Critiques of Comedy and the Influence of Documentary Style

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

Sources

• Article on Sir Robert Edward Grant and The Architect
• Eric talking with his silicon friend @grok
• Eric waxing lyrical about Grok and praising Elon for his unique insights
• Tim Nguyen — Physics Grifters: Eric Weinstein, Sabine Hossenfelder, and a Crisis of Credibility
• Sabine vindicates herself in a Google Doc
• Kareem Carr thinks Sabine’s document is great!
• Chris’s Top 10 tips for Sabine on how to be a science skeptic YouTuber
• BBC — Ghislaine Maxwell denies seeing ‘inappropriate’ conduct by Trump
• The Guardian — Ghislaine Maxwell transcripts: what we know at a glance
• Voidzilla — Top 5 Lies in Epstein Footage
• Lewandowsky, Lloyd & Brophy (2018) When THUNCing Trumps thinking — Argumenta (PDF)
• Transcripts from Interview with Ghislaine Maxwell (Justice.gov)
• How Comedy Was Destroyed by an Anti-Reality Doomsday Cult
• The Loving Trap (Parody of Adam Curtis) — Ben Woodhams
• Ana Kasparian spreading anti-semitic 9/11 Truther conspiracies
• Mikhaila Peterson’s update on Jordan Peterson’s health problems
• Taylor Lorenz explaining how the DSA are the real fascists
• Huberman & Bill Maher discuss medicine
• BBC article on Sanseito Party
• Independent article on the Cracker Barrel ‘Controversy’
• Jonathan Pageau — Symbolism Explained: The Fundamental WWII Duality That Still Haunts Us Today