00249-y

Stanton et al 2022. 36-fold higher estimate of deaths attributable to red meat intake in GBD 2019: is this reliable?. The Lancet, 399(10332), pp.e23-e26.: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)00311-7/fulltext

In this 210th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this episode, we discuss hypotheses about the border situation. Having just returned from Panama, Bret hypothesizes that there are two immigrations happening: the migration driven by the pursuit of greater economic opportunities in the United States, which includes people from all over the world, and a lot of families; and a second, cryptic migration which includes mostly people from China, of military age, heavily skewed towards men. He also reviews a hypothesis from some years back, about the effect of the one-child policy in China, taken in concert with the tendency to prefer boys. We then discuss neurogenesis in pregnant mice; and also the ?diaper spa? being opened in New Hampshire, which is only possible because we have stopped allowing ourselves to critique anti-social and anti-societal tendencies.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Support and Defend: Military Whistleblowers Volume II (on DarkHorse): https://youtu.be/fg_Y7WxfQ48
 
Chaker et al 2023. Pregnancy-responsive pools of adult neural stem cells for transient neurogenesis in mothers. Science 382(6673): 958-963: https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/science.abo5199

What?s a diaper spa? https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2024/01/30/diaper-spa-raising-eyebrows-atkinson-new-hampshire/
 
The diaper spa: https://diaperspa.com

In this 209th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this episode, we discuss misinformation and how dangerous it is, especially to mainstream researchers and media. We dissect research that claims to find evidence that ?doing your own research? actually cements false views, and find that the research itself is so methodologically flawed as to be incapable of delivering accurate results. We celebrate the finding of Canada?s Federal Court that the invoking of the Emergencies Act during the Trucker?s Convoy was unconstitutional; and we discuss the WHO?s faltering pandemic preparedness plan. And we briefly discussed Panama: what is happening in the Darien, in the Panama Canal, and why a monkey crossed the Canal. Head over to our Locals for more content from Bret & Zack?s recent trip to Panama.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Doing your own research is a good way to end up being wrong (WaPo):https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/17/do-your-own-research-study/

Aslett et al 2024. Online searches to evaluate misinformation can increase its perceived veracity. Nature625:548-575: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06883-y

Fact checkers aren?t scientists: https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/coming-soon

From Table S8?: Why are volcanoes all over the globe suddenly shooting giant clouds of ash miles into the air? https://www.lewrockwell.com/2020/01/michael-snyder/why-are-volcanoes-all-over-the-globe-suddenly-shooting-giant-clouds-of-ash-miles-into-the-air/

Cargo cult science, by Feynman (1974): https://calteches.library.caltech.edu/51/2/CargoCult.htm

Federal Court of Canada declares invocation of the Emergencies Act unconstitutional: https://theccf.ca/wp-content/uploads/EA-challenge-fed-court-reasons-FINAL.pdf

The cavalry rolled in, by Dan Arcand: https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/the-cavalry-rolled-in

The Guardian: Global pandemic agreement at risk of falling apart, WHO warns: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/22/global-pandemic-agreement-at-risk-of-falling-apart-who-warns

In this 208th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this episode, we discuss how not to hand Goliath a win. Letting Goliath in on the social landscape of the dissidents, on the petty feuds and disagreements, is giving it power that it should not have. And we discuss Boeing?s 737-9 Max airplanes: the one that blew out a door plug above Oregon; the FAA?s response to that ?in-flight departure?; and recent changes at Boeing, which include increasing the focus on product and employee safety and product quality, to now also focus on climate, and on Diversity Equity and Inclusion). As we predicted before: move away from prioritizing merit in favor of immutable characteristics, and disaster will follow.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Real Coffee with Scott Adams 1/12/24: https://rumble.com/v46lgtz-coffee-with-scott-adams-11224.html

FAA?s Emergency Airworthiness Directive 1/6/24: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/DRSDOCID122693486620240106201913.0001

Elon Musk Says Boeing Has a Diversity Problem. The Evidence Says Otherwise. Barron?s 1/12/24: https://www.barrons.com/articles/boeing-elon-musk-dei-diversity-c102c788

James Lindsay?s thread about DEI at Boeing: https://x.com/ConceptualJames/status/1745110176372339167

DarkHorse #159, Monkey business at Pfizer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QkyRmuAdGU&t=5182s

In this 207th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this episode, we sort out the strange reaction to Bret?s recent appearance on Tucker Carlson. What do all mobs have in common? What are the differences between critique and competition? We also talk about fat: from butter to olive oil to canola oil, what should you fry in? Are saturated fats bad for you? What are the differences between mono- and poly- unsaturated fats? Does the food industry have it right about anything? Should we fight for the right to yellow margarine?

