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Intellectual Stockholm Syndrome: The 220th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying

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Apr 6, 2024
PhD biologists Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying discuss the modern Dark Age through an evolutionary lens. They explore topics like informational advantage, entropy, and reason. They examine totalitarianism, deception, compliance, and intellectual Stockholm syndrome. Additionally, they touch on balancing humility and confidence, academic conformity, and the importance of diverse perspectives in academia.
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Dark Ages

  • We tend to get smarter over time, collectively and individually.
  • A Dark Age is a reversal of this natural process of increasing knowledge.
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Entropy and Complexity

  • The universe tends towards entropy, yet life gets more complex.
  • This isn't a contradiction, since local complexity increases while overall entropy still rises.
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Gameable Rules

  • Static rules are inherently gameable.
  • Institutions originally designed for fluid analysis, like science, can become rigid and dogmatic.
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