#119 An Epidemic of Sophistry (Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying DarkHorse Livestream)
DarkHorse Podcast
Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying
4.6 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 19 March 2022
⏱️ 105 minutes
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In this 119th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.
This week, we discuss science, sophistry, mis- dis- and mal- information, and making sure that people on the fringe remain there. We discuss corruption, and the lab leak hypothesis for the origin of SARS-CoV2. We briefly discuss Hunter Biden’s laptop, before talking about Lia Thomas, the trans swimmer who competes successfully as a woman, after having competed unsuccessfully as a man. We talk about last names, and naming conventions in culture. And we talk about inclusion.
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Mentioned in this episode:
Obituary of Luc Montagnier in Science: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abo7630
Weinstein and Ciszek 2002. The reserve-capacity hypothesis: evolutionary origins and modern implications of the trade-off between tumor-suppression and tissue-repair. Experimental gerontology, 37(5): 615-627: http://176.9.41.242/docs/longevity/2002-weinstein.pdf
Forbes article from 3-14-22: Covid-19 Might Not Have Leaked From A Lab. It’s Still A Problem For China: https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevensalzberg/2022/03/14/covid-19-may-not-have-leaked-from-a-lab-its-still-a-problem-for-china/?sh=6b2b1fdb702c
Andersen et al 2020. The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2 Nature Medicine 26: 450–452. https://www.nature.com/articles/S41591-020-0820-9
Lia Thomas wins an N.C.A.A. swimming title. New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/17/sports/lia-
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| 0:00.0 | If folks welcome to the Dark Horse Podcast live stream, winter is leaving. |
| 0:20.2 | We are at number 119, am I correct about that? |
| 0:24.0 | We're at livestream 119 and as we stream to you today on March 19th, it is the final day |
| 0:28.8 | of winter in the Northern Hemisphere. |
| 0:30.1 | The final day of winter making tomorrow the Solstice, no, the equinox. |
| 0:36.0 | Yes. |
| 0:37.0 | In which day and night are equal in length, although of course because in physics anyway, |
| 0:47.6 | light spreads and darkness does not in a planet, on a planet with an atmosphere. |
| 0:52.6 | Of course there is actually more light, more time with light than with darkness on the |
| 0:57.3 | equinox. |
| 0:58.7 | In the rest of the world, the social world, darkness seems to do a very good job of spreading. |
| 1:02.9 | There is a lot of darkness and it does seem to be spreading, almost like it's oozing. |
| 1:08.6 | Yeah. |
| 1:09.6 | Now the shadows, they expand their reach in a way that sunlight being the best is infected |
| 1:15.4 | would that there were a metaphorical truth there as well. |
| 1:18.1 | It's not always the case, it seems. |
| 1:20.2 | Right. |
| 1:21.2 | Well, I mean, there are other aphorisms we could go to. |
| 1:24.6 | It's always darkest before it goes pitch black. |
| 1:29.4 | That's one, I don't know if that's helpful, but... |
| 1:32.0 | Or true. |
| 1:33.0 | No, and I think it actually, yes, I think it is because inherently it's like the ball |
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