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Mentioned in this episode:

Tucker Carlson ep60, interview with Bret: https://x.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1743405833667371329

WHO?s Your Daddy? DarkHorse #197 from 10-17-23: https://rumble.com/v3pr3ao-bret-and-heather-197th-darkhorse-podcast-livestream.html

Apparently we?re the bad guys (Natural Selections, February 2023): https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/apparently-were-the-bad-guys

Kahn Academy on Saturated fats, unsaturated fats, and trans fats: https://www.khanacademy.org/science/ap-biology/chemistry-of-life/properties-structure-and-function-of-biological-macromolecules/v/saturated-fats-unsaturated-fats-and-trans-fats

Grootveld, Percival, & Grootveld. 2018. Chronic non-communicable disease risks presented by lipid oxidation products in fried foods. Hepatobiliary Surgery and Nutrition 7(4): 305-312.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6131264/pdf/hbsn-07-04-305.pdf

In this 206th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this episode, we discuss new year?s resolutions. The Oregon Health Authority has requested, using data kind of but not really from the CDC, that we resolve to get vaccinated! Then: a short reading from Natural Selections. And: What happened to Claudine Gay, the now-resigned president of Harvard, and why is anyone surprised? In light of the largest solar flare since 2017, which, had it been angled differently, could have wreaked havoc on Earth, why don?t we have systems in place to prevent such havoc? Are any of our institutions or systems functional? What is driving the lack of functionality?

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Mentioned in this episode:

Resolve to get vaccinated: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/ORHA/bulletins/3822af9

CDC report from 12-22-23: Influenza, Updated COVID-19, and Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccination Coverage Among Adults ? United States, Fall 2023: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/72/wr/mm7251a4.htm

Era of the False Narrative: https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/era-of-the-false-narrative
Social Justice Elevator Music: https://rumble.com/v3zxpmt-bret-and-heather-202nd-darkhorse-podcast-livestream.html

Claudine Gay?s 1997 Dissertation: https://www.proquest.com/openview/724b4099916954afb2cda76a12deb066/1

2023 ends with a massive solar storm: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2024/01/01/2023-ends-with-strongest-x-class-solar-flare-for-six-years-get-ready-for-aurora/

In this 205th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this episode, we briefly discuss solar storms, Carrington events, and the possible failure of the electrical grid. Then: what does the absence of organisms where they once were mean? In the Exumas, Bahamas, this month, there were no laughing gulls. Eight months ago they were abundant in the same place. Could they be migrating? Might it be a pathogen? Local patchiness? Major decline for other reasons, like competition, or toxicity from plastics or pesticides? We discuss conservation success stories, like sea otters and bald eagles and California condors; and failures, like sea stars on the West coast of North America; and show some videos from the Bahamas. We object to the conflation of ?environmental decline? with ?climate change.? And we discuss curly haired ?woolly dogs? of the Pacific Northwest, who were bred and cared for by the Coast Salish people, but are now extinct.

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Mentioned in this episode:

How the sun could wipe us out: A burst of plasma would set in motion a devastating cascade of failures (Weinstein 2021): https://unherd.com/2021/07/how-the-sun-could-wipe-us-out/

In want of a geologist: When "parrotfish" isn't a complete answer to where the land came from (Heying 2022): https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/in-want-of-a-geologist

Curly haired ?woolly dogs? of the Pacific Northwest were no myth: https://www.science.org/content/article/curly-haired-woolly-dogs-pacific-northwest-were-no-myth

Lin et al 2023. The history of Coast Salish ?woolly dogs? revealed by ancient genomics and Indigenous Knowledge. Science, 382(6676): 1303-1308: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adi6549

Martin Agegian is 100 years old at the time of recording. He served in World War II as a B17 Pilot, and has stories from a life full of wisdom and intrigue. Bret and he discuss his life on the DarkHorse Podcast.

