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The Religious Wars of the Pandemic Endgame, Rebel Wisdom

Jan 20, 2022

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The Covid Antithesis Position

02:22

Is There a Synthesis?

02:25

The Hermanitics of Suspicion

01:47

How True Is That?

02:48

Introduction

3min

Rebel Wisdom

3min

Is the Vaccine Satan?

4min

The Egregore, the Hive Mind

4min

Is There a Synthesis?

3min

Is There a Shared Sensation of Relevance?

5min

The Left Brain and the Right Brain Split

5min

The Purity and Sanctity Discourse of the Liberal Left

4min

Do You Think We Need Better Theologians?

2min

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The Unconscious, Like Our Unconscious Desires Are Playing Out

3min

11.

What Is the Egregore?

6min

12.

I Think Therefore I Am Unless There's a Deceiving Demon That's Making Me Think That I Have Free Will

6min

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The Hermanitics of Suspicion

3min

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What Does It Look Like to Make Sense Together in That Way?

5min

15.

Fiser's War - The Voice You Just Heard Was Carr Thomas, Former Editor of Paneramaor of the to Day Programme

4min

16.

Malone and the Pandemic Vaccine

3min

17.

The Malone Interview - Is That a Good Idea?

3min

18.

Decentring Is a Great Tool for That.

4min

19.

The Covid Antithesis Position

4min

20.

The Conflicts of Interest

2min

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Malone's Words About the Comflic of Interest Physicians Are Creating a Contentious Relationship With Patients

5min

22.

Do Not Smell Right?

3min

23.

What Are You Hearing From Me? It's a Very Similar Message

5min

24.

You Get Enough Power, Are You Using It Responsibly?

5min

25.

You Can't Get Go of It Twice

3min

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How to Make Sense of Your Own Bias

2min

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Is There a Frame of Reference?

2min

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The Uncanny Valley

4min

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Do We Build New Institutions or Do We Rescue the Old Ones?

3min

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Is There a Shifting of the Antithesis Position?

4min

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Thesis, Antithesis, Dynamic

3min

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The Rights and the Responsibilities of Free Speech

3min

33.

What Are Your Responsibilities?

5min

34.

Is Truth Seeking Sacred?

4min

One of the biggest problems with talking about something as vast and impactful as the pandemic is to find the right level of analysis. In this epic piece, we look at the deeper religious and theological forces playing out below the surface of our day to day conflicts over topics like vaccines, authoritarianism and safety.

We pull apart the hidden religiosity of "both sides" of the pandemic, that seems to be accelerating, even as the rapid spread of the Omicron variant brings us towards the pandemic endgame.

It features interviews with the cognitive scientist John Vervaeke, Unherd writer Mary Harrington, the author Paul Kingsnorth, emergency doctor Rocky Jedick and many more.

We have recently launched the Rebel Wisdom Substack for all our written content, and to host exclusive videos for members (just $5). The full length conversations with John, Mary & Rocky are available there for subscribers: https://substack.com/rebelwisdom

We are running our groundbreaking Sensemaking 101 course again in February, check the website for more details: https://rebelwisdom.co.uk/courses/sensemaking-101-page

Pieces referenced in the film include:

Joe Rogan with Peter McCullough: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0aZte37vtFTkYT7b0b04Qz?si=1f7ce5a6705b463e

Joe Rogan with Robert Malone: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3SCsueX2bZdbEzRtKOCEyT?si=5a8207578958440e

Breaking the Polarity Spell of the Covidiots and Covidians, Peter Limberg: https://thestoa.substack.com/p/breaking-the-polarity-spell-of-the

Vaccine purity has infected the West, Mary Harrington: https://unherd.com/2022/01/vaccine-purity-has-infected-the-west/

This Vaccine Moment, Paul Kingsnorth: https://paulkingsnorth.substack.com/p/the-vaccine-moment-part-one

Paul Kingsnorth: Why I changed sides in the vaccine wars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_uAwsVn10Y

Covid & the Sensemaking Crisis, BJ Campbell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IjW16FCpkA

Covid could still save Boris, Freddie Sayers: https://unherd.com/2022/01/covid-could-still-save-boris/

The Age of Breach, Alexander Beiner: https://medium.com/rebel-wisdom/the-age-of-breach-gamestop-wokeism-and-the-capitol-8e3ac46efaf9

Tortoise, Pfizer's War: https://www.tortoisemedia.com/audio/pfizers-war/

Robert Malone goes full anti-science on Joe Rogan's podcast, Debunk the Funk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjszVOfG_wo&t=1s

Robert Malone & Peter McCullough: A litany of untruths, Decoding the Gurus: https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/episode/robert-malone-peter-mccullough-a-litany-of-untruths

No, Ivermectin Did Not Help Japan Bring Down Covid-19 Coronavirus Delta Surge, Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2021/11/27/no-ivermectin-did-not-help-japan-bring-down-covid-19-coronavirus-delta-surge/?sh=717ea5842938

Ivermectin Didn’t Save Uttar Pradesh From Covid-19, Gideon M-K: https://gidmk.medium.com/ivermectin-didnt-save-uttar-pradesh-from-covid-19-17684f49d8b3

Walking the Talk on Free Speech? With Triggernometry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdGUp0y-bzc&t=1472s

Episode Overview:

00:00:00 Intro

00:00:50 The return of religion and the 'post secular'

00:04:55 The Covid Thesis vs Covid Antithesis

00:05:43 The Religiosity of the Thesis Narrative

00:08:39 The Religiosity of the Antithesis Narrative

00:14:25 Covid Synthesis?

00:16:47 What makes us intelligent leads to self-deception

00:20:24 We're all biased

00:24:48 Mary Harrington, vaccine purity codes & theology

00:33:44 The scapegoat dynamic

00:37:45 Religion, Egregores & 'Mass Formation'

00:44:53 John Vervaeke, suspicion is eating itself

00:48:45 Dialogos & the 'hermeneutics of beauty'

00:56:50 'Pfizer are shitbags'

00:58:53 Responsible heterodoxy vs conspiracy thinking

01:01:25 Making sense of Robert Malone's claims

01:10:44 An ER doctor evaluates Robert Malone, Rocky Jedick MD

01:20:00 Understanding the red flags

01:27:14 Our broken information landscape

01:32:07 Understanding motivation vs ad hominem

01:35:42 Epistemic humility & holding perspectives

01:43:44 The 'uncanny valley' of truth seeking

01:51:00 The incentive landscape for the antithesis, Paul Kingsnorth

01:57:49 The ethics of alternative media

02:06:23 Truth as a sacred value

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