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#194 – Bret Weinstein: Truth, Science, and Censorship in the Time of a Pandemic

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OUTLINE:

Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) – Introduction
(09:04) – Why biology is beautiful
(16:38) – Boston Dynamics
(20:02) – Being self-critical
(30:09) – Theory of close calls
(38:46) – Lab leak hypothesis
(1:12:41) – Joe Rogan
(1:21:50) – Censorship
(1:58:40) – Vaccines
(2:12:26) – The paper on mice with long telomeres
(2:40:09) – Martyrdom
(2:48:54) – Eric Weinstein
(2:58:13) – Monogamy
(3:10:31) – Advice for young people
(3:17:16) – Meaning of life

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