Buy Martin?s book: https://www.amazon.com/God-Bless-Amerika-Martin-Agegian/dp/0692435530

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In this 204th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this episode, we discuss science and faith, in the context of the recent court ruling that will keep Trump off the ballot in Colorado. We discuss failure modes, which include, yes, faith, and science, and falsificationism, and rationality, and more. All of these are useful in some contexts, some much more than others, but none are sufficient. What, in the end, are scientists doing, and what are people doing in the name of science? Also: the solstice, and a reading from Dickens? A Christmas Carol.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Dr. Timothy Kelly on changing beliefs: https://x.com/drtimothykelly/status/1700773378875887943
 
Alexandros Marinos on maintaining multiple hypotheses at a time: https://x.com/alexandrosM/status/1700466475616829845
 
Isaac Asimov (maybe) thinking on scientific discovery: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2015/03/02/eureka-funny/
 
Charles Dickens? A Christmas Carol: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/46/46-h/46-h.htm

In this 203rd in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this episode we once again discuss college presidents, in light of what is happening at Harvard and other elite schools. We talk about historical and bureaucratic constraint, Evergreen, consulting firms, and plagiarism, and, in a related story, how someone acting on behalf of the Mayor of Boston mistakenly invited all 13 city councilors to a holiday party, when she meant to invite only the 6 who are ?electeds of color.? Then: what do morbid curiosity and predator inspection have in common? People seem to be dying at high rates, and in new contexts, but is this actually the case? How would we know? What do the global excess mortality data suggest? Then: rules to live by, as acknowledged by us at Hanukkah.

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Mentioned in this episode:

On College Presidents (first published at Academic Questions, 2019): https://open.substack.com/pub/naturalselections/p/on-college-presidents

Boston City Hall roiled by email party invitation for ?electeds of color? sent to all:

https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/12/12/boston-city-hall-roiled-by-email-party-invitation-for-electeds-of-color-sent-to-all/

Denis Rancourt?s speech in Romania on excess mortality, on Robert Malone?s Substack: https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/not-14m-lives-saved-but-over-17m

Epilogue to Hunter-Gatherer?s Guide, where the rules for Hanukkah are published: https://www.huntergatherersguide.com

Q&A Link: https://rumble.com/v40y2e8-your-questions-answered-bret-and-heather-202nd-darkhorse-podcast-livestream.html?mref=256aqg&mc=eh4u2

Bret Speaks with Brad Skistimas of Five Times August in the wake of his newest release: ?Ain?t No Rock and Roll?

Find Five Times August on X: @FiveTimesAugust (https://twitter.com/FiveTimesAugust)
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In this special 2023 gift episode of DarkHorse, we talk about some gifts that might make your loved ones happy.

Mentioned in this episode:

From Silk to Pastries: https://open.substack.com/pub/naturalselections/p/gifting

DarkHorse Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0uPv6Wgj23sMscnYzFB15M?si=f479e10d92114632

Hand carved wooden spoons, and ?Carving Out a Living on the Land,? both by Emmet Von Driesche: https://www.emmetvandriesche.com

Chelsea Green Publishing: https://www.chelseagreen.com

Godine Publishers: https://godine.com

Slowdown Farmstead: https://www.slowdownfarmstead.com/about

Natural Selections: https://naturalselections.substack.com/about

County Highway: https://www.countyhighway.com

A Hunter-Gatherer?s Guide to the 21st Century: https://www.amazon.com/Hunter-Gatherers-Guide-21st-Century-Challenges/dp/0593086880/

Book Darts: https://www.bookdarts.com

UnCruise Small Boat Adventures (they?re not paying us for this. Get $500 off any adventure cruise to destinations including Galapagos, Panama, Alaska, and the San Juan Islands): https://uncruise.com/pages/darkhorse/

DarkHorse Store: https://www.darkhorsestore.org

Apple State Vinegar, fantastic never-cooked, bright and amazing, shrubs and vinegar: https://applestatevinegar.com

Honey and honey products out of Colorado: https://bjornscoloradohoney.com

Giant Herbs & Tea, including fantastic chais and bitters. Everything is outstanding: http://www.giant-herbs.com

Lard and tallow based skin care products at Farrow Skincare. Try the Epic Dermis: https://farrow.life

Bob Moran art: https://www.bobmoran.co.uk/

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In this 202nd in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this episode we discuss the Congressional hearing in which the presidents of several elite universities are asked whether calling for the genocide of Jews constitute bullying or harassment. We call out the double standard revealed by their actions, and their answers. Then we discuss the impressive efforts by Pfizer to engage the behemoth that is Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Also: How important is it that Elon Musk told Disney to F-off? How do chinstrap penguins get away with sleeping for four seconds at a time? And what is going on with the deer in the Florida Keys?

