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Special Episode: Interview with Stuart Ritchie on Hunter Gatherers in the 21st Century, covid skeptics, and bad science

Decoding the Gurus

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The Long Formed Pog Past

There seems to be a gravitational pull that brings people towards, especially now with the pandemic covid. We have already seen multiple cycles of the same thing happening. I think in these kind of spheres, there's no really checking or saying, we have no completely discarded bad hypothesis. As long as it's anti consensus or what seems to be the main stream at any given time. It gives people that little frieson of excitement when they stand up and say, i'm probe this drug that you think doesn't work,. Or i'm ante the thing that you think does work, like a lockdown or a vacine passport. These things really very sticky.

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