In our never-ending quest to alienate all potential online audiences, we finger-wag about rampant Epstein conspiracism and explain why we are, on balance, anti-murder.The full episode is available to Patreon subscribers (2 hours, 42 minutes).Join us at: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/DecodingTheGurus" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/DecodingTheGurus</a>In our never-ending quest to alienate all potential online audiences, we finger-wag about rampant Epstein conspiracism and explain why we are, on balance, anti-murder.00:00 Intro03:39 Flooding Adventures06:54 Eric's Troubles with his Silicon Friend13:09 Peter Boghossian's Hardcore for Grok17:16 A Promising Paper on reducing AI Hallucinations22:17 Statistical Consults23:12 Epstein Discourse Lollapalooza27:24 Eric Weinstein thinks Epstein is connected to UFOs29:09 Rogan Plays Apologist for Trump on Epstein32:21 Emma Vigeland and Joshua Citarella engage in Conspiracy Hypothesising35:07 Reasonable Conspiracy Theorising42:24 The Real Conspiracy44:26 Epstein and Ghislaine puppeting the culture wars48:18 The Joy of Conspiracy Theories53:29 Epstein and Bannon created QAnon as a Psyop01:01:37 What about ritual child abuse, dissolving bodies and cannibalism?01:09:05 Lurid Cannibal Fantasies01:15:56 Emma's UFO theory01:20:08 The Joe Roganification of Podcasts and some strategic disclaimers01:24:14 A dichotomy in contemporary American attitudes to Wealth?01:28:32 The Mainstream Media won't focus on Epstein's connections with Israel and Mossad01:32:08 The REAL Epstein scandal that no one wants to talk about01:34:36 Behind the Bastards coverage of Epstein01:36:01 Epstein's alleged role in creating microtransactions in games01:40:46 Epstein's cringey Edutainment ideas01:50:53 What Robert Evans Got Wrong01:54:08 There are No Coincidences02:00:57 The Danger of Appealing Narratives and also... Michael Tracey02:06:00 The Anti-Murder Podcast02:07:47 Warren Smith highlights Violent Rhetoric aimed at Konstantin02:14:12 Justifying Murder is Bad... M'Kay?02:17:55 Experiences of Violence and Naivety02:21:16 Levels of Political Violence02:23:49 Destiny's Community and Edgy Political Violence Takes02:27:56 Alienating online audiences 10102:30:14 Eric talks wormholes with a UFO maniac02:35:28 Lord of the Idiots02:36:18 Does Matt know Snorlax?02:39:43 A failed disclaimer outroLinks<ol><li data-list="bullet"><a href="https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/2029596134159859854" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Erik arguing with Grok</a></li><li data-list="bullet"><a href="https://x.com/peterboghossian/status/2028962163210289627?s=20" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Boghossian’s hardcore rules for Grok</a></li><li data-list="bullet"><a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2512.01797" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">H-Neurons: On the Existence, Impact, and Origin of Hallucination-Associated Neurons in LLMs (Gao et al., 2025)</a></li><li data-list="bullet"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ2I_FQ2OHA" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube comment under our NXIVM video about Epstein</a></li><li data-list="bullet"><a href="https://people.com/jeffrey-epstein-was-vladimir-putin-wealth-manager-fbi-source-claimed-11897555" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">People article claiming Epstein was Putin’s Wealth Manager</a></li><li data-list="bullet"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZC5fStAmqc" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Taylor Lorenz – Panic World: How Epstein Warped the Entire Internet</a></li><li data-list="bullet"><a href="https://www.garbageday.email/p/here-s-how-epstein-broke-the-internet" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Garbage Day: “Here’s How Epstein Broke the Internet”</a></li><li data-list="bullet"><a href="https://x.com/UAPJames/status/2030038573043585367?s=20" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Eric Weinstein on Piers Morgan connecting Epstein to UFOs and his “research”</a></li><li data-list="bullet"><a href="https://x.com/triggerpod/status/2031504224341606482?s=20" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Triggernometry’s 7th appearance on Rogan</a></li><li data-list="bullet"><a href="https://x.com/AmericanALCHMY/status/2030480497151811989?s=20" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">American Alchemy: Eric Weinstein & Eric Davis on Wormholes</a></li><li data-list="bullet"><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2407jrn83o" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BBC: Ex-police chief said Trump told him in 2006 “everyone” knew about Epstein’s behaviour</a></li><li data-list="bullet"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kQnTihkyf4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Joshua Citarella & Emma Vigeland – Epstein, Conspiracy & Right-wing Media | Doomscroll</a></li><li data-list="bullet"><a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2021/11/09/progressive-left/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pew Research: Demographics of the Progressive Left in the United States</a></li><li data-list="bullet"><a href="https://coagulopath.com/ghislaine-maxwell-does-not-have-a-secret-reddit-account/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Debunking claims about Ghislaine Maxwell being a Reddit power mod</a></li><li data-list="bullet"><a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/obama-shuts-down-alien-buzz-no-evidence-during-my-presidency" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Obama did not say aliens are real – PBS NewsHour</a></li><li data-list="bullet"><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/world/israel/israels-barak-says-regrets-knowing-epstein-documents-detail-long-frien-rcna259004" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NBC News: Epstein’s relationship with Ehud Barak</a></li><li data-list="bullet"><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/9/what-were-jeffrey-epsteins-links-to-israel" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Al Jazeera: What were Jeffrey Epstein’s links to Israel?</a></li><li data-list="bullet"><a href="https://x.com/WTSmith17/status/2032082562470838546?s=20" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Warren Smith’s post about threats from Digital Gnosis</a></li><li data-list="bullet"><a href="https://archive.md/E86Bl" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Digital Gnosis Substack statement</a></li><li data-list="bullet"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdDFrEehdCk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Destiny’s Head Mod Confronts Him On His Rhetoric</a></li><li data-list="bullet"><a href="https://youtu.be/xnxasfyHtfo?si=RxFmcI29bcveBJ9w" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Eric Weinstein Demands UFO Secrets From Pentagon Scientist</a></li></ol> Epstein email documents<ol><li data-list="bullet"><a href="https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00657208.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Email from Pablos Holman to Epstein (document 1)</a></li><li data-list="bullet"><a href="https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01976125.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Email from Pablos Holman to Epstein (document 2)</a></li><li data-list="bullet"><a href="https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01762041.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Email from Pablos Holman to Epstein (document 3)</a></li><li data-list="bullet"><a href="https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01976025.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Epstein forwarding Holman’s email to Bobby Kotick</a></li><li data-list="bullet"><a href="https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01762201.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pablos Holman responding and dunking on Kotick</a></li></ol>

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