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Mentioned in this episode:

Representative Stefanik questions University presidents: https://x.com/repstefanik/status/1732138663608271149

First hit when searching ?Pfizer? on YouTube in early December: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PAZDI4t1WM

Paul Thacker substack (With a ?Go Fuck Yourself? Musk Finally Gave a Middle Finger to Democratic Party Censors): https://disinformationchronicle.substack.com/p/with-a-go-fuck-yourself-musk-finally
 

Libourel et al 2023. Nesting chinstrap penguins accrue large quantities of sleep through seconds-long microsleeps. Science 382(6674): 1026-1031. DOI: 10.1126/science.adh0771

In this 201st in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this episode we discuss New York?s emergency rule 2.13, which has now been reinstated after being overturned, and which paves the way for quarantine camps in order to ?control the spread of a highly contagious communicable disease.? We also discuss penguins, their ability to tell each other apart based on the dots on their chests, and why that?s important.

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Mentioned in this episode:

New York Codes: Section 2.13 Isolation and Quarantine Procedures: https://web.archive.org/web/20220716005014/https://regs.health.ny.gov/volume-title-10/content/section-213-isolation-and-quarantine-procedures

Attorney Bobby Ann Cox on 11-19-23: Appellate Court Paves the Way for Quarantine Camps! https://attorneycox.substack.com/p/breaking-news-appellate-court-paves

Not just a tuxedo: https://www.science.org/content/article/not-just-tuxedo-african-penguins-identify-mates-their-polka-dots

Baciadonna et al 2024. African penguins utilize their ventral dot patterns for individual recognition. Animal Behaviour, 207: 13-21. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347223002579

Prospering with Integrity: peak.fan/integrity (use code DarkHorse25 for 25% off)

Nick Gibson is a long-time participant in Bret?s Patreon discussions. In this episode, Nick and Bret discuss his experience through covid and his shift in perspective.

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In this 200th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this episode we discuss gender equity in infant care, and what makes workplaces so toxic that women are leaving academia. And we give thanks to many of the people who stood up to tyranny and lies in the last few years.

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Q&A Link: https://rumble.com/v3x9y36-your-questions-answered-bret-and-heather-200th-darkhorse-podcast-livestream.html

Mentioned in this episode:

Gribble et al 2023. Breastfeeding and infant care as ?sexed? care work: reconsideration of the three Rs to enable women?s rights, economic empowerment, nutrition and health. Frontiers in Public Health, 11. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10599145/

Henriksson & Rubertsson 2021. Bodies get in the way: breastfeeding and gender equality in Swedish handbooks for new parents. NORA-Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research, 29(4): 330-342.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/08038740.2021.1888791

Toxic workplaces are the main reason women leave academic jobs. In Nature News 10-20-23: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03251-8

Spoon et al. 2023. Gender and retention patterns among U.S. faculty. Science Advances 9: eadi2205(2023). 10.1126/sciadv.adi2205

The ?Appeal to the Noble Savage? fallacy: https://open.substack.com/pub/naturalselections/p/the-appeal-to-the-noble-savage-fallacy

In this 199th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this episode we discuss the FCC?s plan to expand the scope of their reach to?everything, in the name of equity (of broadband access). We compare this move to that of the WHO, and also to what happened at Evergreen, and to pretty much all ?equity? maneuvers ever. We discuss the spread of viral information on-line, and how Renée DiResta would like to stop it. In light of Bari Weiss?s speech, we discuss why anti-Semitism is on the rise. And we discuss the normalization of things like anti-Semitism and autogynephilia, how the social contract is decaying, and why young people are jumping from diagnosis to diagnosis, and why it seems like a mistake.

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Mentioned in this episode:

How to comment on FCC Proceedings: https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/how-comment

A Most Useful Emergency: https://hollymathnerd.substack.com/p/a-most-useful-emergency

Commissioner Carr?s statement on FCC plans (11-6-23): https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-398244A1.pdf

Before the FCC, Ex Parte Comments of the NTIA (10-6-23): https://www.ntia.doc.gov/sites/default/files/publications/ntia-digital-discrimination-ex-parte-comment.pdf

FCC Fact Sheet: Preventing Digital Discrimination (10-25-23): https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-397997A1.pdf

Michael Shellenberger on Renée DiResta: https://twitter.com/shellenberger/status/1723493811119067611

Bari Weiss?s speech: You are the last line of defense: https://www.thefp.com/p/you-are-the-last-line-of-defense

The Public Fetish: https://naturalselections.bio/p/the-public-fetish

In this 198th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this episode we discuss the West, the West West, and the West West West. Following recent travels in Prague, London, and Denver, we talk about how Prague seems to keeping the embers of the West alive?through noble subversion, shared knowledge of musical traditions, cobbled streets, and more. We discuss anti-semitism?its absence in Prague, its presence in London. We talk about the art and energy discussions at the ARC (Alliance for Responsible Citizenship) conference. And we discuss children and young people being harmed by the affirmative care model, following Heather?s participation in the Genspect conference in Denver. 

