The Science and the Art of Gurometry

Decoding the Gurus

Christopher Kavanagh and Matthew Browne

Science, Leisure, Social Sciences, Society & Culture

4.2 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2023

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

The casual listener, who might possibly not be a loyal Patreon subscriber, or might hypothetically not listen devotedly to every Gurometer scoring episode, could conceivably be a little vague about what we mean by a secular guru(!). And therefore might be tempted to make an ill-considered and poorly-informed comment on Twitter or Reddit, thus exposing them to the devastating yet apropos riposte of a "You know nothing, Jon Snow" meme in reply.

Don't let it be you!

Here is a tutorial, a short illustrated primer if you will, on the Science and the Art of 'Gurometry'. No more will you have to live with the shame of not knowing how many syllables there are in anti-establishmentarianism. Never again will you be liable to fall prey to the siren song of pseudo-profound bullshit or fall foul of conspiracy mongers.

Listen to it. Study it. Meditate on it.

In no time at all you'll be spotting gurus in the wild, categorising, and classifying them at will. You'll feel like an ornithologist who's just been given a great big pair of binoculars, a spotter's guidebook, and a free afternoon to wander about a National park. Impress your friends, family, and potential sexual partners with your intimate and subtle understanding of What It Means to Be a Guru.

You're welcome.

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0:00.0	And the Oh, Hello and a
0:26.3	welcome to the Cody Nogurus the podcast where an anthropologist and a psychologist
0:30.2	listen to the greatest minds the world has to offer and we try to understand what they're talking about on that brown with me is Chris Kavanaugh and Chris
0:38.4	first of all welcome
0:40.0	Thank you
0:42.0	Now it's come to our attention that some revision is in order.
0:48.0	Certain people who shall remain nameless have let it be known via the slack-chored, idiotic comments.
0:57.0	But they may not fully understand the nuance and the great deal of thought that has gone into the science of gorometry.
1:07.0	They think, you know, you probably have your own examples, but for the one we often come across is that people will say oh well you're covering so and so right you're out to get them now are you they're a guru are they?
1:19.0	People think that we call people guru is if we don't like them and if we do like people then they're not
1:25.4	gurus it's a pejorative in other words which it kind of is but that's not what it's about is it Chris
1:31.9	no it's not and it's unbelievable map because on the 9th of January 2021 we released an
1:40.5	episode called calibrating the Grometer. Shockingly, people are not going back to
1:47.7	refer to that episode, nor are they looking at the various Google document drafts that letter
1:56.5	the internet for various academic papers that we are writing on this concept. But yes, there's misperceptions abounding about the science of
2:08.6	gourometry and more precisely the way that we are approaching gurus in the podcast and what we mean by it.
2:17.0	And we are not saying that everybody has to agree with our definitions or how we approach it, but we are going to tell you them so that you stop asking us.
2:27.5	I know it's not going to work. I know the comments will still come but hopefully this will be a new 2023 reference
2:38.9	point where I can fall above various people to say go check that we talked about it for 40 minutes
2:47.0	DNR and that will resolve it all and they'll come back and say well thank you
2:51.7	that was very informative.
2:53.0	Yes, I have learned, and I promise to mend my ways in future.
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