The Reality Taboo

Ness and Jeff dig into the history and science of IQ testing — where it came from, how it works, what it measures, and what the data shows about cognitive differences across individuals and populations. We cover the g factor, the Flynn Effect, heritability, the relationship between IQ and standardized tests like the SAT and LSAT, and the policy implications of what the research shows.

James Burnham predicted in his 1941 work The Managerial Revolution that capitalism and socialism were both finished — and that a new class of bureaucrats, technicians, and institutional managers would inherit power instead. Ness and Jeff apply Burnham's framework to the American deep state, the Russia investigation, and the career of Robert Mueller.

Far from being an oppressive tyrant who ruled with an iron fist it was Pontius Pilate's cowardly tolerance of evil that condemned Christ to the cross

César Chávez has a California state holiday and a legacy carefully curated by the American left — until now. Ness and Jeff break down the sexual abuse allegations against César Chávez and the part of his record that never made it onto the murals: his militant campaign against illegal immigration. If this is the standard, how does MLK survive it? Plus: Jasmine Crockett's Texas Senate collapse, her fugitive security guard, and a quick look at the SAVE Act.

Ness discusses perceptions of discrimination in America and how they compare to empirical realities on the ground

Ness discusses the attack on Iran, sewage crossing the Potomac, how Americans feel about demographic transformation, how virtual reality proves we are living in a simulation and wonders why basketball isn't height-classed like wrestling is weight-classed

Four mass shooters, all transgender-identified, all with severe documented psychiatric histories, all connecting their violence to gender identity distress in their own words. Jeff and Ness lay out the case files — Nashville, Minneapolis, Tumbler Ridge, Pawtucket — then trace the clinical framework that is architecturally designed not to see the connection. They also break down the Cass Review, the Fox Varian malpractice verdict, the Sage Blair case, and what Gallup's 2025 data reveals about a generational identity shift nobody can adequately explain. When ideology overrides clinical rigor, somebody pays the price.

Ness offers a potpourri, beginning by trying but not trying very hard to hammer out a definition of the managerial state. He then moves to the AI revolution with Seedance 2.0 as the focal point, who the most popular leader in America is, how successful the TPUSA halftime show was and ends by looking at fertility trends in the US

Seedance 2.0: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1clYnx7a8TI

A Black man is convicted of kidnapping and sexual assault in Louisville. Despite his unhinged courtroom tirade, a Black female judge slashes his sentence in half — and references his race in her reasoning. A Texas Democrat tells minority groups that they share "the same oppressor" and can "take over this country." Jeff and Ness break down the Thompson sentencing controversy, Judge Tracy Davis's path to the bench, Rep. Gene Wu's racial coalition rhetoric, what Abraham Lincoln's actual views on race say about the myths of America, and whether AI is coming for white-collar jobs.

Ness discusses the Epstein document dump