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Mentioned in this episode:

The flame of the West is alive: https://open.substack.com/pub/naturalselections/p/the-flame-of-the-west-is-alive

Institut H21: https://www.ih21.org/en/home

Opus Cactus: https://opuscactus.com

Fourth-gen nuclear: https://energyfromthorium.com/principles/nuc-vs-chem/

Genspect: https://genspect.org

Bret speaks with Rav Arora on the DarkHorse Podcast. They cover the failure of institutions, what we might build in their place, and how we get there

Find Rav at his Joint Substack with Jay Bhattacharya: https://www.illusionconsensus.com/
Find Rav on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Ravarora1

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Mentioned in this episode: 

Can Sam Harris Pull Back: https://www.illusionconsensus.com/cp/138291630

?Pro Vaccine? Publication: https://www.illusionconsensus.com/p/how-covid-warped-the-journalism-industry

Cardiologist Regrets Vaccinating Young Men: https://www.illusionconsensus.com/p/cardiologist-regrets-vaccinating

Bret Speaks with Joshua Slocum of the Disaffected Podcast on DarkHorse. They discuss personality disorders, blame, societal failure, and the links therein.

Find Joshua on X: https://twitter.com/DisaffectedPod
Find Joshua on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF_kJax21k2zVlc3tJn-22Q

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Bret speaks with Chris Martenson of Peak Prosperity on the DarkHorse podcast. 

Find Chris on X: https://twitter.com/chrismartenson
Find Chris at Peak Prosperity: https://peakprosperity.com/

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Timestamps: 
(00:00) Introduction
(04:32) Sponsors
(08:25) Similarities and differences
(14:00) Non linear scientific mind
(26:22) Lahaina fires
(30:30) Owen Benjamin
(34:20) Narrative and metaphor
(51:50) Burning Man
(55:00) Fossil fuels
(01:02:00) Peak Oil
(01:09:45) ROI and time traveling money printer
(01:19:45) First principle thinking and bot attacks
(01:32:30) Rent seeking elite, depopulation and collapse
(01:41:22) The West, breaking coalitions, and false dichotomies
(01:58:30) Colleges
(02:06:40) Fourth Frontier
(02:18:13) Consciousness
(02:27:40) Negative entropy
(02:43:00) Insects and are humans special?
(03:00:00) Wrap up

In this 197th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this episode we discuss the WHO?s proposed amendments to their 2005 International Health Regulations. It?s not good, as lawyer Philipp Kruse, and John Campbell, have already pointed out. These amendments, should they be approved, will mark the end of science, of democracy, and of justice. Then we discuss complexity, how to respond to complex situations, and Israel and Hamas. Our reflexes are being used to control us; life is being presented as a multiple-choice test, but we can resist that test. Finally, check out the progressive stack on the New Democratic Party convention in Canada. It?s Bananas.

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Q&A Link: https://rumble.com/v3pr2g0-your-questions-answered-bret-and-heather-197th-darkhorse-podcast-livestream.html

Mentioned in this episode:

John Campbell on the WHO Pandemic treaty: https://youtu.be/kCoFLhDKlA4

Proposed Amendments to the International Health Regulations (2005): https://apps.who.int/gb/wgihr/pdf_files/wgihr1/WGIHR_Compilation-en.pdf

Bret on complexity (x): https://twitter.com/bretweinstein/status/1714016367702389144

A kind of winning (Natural Selections): https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/a-kind-of-winning

Bret?s congressional testimony in 2018: https://youtu.be/uRIKJCKWla4

The New Democratic Party convention in Canada: https://x.com/thecountersgnl/status/1713963950461829146

Bananas (with Louise Lasser, *not* Diane Keaton): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066808/

In this 196th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this episode we discuss astronomical events, like today?s annular eclipse?that exist with or without human awareness of them. What would the ancients have thought of an eclipse? We discuss science, and the risk to us all as we take the S out of STEM, leaving an applied, human-centric set of fields that are missing their foundation. We discuss Roger Waters?his modern takes on Israel and Palestine, and his dreams and words as recorded in the music of Pink Floyd. We too wish for a world in which no one kills the children anymore, and are having a difficult time defining the shape of this moment in time. Finally: where are the neocons now?

