#70: Loose the Seuss (Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying DarkHorse Livestream)

Mar 7, 2021

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Heather Heying

Guest

Bret Weinstein

Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying delve into the work of Dr. Seuss, discussing lessons, controversy, and the value of nuance. They explore rhyming schemes and language complexity, the psychedelic experience, racist undertones, influential educators, language misrepresentation, imagination, Halloween costumes, and flaws in scientific testing.

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Introduction

00:00 • 3min

Changes to livestream timing, giveaway of Clubhouse invite, and a poem about Dr. Seuss

03:08 • 2min

Dr. Seuss: Acknowledging Flaws and Embracing Nuance

04:43 • 19min

Exploring the Complexity of Rhyming Schemes and Language Phylogeny

23:35 • 1min

The Psychedelic Experience and Utopianism

25:01 • 20min

Racist Undertones and Personal Growth

44:34 • 3min

Exploring the Impact of an Influential Educator Through a Canceled Book

47:50 • 2min

Language and Cultural Misrepresentation

49:27 • 15min

Exploring Imagination and Truthfulness in Storytelling

01:04:19 • 2min

Memories of Halloween Costumes and Sherlock Holmes

01:06:15 • 2min

Deception and Imagination in Dr. Seuss Books

01:07:49 • 18min

Flaws in a 2019 Paper and Bias in Scientific Testing

01:26:04 • 20min

In this 70th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

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Theme Music: Thank you to Martin Molin of Wintergatan for providing us the rights to use their excellent music.

Q&A Link: https://youtu.be/avqYqLCDRFQ

Mentioned in this episode:

These Seuss books: The Zax, Green Eggs and Ham, The Butter Battle Book, I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew, The Sneetches, The Shape of Me and Other Stuff, Oh the Places You’ll Go!, The Lorax, Horton Hears a Who!, McElligot’s Pool, And To Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street, The Cat in the Hat, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish

CNN says: “6 Dr. Seuss books won't be published anymore because they portray people in 'hurtful and wrong' ways”: https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/02/us/dr-seuss-books-cease-publication-trnd/index.html

“Learning for Justice” says “It's Time to Talk About Dr. Seuss”: https://www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/its-time-to-talk-about-dr-seuss

This 2019 paper says “The Cat is Out of the Bag: Orientalism, Anti-Blackness, and White Supremacy in Dr. Seuss's Children's Books”: https://sophia.stkate.edu/rdyl/vol1/iss2/4/

On Being A Fish: https://inference-review.com/article/on-being-a-fish

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