We risk contamination with toxic mould, endure distressing initiation rituals to a comedy cult, and ponder if the narratives we have received about the Nazis have enough nuance.
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Supplementary Material 36
00:00 Introduction and an Intervention
01:59 Tomatoes, Holidays, and Hollywood Remakes
06:15 AI x Indulgent People
06:41 AI Chatbots and Delusional Gurus
10:46 Sir Robert Edward Grant and the Architect
12:26 Critiquing the Critics
13:31 Eric Weinstein engages with Dialogos with his silicon friend Grok
22:25 Tim Nguyen details the Distributed Weinstein Suppression Complex
24:20 Sabine Hossenfelder's Google Doc
27:10 2+2 Discourse and a surprise appearance from Kareem Carr
29:34 Chris's 10 Tips for Sabine
34:39 Coffeezilla does more Anomaly Hunting on Epstein Videos
37:50 Conspiracy Chat
39:58 Ghislaine Maxwell's potential deal
42:29 Thoughts on the Elephant Graveyard's Video on the Joe Rogan Comedy Cult
49:45 Details vs Vibes
52:46 Rogan's Fact-Checking and Comedian Dynamics
54:54 The Rogan Anti-Human Tech Elite Conspiracy Theory
59:40 Master Geniuses vs. a bunch of dickheads who like the same stuff
01:03:55 Lex Friedman and the Role of Softball Interviews
01:06:28 Conspiracy Theories vs. Real Conspiracies
01:15:51 Overall thoughts on the Elephant Graveyard Video Essay
01:19:18 Ana Kasparian thinks the Jews knew about 9/11
01:22:21 Jordan Peterson's Health and Mould Toxicity
01:24:24 Good Fungus vs Bad Mould
01:26:08 Bespoke Medicine and American Individualism
01:29:57 Streamers saying Stupid Things: Taylor Lorenz on DSA Nazis
01:33:08 Populist anti-vaccine rhetoric in Japan!
01:35:58 Bill Maher and Andrew Huberman discuss the problems with medicine
01:38:40 Chris Rufo and Right Wing Outrage over the Cracker Barrel logo
01:42:31 The War on Christmas in Australia
01:44:35 Jonathan Pageau's revisionist World War II symbolism
01:48:29 Pageau's Postmodern Narratives
02:03:32 Finding the Balance between Nazism and Liberalism
02:14:02 Random Shoutout
02:15:45 Matt's Cognitive Decline and Professor Archetypes
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