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Mentioned in this episode:

Don?t look it up: https://www.academia.edu/35652813/Dont_Look_It_Up

Roger Waters video essay: https://x.com/rogerwaters/status/1712978707864797522?s=20

Lyrics to The Gunner?s Dream, in The Final Cut (1983): https://genius.com/Pink-floyd-the-gunners-dream-lyrics

In this 195th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this episode we discuss the attacks on Israel by Hamas on October 7. We discuss values: Old Testament versus the West. We discuss frontiers, both legitimate and illegitimate, and terrorism. We discuss land rights and first peoples. We discuss the ?Coalition Slicer-Dicer? and the perverse incentives of those who would keep us at war, keep us sick, and keep us from talking to one another.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Bret on terrorism and the Charlie Hebdo attack in 2015: https://www.salon.com/2015/11/15/lets_not_get_it_wrong_this_time_the_terrorists_won_after_911_because_we_chose_to_invade_iraq_shred_our_constitution/

Efrat Fenigson is an independent Journalist, Podcaster, Israeli Citizen & Covid dissident. In the wake of the October 7th terrorist attacks on Israel, she has provided insight into the situation from inside Israel on X (Twitter). Bret and Efrat discuss the current state of affairs and the situation unfolding as we speak. 

Due to the timely nature of this episode, it is important to note that this was filmed at 8PM Israel time on October 10, 2023, and released several hours later.

It is also of note that at the end of this recording, Efrat hears the sounds of rockets going off nearby. However there was also construction noise near Bret during the entire duration of the episode, not to be confused with sounds of war.

Note: Hamas was founded in 1987, not 1967 as was inadvertently stated.

Find Efrat on X (Formerly Twitter): @efenigson (https://twitter.com/efenigson)
Find Efrat on Substack: https://substack.com/@efrat

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Timestamps:
(00:00) Background
(07:00) Empathy 
(13:20) Barbaric acts
(20:35) Hamas background
(27:05) How was the attack possible?
(32:45) Possible explanations
(47:15) Implausible patterns of anomalies
(50:55) Comparisons with 9/11 and Pearl Harbor
(59:25) Higher forces at work?
(01:18:30) Broken alliances over conflict
(01:20:07) Conspiracy and silos
(01:34:20) Bret's heroes
(01:41:10) Wrap up

In this 194th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this episode we discuss the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, which was awarded for nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. We discuss the innovation for which the prize was awarded, what some of the known effects are, and what has been claimed about the (lack of) effects. We review some Nature news articles, including the finding that mRNA vaccines are linked to unexpected menstrual events. And we compare the costs and benefits of eating fish, supplementing with fish oil, and pharmaceutical drugging with Vascepa, and discuss connections between the three.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Nobel press release: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2023/press-release/

Chinese journalist asking Nobel committee about safety: https://x.com/refugeofsinner5/status/1709225153429737584

Nobel laureate Weissman discussing safety of mRNA shots in January 2021: https://x.com/TheChiefNerd/status/1708912252487684588

Fraiman et al 2022. Serious adverse events of special interest following mRNA COVID-19 vaccination in randomized trials in adults. Vaccine, 40(40): 5798-5805:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X22010283

COVID vaccines linked to unexpected vaginal bleeding. Nature News 9-25-23:https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02996-6

Covid vaccines and safety: what the research says. Nature News Explainer 2-16-21: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00290-x

How Covid unlocked the power of RNA vaccines (?Side effects can be troubling.?). Nature News feature 1-12-21: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00019-w

Fish, fishy, and fish adjacent: https://open.substack.com/pub/naturalselections/p/fish-fishy-and-fish-adjacent

Job opportunity: https://amarincorp.com/job/key-account-manager

In this 193rd in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this episode we discuss the middle-ground scramble by the mainstream media to defeat those who would think for themselves by inventing slurs like ?conspiracy theorist influencer? and ?reactionary trap.? Harper?s says that ?insurgency? is threatening the Democratic Party. The Atlantic invokes a world in which ?mistakes don?t matter, and no one feels shame,? not realizing that they?re talking about themselves. And the New York Times goes after Bret for observing inconsistencies in official stories. As Isaac Asimov famously said, ?The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not ?Eureka!? but that?s funny???

