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DarkHorse Podcast

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

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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Quick takeaways

  • Adopting false narratives akin to Stockholm syndrome can lead to embracing falsehoods for survival or compliance.
  • Gaining insights into unexplored truths offers a greater advantage than merely recognizing falsehoods.

Deep dives

Understanding the Psychological Process of Embracing Falsehoods

In situations like the COVID crisis or within cults, people can gravitate towards embracing falsehoods due to a psychological process akin to Stockholm syndrome, where individuals adopt the perspective of their captors or the prevailing narrative to ensure survival or compliance. This phenomenon stems from a deep-seated evolutionary drive to detect hallmarks of well-being and security, even if it means accepting false information.

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