Bret Weinstein speaks with Peter Boghossian on the subject of the Jason Arday scandal and what it reveals about DEI, meritocracy, institutional failure, and the erosion of trust in academia.
Find Peter Boghossian on X at https://x.com/peterboghossian and on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/@drpeterboghossian.
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Mentioned on this episode:
Michael Nayna: The Reformers https://www.michaelnayna.com/p/trailer-launch-the-reformers-2023
Evergreen Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH2WeWgcSMk&list=PLLHyNSlsz44_GceBMuwAyflt3lDWMEjTG
Senate HELP Committee: HHS/CDC Confirmation Hearing https://www.help.senate.gov/rep/newsroom/press/chairman-cassidy-delivers-remarks-during-confirmation-hearing-on-nominations-for-hhs-cdc
The Death of Expertise: Tom Nichols https://amzn.to/4xm1RCc (commission earned)
Legitimation Crisis: Jürgen Habermas https://amzn.to/3RUrRG0 (commission earned)
Public Statement on the Hunter Biden Emails https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/LC73760/text
Black Intellectual Roundtable: DarkHorse https://youtu.be/pHGt733yw3g
The Tragedy of the Commons: Garrett Hardin https://doi.org/10.1126/science.162.3859.1243
National Progress Alliance: What We Do https://www.nationalprogressalliance.org/work/
National Progress Alliance: Stop Donating to Your Alma Mater https://www.nationalprogressalliance.org/work/stop-donating-to-your-alma-mater/
Is the occasional massacre of gay people worth it to have more Muslims in your society? https://boghossian.substack.com/p/is-the-occasional-massacre-of-gay
Peter Boghossian Links https://linktr.ee/peterboghossian
The Reformers https://www.michaelnayna.com/p/the-reformers-recommended-viewing
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 Jason Arday Exposes the Academy
00:02:34 Sponsor: Sundays for Dogs
00:04:25 Sponsor: Vanman
00:06:18 Evergreen Was the Warning
00:14:15 How DEI Creates a Niche for Fraud
00:17:27 What If Arday Was the Ultimate Hoax?
00:24:18 Sponsor: Branch Basics
00:26:10 When DEI Reaches High-Stakes Fields
00:34:53 Trust, Race and Meritocracy
00:50:46 The Academy Is Broken
00:58:08 What Can Be Done?
01:02:18 Will AI Replace the Trades?
01:07:33 The West Has an Honesty Crisis
01:10:44 The Consent of the Governed
01:15:43 Why We Need Difficult Conversations
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K0FEBa71b0
