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#177: Upgrading Skepticism (Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying DarkHorse Livestream)

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The Importance of Controlled Opposition

The more you insist that this person actually is smart, the more you indict your own intellect and ability to discern. It's a completely unfalsifiable, meaningless way to dismiss people who are on the correct side of an argument. Sophisticated actors use controlled opposition to keep us from getting where we need to go in civilization. You wouldn't want to live without it in this era but as an accusation, it's diabolical.

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