Reacting to Disturbing Social Media Clips

We end the futile struggle, embrace the toxins, and become one with our mould brethren.

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Supplementary Material 38

00:00 Intro

02:54 Boomer Matt reacts to Twitter videos

07:31 Shellenberger and Tucker discuss the 9/11 Files

12:42 Eric's Google Ngram Investigations

17:08 Vindication on the Elephant Graveyard

22:00 Eric's ARC lecture goes viral

25:24 Andrew Huberman is NOT a phrenologist...

29:06 Eric Weinstein vs. Piers Morgan

33:44 Everyone knows Eric is a serious thinker

46:09 Peterson is taken out of the Gurusphere by Demons and Toxic Mould

52:09 Gurus and Bespoke Alternative Health

57:00 Social Contagion Hypocrisy

01:02:55 Toxic Mould Symbiosis?

01:04:46 Pewdiepie, Diogenes, and the Seeker Mindset

01:16:14 The Wisdom of the Ancients

01:21:01 The Meaning Crisis and Christian Pivots

01:22:29 Konstantin Kisin's surprising Christian pivot

01:25:17 The best person Konstantin ever met (not Francis)

01:30:22 The Fifth Column Agrees with Megyn Kelly 88% of the time

01:33:07 Megyn Kelly explains how the Democrats crossed the line and must pay

01:41:35 Intellectual Clerics for MAGA

01:43:16 Slightly Adversarial libertarians for hire

01:47:00 Drew Pavlou and Fluid Populism

01:50:17 Two Varieties of Online Derangement: Noah Smith's Hot Takes

01:53:57 Need for Attention = Desire for Virality

01:57:23 Status Seeking Networkers vs Paul Bloom

02:01:27 Reflecting on the Al Murray Interview

02:02:22 The struggle of podcasters

02:04:52 Paul Bloom: The best person in the world?

02:06:00 Mike Israetel's Thesis Controversy

02:10:30 What does a PhD mean?

02:16:55 David Deutsch visits Curt Jaimungal

02:22:32 The Dangers of Doubling Down: Pirate Software

02:23:32 Hasan Piker and Shock Collar-gate

02:27:15 Matt's Take on Shock Collars

02:33:51 Dystopia Update: Putin wants Trump to win the Nobel Prize

02:37:11 Outro

Sources

• Shellenberger and Tucker discuss the CIA’s role in 9/11
• Grok pressing Eric to get specific
• The Elephant Graveyard
• Viral post about Eric’s ARC speech on science
• Huberman’s phrenology endorsement
• Jordan Peterson’s Health Update from Mikhaila
• Chris Williamson: It’s time to talk about my health.
• Chang, C., & Gershwin, M. E. (2019). The myth of mycotoxins and mold injury. Clinical Reviews in Allergy & Immunology, 57(3), 449–455.
• Borchers, A. T., Chang, C., & Eric Gershwin, M. (2017). Mold and human health: A reality check. Clinical Reviews in Allergy & Immunology, 52(3), 305–322.
• PewDiePie: Help, I’m going through a midlife crisis…
• PewDiePie: Training like Mishima for 7 Days
• Megyn Kelly is All Out of Generosity - THE FIFTH COLUMN #526
• Konstantin Kisin declares Jordan Peterson the best man he has ever known
• Noah Smith’s recent hot takes
• Drew Pavlou: Attention Addict (Profile)
• Drew Pavlou: Attention Addict (Post)
• Solomon Nelson: Mike Israetel's PhD: The Biggest Academic Sham in Fitness?
• Curt Jaimungal - David Deutsch: Modern Academia Would Fail Einstein
• David Deutsch on Brexit and Error Correction
• Dr. Milo Wolf: Dr. Mike Responds: The Truth About His PhD
• Zirk Fitness: Mike Just Changed His Story AGAIN
• Chris’s PhD Thesis
• Internet Archivist - The Satisfying End of Pirate Software
• YouTube from Charlie that covers the Hasan Shock Video
• Forbes article on the Hasan Shock Collar Controversy
• The Moscow Times: Putin Praises Trump’s ‘Real Efforts’ Toward Peace, Blasts Nobel Committee