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Mentioned in this episode:

Harper?s: Against the Current: https://harpers.org/archive/2023/10/against-the-current/

The Atlantic: From Feminist to Right-Wing Conspiracist: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/10/naomi-wolf-klein-doppelganger-book/675120/

The New York Times: How to Argue Against Identity Politics Without Turning Into a Reactionary: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/22/opinion/identity-politics.html

In this 192nd in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this episode we discuss how cattle got to the New World, and when and from where, and what that implies about the first cowboys. We discuss the fact that Nature published this compelling piece of research, and Science reported on it all wrong. We marvel that Nature admits that ?scientists are under attack for someone else?s political gain??but are not surprised to find they?ve got it backwards. Meanwhile, the pangolin vector hypothesis for SARS-CoV2 is being revived, and bats are hung out to dry (metaphorically), based on bad, debunked research that was done by researchers with perverse incentives.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Delsol et al 2023. Ancient DNA confirms diverse origins of early post-Columbian cattle in the Americas. Scientific reports 13(1): 12444. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-39518-3

Sluyter 2015. How Africans and their descendants participated in establishing open-range cattle ranching in the Americas. Environment and History 21(1): 77-101.https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/whp/eh/2015/00000021/00000001/art00005

Science goes full click-bait: https://www.science.org/content/article/america-s-first-cowboys-were-enslaved-africans-ancient-cow-dna-suggests

Peter Hotez in Nature: scientists are ?under attack for someone else?s political gain?: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02981-z

Ralph Baric revives the pangolin vector of SARS-CoV2 hypothesis, but you weren?t supposed to notice: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-023-01476-x

Scientific American stokes fear of bats: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-secret-weapon-in-preventing-the-next-pandemic-fruit-bats/

Merlin Tuttle?s defense of bats: https://www.merlintuttle.org/response-to-misleading-american-scientific-bat-story/

Bret on bats in UnHerd, June 2021: https://unherd.com/2021/06/why-we-should-welcome-the-lab-leak-theory/

Creon was employed as a scientist at NASA Ames Research Center for over 30 years working in applied physics, aerodynamics, data visualization, computational chemistry, molecular nanotechnology, celestial mechanics, launch systems, optics, and satellite systems engineering. Since 2015 he has been chief technologist at Planet Labs - a satellite imaging company headquartered in San Francisco. Creon is a Planet Fellow at Planet Labs and a Senior Fellow at the Foresight institute. He serves on various NASA committees, and organizational technical advisory boards.

The views he expresses on this podcast are personal and are not affiliated with any of the above organizations.

Find Creon on X: @creon (https://twitter.com/creon)
Fin Creon on Substack: https://creon.substack.com/

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In this 191st in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this episode we discuss climate science, models, and assumptions. How do urban heat, and assumptions of low vs high solar variability, affect climate models? Should apparent consensus among climate scientists give one pause? Are non-scientist humans capable of thinking for themselves? We discuss the difference between the environment, and climate, and discuss Apple?s new video starring Mother Nature herself. Finally, we review the move, in Canadian school libraries, to get rid of books published before 2008. What could go wrong?

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Mentioned in this episode:

Soon et al 2023. The Detection and Attribution of Northern Hemisphere Land Surface Warming (1850?2018) in Terms of Human and Natural Factors: Challenges of Inadequate Data. Climate, 11(9): 179.https://www.mdpi.com/2225-1154/11/9/179

CERES: https://www.ceres-science.com/about

Creon Levitt?s ?Hot or Not? - https://open.substack.com/pub/creon/p/hot-or-not

Dr. Paul Offit on the difference between science and science communication: https://x.com/TheChiefNerd/status/1701966873129033985?s=20

Apple meets Mother Nature: https://x.com/tim_cook/status/1701732427897491578

CBC reports on the intentional disappearance of books from school libraries: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/peel-school-board-library-book-weeding-1.6964332

In this 190th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this episode we discuss Biden and the job he hopes to finish, Covid in the White House and the U.S. Open, what the socialists think we should do about Covid, how Martina Navratilova sees the future of women?s sports, Title IX, sense-making when the experts aren?t making sense, how to tell good heterodoxy from bad, and more!

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Mentioned in this episode:

Together, we can finish the job! https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/together-we-can-finish-the-job

Jill Biden tests positive for Covid, at The Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/09/05/jill-biden-tests-positive-for-covid-19/

Illness at the U.S. Open: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/01/sports/tennis/us-open-players-sick.html

World Socialists seek to ?force the implementation of a global elimination strategy.? They seem nice. https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/09/05/gsjw-s05.html

Martina Navratilova on women and men in women?s sports: https://genspect.org/martina-navratilova-five-years-later/

Michael Shermer & Bret on DarkHorse (34:50): https://rumble.com/v3e1039-on-skepticism-michael-shermer-and-jeremy-rys-on-darkhorse.html

John Campbell: Pfizer fails to answer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzQjBcoIMYI

Michael Shermer is the Founding Publisher of Skeptic magazine, the host of the podcast The Michael Shermer Show, and a Presidential Fellow at Chapman University where he teaches Skepticism 101. For 18 years he was a monthly columnist for Scientific American. He writes a weekly Substack column. He is the author of New York Times bestsellers Why People Believe Weird Things and The Believing Brain, Why Darwin Matters, The Science of Good and Evil, The Moral Arc, Heavens on Earth, and Giving the Devil His Due: Reflections of a Scientific Humanist.

