On this, our 316th Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss health, science, and the Cartesian crisis as it relates to global events. First: a new paper finds that infection tends to lead to greater frailty in older people. This reverses the causality of Terrain Theory of Disease (frailty of the body leads to greater susceptibility of infection), and also provides support for a prediction made by Bret and his co-author Debbie Ciszek in the unpublished, longer version of their reserve capacity paper from 2002. Then: what we are seeing on our personal media feeds does not make us eye-witnesses to anything—not necessarily. Plato’s Cave of Mirrors means that we are all fed different media diets, and skills such as observation, discernment, and hypothesis generation, inherently fail when nobody can establish what is actually true. Recommendation: start comparing notes with other people as to what they are seeing, rather than what they think it means.
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Mentioned in this episode:
Ragusa et al 2026: https://academic.oup.com/biomedgerontology/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/gerona/glag043/8497853
Gavazzi & Krause 2002: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(02)00437-1/fulltext
New York Magazine article on Casey Means: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/casey-means-and-the-myth-of-the-root-cause.html
Weinstein & Ciszek 2002: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11909679/
Journalist Mizrahi on X (maybe): https://x.com/eliseevanews/status/2029700361297051829
Timestamps:
00:00:00 Holding Screen
00:07:05 Should You Sit Down for This?
00:11:42 Sponsor: NOBS
00:15:01 Sponsor: Caraway
00:18:11 Sponsor: Xlear
00:21:09 Do Infections in Youth Lead to Frailty When Older?
00:34:47 How This Supports Bret's Prediction
01:15:57 Bret Sets a Rule
01:16:20 Algorithms and the News
01:29:00 What Bret's Feed is Showing Him
02:00:58 Start Comparing Notes
Cleaning “spas,” massive brains, and mirror experiments.
"Do these truths about manta rays make them less beautiful to you? Have I stolen wonder from you by telling you some of what we know? Or rather, have I provided you even more basis on which to find more wonder, seek more beauty in the world? I hope that the latter is true."
Dr. Heather Heying reading the beginning of the chapter on beauty from her upcoming book
On a recent Inside Rail episode, Bret Weinstein explains why he still calls himself a liberal to guest Brandi Kruse.
Watch the full episode here: https://darkhorse.locals.com/post/7654402/the-views-of-brandi-kruse-on-darkhorse-podcast
“We can’t blueprint our way out of this puzzle. We certainly can’t conserve our way out of this puzzle. That’s the reason I’m not a conservative.”
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 two countries have the same priorities. That’s why it should be illegal to yoke our military to a foreign power in war. Bret Weinstein on how it happened. "
Full Episode:
While you wait, catch up on the latest DarkHorse conversations from the past week:
#315 Breach of Promise https://darkhorse.locals.com/post/7739814/breach-of-promise-the-315th-evolutionary-lens-with-bret-weinstein-and-heather-heying
#316 Fog of War https://darkhorse.locals.com/post/7748782/fog-of-war-the-316th-evolutionary-lens-with-bret-weinstein-and-heather-heying
Who Hijacked Bitcoin? Steve Patterson and Aaron Day on DarkHorse https://darkhorse.locals.com/post/7752445/who-hijacked-bitcoin-steve-patterson-and-aaron-day-on-darkhorse
During Australia's brutal lockdowns, one woman called a lonely widower each week. The friendship changed them both.
Read the full piece on Natural Selections: https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/of-relationships-and-rona
"This week I bring you another Covid Era Story. By remembering what happened, by sharing our grief, or trauma, or treatment at the hands of others or an impersonal system, perhaps we can begin to heal.
I am, as always, grateful to you, my readers. Thank you."
Heather
