We end the futile struggle, embrace the toxins, and become one with our mould brethren.The full episode is available to Patreon subscribers (2 hours, 38 minutes).Join us at: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/DecodingTheGurus" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/DecodingTheGurus</a>Supplementary Material 3800:00 Intro02:54 Boomer Matt reacts to Twitter videos07:31 Shellenberger and Tucker discuss the 9/11 Files12:42 Eric's Google Ngram Investigations17:08 Vindication on the Elephant Graveyard22:00 Eric's ARC lecture goes viral25:24 Andrew Huberman is NOT a phrenologist...29:06 Eric Weinstein vs. Piers Morgan33:44 Everyone knows Eric is a serious thinker46:09 Peterson is taken out of the Gurusphere by Demons and Toxic Mould52:09 Gurus and Bespoke Alternative Health57:00 Social Contagion Hypocrisy01:02:55 Toxic Mould Symbiosis?01:04:46 Pewdiepie, Diogenes, and the Seeker Mindset01:16:14 The Wisdom of the Ancients01:21:01 The Meaning Crisis and Christian Pivots01:22:29 Konstantin Kisin's surprising Christian pivot01:25:17 The best person Konstantin ever met (not Francis)01:30:22 The Fifth Column Agrees with Megyn Kelly 88% of the time01:33:07 Megyn Kelly explains how the Democrats crossed the line and must pay01:41:35 Intellectual Clerics for MAGA01:43:16 Slightly Adversarial libertarians for hire01:47:00 Drew Pavlou and Fluid Populism01:50:17 Two Varieties of Online Derangement: Noah Smith's Hot Takes01:53:57 Need for Attention = Desire for Virality01:57:23 Status Seeking Networkers vs Paul Bloom02:01:27 Reflecting on the Al Murray Interview02:02:22 The struggle of podcasters02:04:52 Paul Bloom: The best person in the world?02:06:00 Mike Israetel's Thesis Controversy02:10:30 What does a PhD mean?02:16:55 David Deutsch visits Curt Jaimungal02:22:32 The Dangers of Doubling Down: Pirate Software02:23:32 Hasan Piker and Shock Collar-gate02:27:15 Matt's Take on Shock Collars02:33:51 Dystopia Update: Putin wants Trump to win the Nobel Prize02:37:11 OutroSources<ul><li><a href="https://x.com/TCNetwork/status/1971027654565560382" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Shellenberger and Tucker discuss the CIA’s role in 9/11</a></li><li><a href="https://x.com/grok/status/1970936333922336933" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Grok pressing Eric to get specific</a></li><li><a href="https://youtube.com/post/UgkxUykNJ8Hi4q--IpEFZG56yCk-pQbGsMSO?si=QAkgBxlLrUjO1Nfm" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Elephant Graveyard</a></li><li><a href="https://x.com/newstart_2024/status/1975316849207529940" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Viral post about Eric’s ARC speech on science</a></li><li><a href="https://x.com/C_Kavanagh/status/1972061856035733647" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Huberman’s phrenology endorsement</a></li><li><a href="https://x.com/MikhailaFuller/status/1974590350367875325" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jordan Peterson’s Health Update from Mikhaila</a></li><li><a href="https://youtu.be/IU4D_kjty2k?si=FY6sD06nvyFdsKLf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Chris Williamson: It’s time to talk about my health.</a></li><li><a href="https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/news/soas-honorary-awardees-2025" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Chang, C., & Gershwin, M. E. (2019). </a>The myth of mycotoxins and mold injury. Clinical Reviews in Allergy & Immunology, 57(3), 449–455.</li><li>Borchers, A. T., Chang, C., & Eric Gershwin, M. (2017). Mold and human health: A reality check. Clinical Reviews in Allergy & Immunology, 52(3), 305–322.</li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_Lv_mw6m6c" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">PewDiePie: Help, I’m going through a midlife crisis…</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrHK7FNgnrM" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">PewDiePie: Training like Mishima for 7 Days</a></li><li><a href="https://youtu.be/CIhmnwf_Bew?si=PXKbqriMa1RIkczn" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Megyn Kelly is All Out of Generosity - THE FIFTH COLUMN #526</a></li><li><a href="https://x.com/KonstantinKisin/status/1975323572101894641" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Konstantin Kisin declares Jordan Peterson the best man he has ever known</a></li><li><a href="https://x.com/C_Kavanagh/status/1974996943718977601" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Noah Smith’s recent hot takes</a></li><li><a href="https://x.com/DrewPavlou" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Drew Pavlou: Attention Addict (Profile)</a></li><li><a href="https://x.com/DrewPavlou/status/1976652390461055176" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Drew Pavlou: Attention Addict (Post)</a></li><li><a href="https://youtu.be/elLI9PRn1gQ?si=Bo0b4DP2HMBPzkia" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Solomon Nelson: Mike Israetel's PhD: The Biggest Academic Sham in Fitness?</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKeWv-cdWkM" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Curt Jaimungal - David Deutsch: Modern Academia Would Fail Einstein</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdtssXITXuE" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">David Deutsch on Brexit and Error Correction</a></li><li><a href="https://youtu.be/qyahzQX7R6Q?si=naPrXeMO793KBRU_" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dr. Milo Wolf: Dr. Mike Responds: The Truth About His PhD</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH35FrT1mzo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Zirk Fitness: Mike Just Changed His Story AGAIN</a></li><li><a href="https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:e2e0f4de-ccf1-4962-87fe-4d7fa48faf75" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Chris’s PhD Thesis</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h5Cy_JrFVw" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Internet Archivist - The Satisfying End of Pirate Software</a></li><li><a href="https://youtu.be/0TaNezk4wNQ?si=LrQZ1GNaNv3pcWk2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube from Charlie that covers the Hasan Shock Video</a></li><li><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2025/10/08/hasan-pikers-dog-shock-collar-controversy-explained/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Forbes article on the Hasan Shock Collar Controversy</a></li><li><a href="https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/10/10/putin-praises-trumps-real-efforts-toward-peace-blasts-nobel-committee-a90780" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Moscow Times: Putin Praises Trump’s ‘Real Efforts’ Toward Peace, Blasts Nobel Committee</a></li></ul>

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