Jeremy Rys has a B.S. degree in Physics from Bridgewater State University and is a co-founder of APEC the Alternative Propulsion Engineering Conference an academic think tank of scientists, engineers, and inventors who explore the potentials of new physics and technologies including metamaterials, warp drives, ion thrusters, laser induced plasmas, invisibility cloaks, and other "Alien" technologies. - He is also an avid researcher of alternative history and the history behind classified programs and covert operations. He also enjoys researching scientific controversies and conspiracy theories.

Find Michael Shermer at: https://www.skeptic.com/ - https://michaelshermer.com/

Find Jeremy Rys at: https://www.altpropulsion.com/ - https://alienscientist.com/

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Jeremy Sources:

JFK --
 https://www.youtube.com/@AmericasUntoldStories
https://spartacus-educational.com/JFKwhiteR.htm
https://www.jfkpaine.com/the-story/

RFK --
Autopsy Records
https://www.grunge.com/799514/tragic-details-found-in-robert-f-kennedys-autopsy-report/
"RFK Must Die" by Shane O'Sullivan
William Joseph Bryan Jr. - MKULTRA Hypnotist

9/11 --
The Armageddon Planners:
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2004/03/the-armageddon-plan/302902/
Bremer on 9/11 giving the official theory:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLdR87wQK_0
The Pentagon Renovations:
https://digwithin.net/2012/01/01/a-small-world/
"Another 19" by Kevin Ryan

In this 189th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this episode we discuss twitter, free speech, and why zero is a special number. Bret sings a little, and invokes Ray Bradbury. Then we discuss a surgeon who is proud to do ?non-binary? surgeries, and another doctor who describes how enforcement of Covid policies helped silence doctors who were critical of trans ideology. We discuss what puberty blockers are, and whether they are safe.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Washington Post: Following Elon Musk?s lead, Big Tech is surrendering to disinformation: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/08/25/political-conspiracies-facebook-youtube-elon-musk/

Orwellian tweet from ?twitter safety?: https://twitter.com/Safety/status/1696566031177707766

Rufo, August 2023: Barbarism in the Name of Equality: https://www.city-journal.org/article/barbarism-in-the-name-of-equality

Rufo, June 2023: Thrown to the Wolves: https://www.city-journal.org/article/transgender-ideology-and-the-corruption-of-medicine

Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone (GnRH) Analogues: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK547863/

In this 188th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this episode we discuss medicine, scientific publishing, and just how bad things have gotten. The New England Journal of Medicine declined to publish a letter that would have provided valuable scientific context for a paper they recently published, and we discuss Bret?s reserve capacity hypothesis regarding the evolution of senescence and the relationship of telomere length to both aging and cancer. Then we discuss uterine transplants. What can be done for women who are born without uteruses who want to bear children of their own? What about for men who present themselves to the world as women? How about women who have transitioned ?into? men but have decided that they would like to bear children after all? And who can get Continuing Medical Education credits from the American Medical Association for pretending that up is down, male is female, and reality is a thing of the past? You can!

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Mentioned in this episode:

DeBoy et al 2023. Familial Clonal Hematopoiesis in a Long Telomere Syndrome. New England Journal of Medicine. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2300503

DarkHorse Livestream #172 (?20 Years Later?): https://www.youtube.com/live/CcgzrMrnBUE

Weinstein & Ciszek 2002. The reserve-capacity hypothesis: evolutionary origins and modern implications of the trade-off between tumor-suppression and tissue-repair. Experimental gerontology, 37(5): 615-627.http://176.9.41.242/doc/longevity/2002-weinstein.pdf

Castellón et al 2017. The history behind successful uterine transplantation in humans. JBRA assisted reproduction, 21(2): 126: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5473706/pdf/jbra-21-02-0126.pdf

Murphy & Mumford 2023. Should Uterus Transplantation for Transwomen and Transmen Be Subsidized? AMA Journal of Ethics, 25(6): 431-436. https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/should-uterus-transplantation-transwomen-and-transmen-be-subsidized/2023-06

Continuing Medical Education credits through the AMA: https://www.ama-assn.org/education/ama-pra-credit-system

This was originally broadcast live on August 18, 2023 while Jeremy was on the ground on Maui. We had to reupload do to technical difficulties.

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