Original Syndrome: The 218th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying

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Mar 27, 2024

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Heather Heying

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Bret Weinstein

Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying dive into plant syndromes, predicting pollinators by flower traits, tropical tree growth challenges, succession in forests, traits of Poison Dart Frogs, Mantellian Mantella frogs, and the closure of San Vicente migrant camp.

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Introduction

00:00 • 2min

Humorous Anecdote about Unexpected Text Message and Haircut Phases

02:10 • 2min

Promoting Science Advocacy and Exclusive Community Engagement

04:17 • 11min

Navigating Uncertainty and Developing a Toolkit

14:53 • 18min

The Intricate Relationship Between Plants and Pollinators

32:37 • 18min

Floral Syndromes and Pollinator Relationships

51:06 • 11min

Insights into Plant Evolution and Tropical Tree Growth

01:02:16 • 4min

Understanding Succession in Forests

01:06:20 • 13min

Exploring the Evolutionary Traits of Poison Dart Frogs and Mantellian Mantella Frogs

01:18:54 • 18min

Analysis of the San Vicente migrant camp closure and scrutiny

01:37:17 • 3min

Exploring Motor Normativity and Promotion of Philosophy

01:40:19 • 3min

In this 218th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this episode, we discuss plants, a lot, in service of understanding what a “syndrome” is, and why it matters. This is not mere semantics, but if you feel that it is, focus on the tropical forests instead! There are plenty of bats to go around. What can you predict about the pollinators of flowers that are bright and showy and have no smell? How about those that are white and have a musty smell? What can you predict about jungle trees that grow fast and die young? How does such predictive power and pattern recognition relate to how to make sense of the world in which you live? Also: update from Panama: the San Vicente Camp is now closed, and a fire has apparently destroyed all of its records. Curious, that.

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Mentioned in this episode:

San Vicente Camp in Panama destroyed: https://apnews.com/article/panama-migrants-darien-colombia-disturbance-6d45b7fc7f581ad0c0a8bcff7247b9bf

Introduction to Antipode: https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/antipode-introduction

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