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Jul 2023
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#183: Uninventing the West (Bret Weinste...

Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying
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In this 183rd 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.

 

In this episode we discuss the predictable descent of the West into a tribal battle over resources, following from the corrupt rent-seeking elites’ destruction of the system of competence and merit which fueled the boom of the 20th century. More specifically, we discuss FreedomFest, libertarians and liberty, RFK Jr. and his free market solution to pollution; also: race, sex, genocide, and rape. And: a man cheats two ways to take home a medal in a race for disabled women. Finally: saber-toothed anchovies.

 

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Theme Music: Thank you to Martin Molin of Wintergatan for providing us the rights to use their excellent music.

 

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Mentioned in this episode:

 

https://www.freedomfest.com

 

Trans-Identified Male Wins Bronze In Women’s 400m At 2023 World Para Athletics Championships: https://reduxx.info/trans-identified-male-wins-bronze-in-womens-400m-at-2023-world-para-athletics-championships/

 

Saber-toothed anchovies make the news at Science in 2020: https://www.science.org/content/article/saber-toothed-anchovies-roamed-oceans-45-million-years-ago

 

Original research: Capobianco et al 2020. Large-bodied sabre-toothed anchovies reveal unanticipated ecological diversity in early Palaeogene teleosts. Royal Society Open Science, 7(5): 192260.https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.192260

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