On this, our 317th Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss radiation and its impact on (rodent) health, and the 9th circuit’s decision to let men use women’s spas. First: research published in 2018 finds that low levels of non-ionizing radiation—like that emitted by cell phones and air pods—are actually associated with life extension in mice and rats. Don’t get too excited—these are the same rodents whose breeding protocols have broken them in some counter-intuitive ways, including that low doses of toxins or radiation can actually slow down the cancer that will otherwise kill them. Then: Olympus Spa, a traditional Korean nude spa for women in the Seattle area, was told by the state of Washington, now upheld by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, that they must let men in, so long as those men think they’re women. Judge VanDyke’s dissent correctly summarizes the issue as one of “swinging dicks.”
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Mentioned in this episode:
Toxicology and carcinogenesis in mice exposed to radio frequency radiation, 2018: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK564529/#S9
Thread on this research: https://x.com/zanehkoch/status/2033400775762964601
JAX lab on telomere length: https://www.jax.org/news-and-insights/2020/july/telomere-length-in-mice
Breeding protocols: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK500423/
Weinstein & Ciszek 2002: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11909679/
9th Circuit on Olympus Spa letting men in:https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2026/03/12/23-4031.pdf
Timestamps:
00:00:00 Holding Screen
00:05:21 Third Rails
00:16:32 Sponsor: CrowdHealth
00:19:50 Sponsor: Toups
00:23:04 Sponsor: Puori
00:27:21 Bourbon Vanilla?
00:30:35 Does Cell Phone Radiation Protect Mice?
00:55:58 Mice Study Breakdown
01:32:12 The Conclusion: Good for Mice, Not For You
01:33:05 Korean Spa & "Swinging Dicks"
01:42:51 Science vs Law
01:49:41 The Viral Dissent
02:02:25 Sharks Aren’t Real
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.
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