Join Bret and Heather for their next Q&A on Wednesday, June 9th https://www.darkhorsepodcast.org/calendar
00:00:00 Holding Screen
00:05:31 Welcome
00:12:21 Q: “Bret: What were you possibly thinking to agree to being on a panel where the premise/question posed was, ridiculously, "Should We Abolish All Podcasts?"???
I couldn't even watch the whole thing it was so insufferable. Can only imagine what it was like for you”
00:37:37 Q: “My wife and I have very little overlap with content we consume. She uses Instagram and listens to parenting podcasts and I use X and listen to DarkHorse and other IDW/heterodox podcasts. I suspect that many of our disagreements can be traced back to this information bifurcation.
How do we (my wife and I and everyone else) build and maintain relationships when we no longer live in the same information landscape? Seems like this will get worse before it gets better.”
00:49:42 Q: “I'm very curious what your son's share with each of you about how they see the world today, the US, Trump, Europe or any other particular country, and their outlook for the future. I'm getting older and wonder what kids at that age are thinking.”
01:00:44 Q: “It’s been some time since your 7 day dry fast. Is this still something you would recommend? Would you make any changes from your first time? Have you had lasting change? I’m about to give it a go and would love your thoughts. Much love!”
01:08:44 Q: “Not looking for medical advice BUT: I am a 50 year old man, prone to Urinary Track Infections that require Cipro to heal. Do you have advice to avoid UTI's (already taking D-Mannose) & how to remedy the negative effects of Cipro. Many thanks. As usual: You guys are Punk Rock.”
01:16:24 Q: “Do you submit to the once a year dental x-rays?”
01:27:35 Q: “Whenever I ask ChatGPT a medical question, I cringe at the follow-ups. It keeps asking for more information, so it can provide personalized insights. It sounds so human and inviting. I never elaborate with it. Are you concerned about letting AI know too much about you and the types of questions you tend to ask? I was also gifted an Oura ring, and I’m similarly wary. Thanks, love you guys!”
01:29:54 Q: “Dr Tim Kelly posted on X: “Folic acid has been shown by RCT to more than double the risk of prostate cancer. The mandatory ‘fortification’ (…contamination) of our food with a synthetic drug that causes serious harm is an unethical violation of informed consent… The RCT: Figueiredo et al, J Natl Cancer Inst 2009:101(6):432-435” Is that a credible conclusion about the effect of folic acid on men? What can we surmise about smth apparently needed in pregnancy but risky for men? Or, could this be cover to rally opposition to what ought not to be done but might fly by appeals to “protect the children”? Your thoughts?”
01:36:51 Q: “My mother recently suffered from hearing loss - doctors are saying it is auto-immune related. One of my wife's friends also suffered from something similar recently. I cannot help but notice a pattern of odd health events occurring across much of my social circle and also cannot help but assume it is COVID vax related. How dire do you think this will get?
PS - I have both of you to thank as I was able to protect myself and my wife/children from getting these shots. But I fear for my friends and other relatives.”
01:41:10 Q: “Hi, I understand you both believe that the possibility of global warming being for a large part caused by human activities is very overestimated. You talked about why it's not a good idea to make predictions based on models. But shouldn't we apply here the precautionary principle you talk about regarding other interventions in complex systems, like vaccines and the sunlight-reflecting technology? Thanks a lot.”
01:47:49 Q: “Bret, would you consider having a debate on Inside Rail with opposing voices on climate change. Your recent episode about "God" was enlightening, even though it didn't change my mind. It did reveal IMO the circular logic of religious fundamentalists. There is so much evidence pointing to a climate catastrophe looming. Is it anthropogenic, is it the sun, is it natural cycles? Is the AMOC collapsing leading to a significant change in Europes weather in the coming decades? We need debate on this topic to possibly reveal some truths. Thank you.”
01:49:39 Q: “Hello from Fort Collins, CO. I’ve heard you guys mention that your boys are at CU in Boulder. I’m curious about the conversations you all had as a family when discussing whether university is net beneficial in its current state. Ultimately you, or they, felt it worth the expenditure. What were some factors that weighed heavily?
Thanks“
00:53:58 Q: “My claim is the patriot act is an illusion of a national security law. Section 802 expands domestic terrorism to include acts “dangerous to human life”. Acts include intention to “(i) intimidate or coerce a civilian population”…
My question is why the “dangerous to human life” acts of spreading tick disease, poisoning natural resources or altering human physiology (without consent) are not identified as domestic terrorism? How do these acts continue to exist & elude the chargeable violations of the patriot act? Reference Section 802 of the USA PATRIOT Act (Pub. L. No. 107-52). Also, not that I agree w/ the article but it raises a brow to recent interpretation. https://www.aclu.org/documents/how-usa-patriot-act-redefines-domestic-terrorism”
01:58:34 Q: “In discussing data centers and consent, isn't the most important question not about water or electricity needs, but "do we agree that gov't (or public-private partners) can build storage centers for mass surveillance on everything we do online (i.e. increasingly everything)"? (Recently Catherine Fitts spoke at Liberty Forum in SV, CA not long after Bret; she would be a GREAT Inside Rails guest!)”
02:01:25 Closing
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."
Iran Was Always the Final Domino
If you think Trump is responsible for the Iran war, then you don’t understand foreign policy for the last 30 years.
This War With Iran Was Planned Long Ago
Everything you see on TV is theater, which should be painfully obvious by now. The war with Iran was the final domino in the Clean Break strategy, a plan designed to reshape the Middle East back in the 1990s. Biden would have gladly gone into Iran, but he was busy toppling Syria. It all started with Iraq, and the United States has been toppling governments ever since.
If you’re a glutton for punishment like me and enjoy tracking the media and its messaging, then this piece is for you.
The Three Myths
For the current narrative to work, that Trump simply wandered into war with Iran on a whim (and no, this is no more about nuclear weapons any more than Iraq was about WMDs), there are three myths the public must accept.
1. Trump must appear to be calling the shots and fully in control.
2. Trump must not appear intimidated or pressured.
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I just want to re-post my response to the episode with Michael Yon and Masako Ganaha since I think this is important and I would really like to get a response from @bretweinstein .
Unbelievable! "The Zionists" control the world? really? This is one of the oldest antisemitic statements in the book since by "The Zionists" it is implied "The Jews" otherwise why use this term?. I expected some push back from Bret other than the meek remark about Zionism definition. When you regard to "the Zionists" you are generalizing in a dangerous way. If you mean the Israeli government say so. If you can name names do that. Almost all Israeli jews are Zionists, because being a Zionist just mean that you believe Israel is the land of the jews. Any other definition of Zionism is simply false. The Zionist movement rouse as a result of antisemitism in Europe in an attempt to find a safe home for jews, and the holocaust boosted and probably caused this vision to realize. Now you may ...
