We have "cartesian blinders being put on us so that we are trying to make sense out of scraps of information and hints." - @bretweinstein

WEINSTEIN: I mean, even if you have your villains who are engaged in the behavior that motivated this war in Iran, even if that's the story, presumably most of the people in the path of these ferocious bombings that he is describing are not deserving of going back to the Stone Age.

In fact, I distinctly remember him telling us that part of what we were up to was liberating the people of Iran from their tyrannical regime.

So if it's the tyrannical regime that justifies the ferocious bombing, then it's a tragedy that other people are going to be sent back to the Stone Ages with them. Right?

HEYING: It's it's not a narrative. It's an incoherent set of talking points.

WEINSTEIN: Yeah, it's a kind of cheerleading that is completely inappropriate from the perspective of the president.

Bret Weinstein discusses the Trump administrations "back to the stone age" recent remarks in the latest episode of The Evolutionary Lens, Episode 320 "Are we back in the stone age?" on DarkHorse.

Bret Weinstein explains, "If you stop businesses from starting here, and if you drive people so that they move elsewhere—even though it's difficult to do—then the point is the tax base dries up, which then forces you to become even more predatory for the people who stayed.

And that's really the thing, right? They're setting themselves up so that they have to go after more and more people, because the people who are starting new businesses are not going to do it here."

Bret and Heather discuss immigration, AI, and rawness.

First: a new Harper’s article chronicles the effects on local people of the mass migration across the Darién Gap in Panama between 2021 and 2025, and what has happened since the number of people coming up from Colombia has dropped to a trickle. The reporting on the ground is excellent—human and honest—while the political analysis is naïve at best.

Then: what is it to be raw, how is it inherently human, and what is its relationship to grief, and to AI?

Locals: https://darkhorse.locals.com/post/8233315/the-345th-evolutionary-lens-with-bret-weinstein-and-heather-heying

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ezg3EpvB48

Rumble: https://rumble.com/v7g76uc-the-345th-evolutionary-lens-with-bret-weinstein-and-heather-heying.html

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4xubcKT6rpgEan7OSbmbjY?si=nqjo-DgwQk6CI2MfxU3Stw

Apple: ...

CWD - Chronic Wasting Disease - Cervids

Hey Bret and Heather! Have you covered CWD before? I have been doing a lot of research on it, and I'd love to hear what you have to say and what you think the future holds for cervids dealing with CWD. I think you are uniquely suited to cover it with your background in evolutionary biology and disease. If you want a quick update, MeatEater Podcast Ep. 937 w/Jason Sumners has a lot of good information. I listened and wanted your take! Hope all is well. Blessings from CdA, ID. @DarkhorsePod

Hi family, i'm working on a pandemic trivia game as a way of playfully getting people around the internal mental barrier that Bret discussed during the Turning the Tides conference (subject matter experts tricking themselves). How do we use novel approaches to sneak information through closed minds? That was the inspiration.

So far, I only have 43 cards and 8 categories but it will grow, with references for each card. If you play, please leave notes where I need to improve the game. If something's wrong, missing, or could be sharper — I want to know so that I can keep tweaking it.

https://christianboutan.com/trivia.html

I literally just made this thing go live like an hour ago. Please leave me feedback.