Hey folks, welcome to the Dark Horse podcast live stream.

I think it's number 302.

If so, that's not prime.

I need no help to figure that out.

Very proud of myself.

Here's the thing.

I am Dr. Brett Weinstein.

Dr. Heather Heying, who usually would be broadcasting with me, is not here because she is down

with what appears to be the flu. It's not a good one. And in any case, that puts me in the

position of live streaming alone, which I don't like.

And let me tell you a little bit about why I don't like it.

I just feel like language is built for conversation.

And there are a lot of ways in which we now use language in which it isn't really

conversational because we're talking to, you know, an audience that's not in a position to respond,

may not even be here, as is the case with this live stream. I don't like it. When Heather and I

were professors, we used to lecture in such a way that there was constant

interaction with the people in the room.

And even when they weren't interacting, we knew them very well.

And so it was possible to, in our minds, be in dialogue with everybody in the room, really.

I know that sounds strange, but that's how it felt.

When we would guest lecture in other people's classes,

we would have to specifically invite them to interrupt with questions as we went along

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