Today we discuss the experience of returning home after timeway—culture shock, social media, and seeing your home with fresh eyes. Then a difficult set of topics: anorexia, physician assisted suicide, “terminal” diagnoses, social contagions, and what people have a right to do with their own lives. Finally: AI has been used to predict potentially useful drug combinations to fight cancer. What does this mean for the future of medicine, and AI?
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Mentioned in this episode:
Denver Post op-ed on Jane Allen: https://www.denverpost.com/2025/10/02/assisted-suicide-was-offered-to-my-friend-jane-allen-she-had-an-eating-disorder-opinion/
Gaudiani et al 2022. Terminal anorexia nervosa: three cases and proposed clinical characteristics. Journal of Eating Disorders, 10(1): 23: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/s40337-022-00548-3.pdf
Guarda et al 2022. Terminal anorexia nervosa is a dangerous term: it cannot, and should not, be defined. Journal of eating disorders, 10(1): 79: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/s40337-022-00599-6.pd
Mia Hughes’ tweet thread on social contagions: https://x.com/_CryMiaRiver/status/1491065839495544837
Laura Delano on DarkHorse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18XtCdasn2Q&list=PLjQ2gC-5yHEuZwhHfjXu3KH8MomS2N3zq&index=13
Laura Delano’s book, Unshrunk, excerpted at Natural Selections: https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/informed-consent-in-the-land-of-psychiatric
How a Gemma model helped discover a new potential cancer therapy pathway: https://blog.google/technology/ai/google-gemma-ai-cancer-therapy-discovery/
Timestamps:
00:00:00 Holding Screen
00:05:04 Will this episode be "off the hook?"
00:16:14 Reviewing The Three Camino Lessons from Episode 296
00:18:49 The 4th Camino Lesson: Culture Shock
00:37:54 Social Contagion: Assisted Suicide & Terminal Anorexia
01:11:55 AI: Discovering NEW Cancer Mechanism
01:27:44 Closing
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.
Find Russell on X: @rustyrockets (https://x.com/rustyrockets)
Find Russell on Rumble: https://rumble.com/russellbrand
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If any members would be willing to read this, poke holes in it and offer input, I would be grateful.
The Divergent: Strategic Outline for Cultural and Political Disruption
Working Tagline: Reason. Restoration. Renaissance.
Or Integrity. Transparency. Respect.
I. Introduction: Why Now?
America is paralyzed by polarization. The current political system feeds on division, outrage, and gridlock.
Reasonable, values-driven people on both sides of the aisle are politically homeless.
The status quo benefits power structures, not citizens. The Divergent offers a real-time alternative.
II. Foundational Premise: What Makes This Different
Not a third party — a functional realignment of citizens reclaiming power without adopting old structures.
Not centrism — a movement defined by functionality, truth-seeking, and mutually satisfying outcomes.
Not passive — we leverage collective abstinence, transparency, and upstream solutions to shift power.
III. Core Values
Defection from division — We reject and sever allegiance to any organization, media outlet, or political entity that leverages division for power, profit, or influence. Solidarity in this refusal is how we reclaim our collective strength.
1. Integrity without compromise — Candidates and policies must meet basic moral...
What's going on here? This is my video, it looks like the government has sprayed some defoliation agent to kill off the trees and weeds. This is all over my area of Virginia. I've never seen them do something like this and don't understand why they are with which herbicide. It's easy to go dark in wondering what they're up to, could be innocuous too.
https://x.com/MidAtlanticMM/status/1978575227794628729?t=o4x1oXP9c-dr6qeo00hwUw
