In this 241st 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 week’s episode, we discuss food, science, and myth. Research out of Tufts University three years ago created the Food Compass—a new guide to what is healthy that rivals the Food Pyramid for sheer lunacy. Advising us that Froot Loops and Pringles are healthier choices than meat and eggs, the authors of that research are now promoting ESG + Nutrition, in which their Food Compass informs governments and private enterprise on how to get the population of the world to follow along. Then: What is history, what is myth, and when is it appropriate to stop talking and be quiet already? Real figures from history—Jesus, King David, Churchill—are also mythic; to what degree do the myths verge from the reality, and what are the conditions under which we are obliged to care? Also mentioned: the Censorship Industrial Complex, Pathological Noble Liars, and Dumbledore’s Army. Finally: a few words on the death of Paul Harrell, who advocated for the responsible use of firearms.
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Mentioned in this episode:
Mozaffarian et al 2021. Food Compass is a nutrient profiling system using expanded characteristics for assessing healthfulness of foods. Nature Food. 2(10):809–818: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-021-00381-y
It’s An Upside-Down World, and You’re Living In It: Big Food, Hollywood, and the Democrats:https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/its-an-upside-down-world-and-youre
O’Hearn et al 2022. The time is ripe for ESG+ nutrition: evidence-based nutrition metrics for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing. European journal of clinical nutrition, 76(8):1047-1052: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41430-022-01075-9.pdf
Rescue the Republic – September 29 on the National Mall: https://jointheresistance.org
Paul Harrell’s final video: https://youtu.be/M-gZuFcEu0E
Will European wheat have an effect on Bret Weinstein? This is Part II of his European experiment, the results.
Watch Part I: https://rumble.com/v6pns8o-is-bret-allergic-to-european-wheat.html?e9s=src_v1_ucp
Dr. Bret Weinstein is running an experiment on himself. After a decade of avoiding wheat he has tried eating it while in Spain. In this update video he explains how he has been feeling and answers common questions around glyphosate and dry fasting.
Watch more on the topic of glyphosate and dry fasting from Bret and Heather:
It’s not Complicated: The 230th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying https://rumble.com/v52it2i-the-230th-evolutionary-lens-with-bret-weinstein-and-heather-heying.html?e9s=src_v1_ucp
Think Fast: The 252nd Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying https://rumble.com/v5rcks8-the-252nd-evolutionary-lens-with-bret-weinstein-and-heather-heying.html?e9s=src_v1_ucp
No live stream today, instead Bret is running an experiment from Spain.
Do you have a wheat allergy? Have you been able to eat wheat in Europe without the symptoms you experience in America? After a decade without intentionally eating wheat, Bret Weinstein is running an experiment while visiting Spain - will the European wheat cause the same symptoms he experiences when stateside?
Watch more on the topic of allergies and vaccines from Bret and Heather:
Mr. Jones and Me: Nathan Jones on DarkHorse
https://youtu.be/anC_au3HhdA?si=rNhk6_SUzF0lsgI1&t=1781
Bret and Heather 180th DarkHorse Podcast Livestream: Allergies, Adjuvants, & Affirmative Action https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5Ra_qW470w?si=G9BTq7Nv3WusHR2-&t=1968
Joe Rogan Experience #2198 - Bret Weinstein https://youtu.be/iOQdjgdRcfA?si=d-hVtgZ54MZ96Jdn&t=5664
Bret talks to Russell Brand in the wake of his Baptism.
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Find Russell on Rumble: https://rumble.com/russellbrand
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I sometimes wonder whether there were large-scale moments before Covid that were design to experiment to how people would react to Covid. My own personal Conspiracy theory (hypothesis), here me out, is that the final season of Game of Thrones was a social engineering experiment.
I remember at the time, everyone I knew absolutely loved the last season of GOT.. It was obviously different, and done in a hurry, but everyone understood that it was better than nothing, it was better than the waiting for George R. Martin to finally finish it many years later. But it was still awesome anyways, I remember each episode we would be jumping out of our seats.. whether it was Hodor when he finally held the door, the battle at winter fell, Arya killing the Night King, the hound fighting his brother, Daenerys decided to torch King’s Landing, or when Jon killed Daeny.
A year later, the very same friends would all repeat what the media was saying is that the final season of GOT was an epic fail (just ...
Question for next locals. Rough draft apologizes I must write this down before life distracts me.
Since my last question wasnt answered, ive had time to get to the meat of what I want to know.
Imagine you are traveling to an uncontacted tribe and you stumble across a book in their language in the middle of the forest. (Ignore the wonders of paper and ink and how they got it) you take the book back to camp and have it translated and its the book "crime and punishment." not literally as thats about europe but an exact equivalent in complexity and subject.
Presume that our "crime and punishment" didnt exist in this example and the forest book is the only example. Can you argue using the complexity of its composition, its themes, etc demonstrate that this book contains too much complexity for a stone age tribe to write on their own? How? Is there a field of science I havent found or can it not exist?
Dont we do something similar with evolution?
