Deadly Serious Games: The 212th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying

In this 212th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this episode, we discuss how to build your own boot camp, with principles including the courage cascade, flak over the target, recognizing the distinction between signal and noise, random vs systematic error, “the room is not the room,” OODA loops, and keeping separate track of analytics and morals. Also: how a new ant in Africa has forced lions to change how and what they hunt. And: microbeef sushi.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Dolphins: https://x.com/rainmaker1973/status/1757341726186910022

Judicial Watch: DHS Secretary Mayorkas Personally Declined Presidential Candidate RFK Jr’s Request for Secret Service Protection: https://www.judicialwatch.org/rfk-jr-secret-service-protection/

Center for Countering Digital Hate – The New Climate Denial: https://counterhate.com/research/new-climate-denial/

Kamaru et al 2024. Disruption of an ant-plant mutualism shapes interactions between lions and their primary prey. Science, 383(6681): 433-438: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adg1464

Microbeef sushi: https://www.science.org/content/article/rice-covered-cow-cells-aims-provide-nutritious-sustainable-food

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Timestamps:
(00:00) Wait
(00:07:00) Welcome
(00:11:35) Sponsors
(00:20:40) Inflation and economy
(00:26:55) WHO treaty in trouble
(00:31:25) Dolphins and games
(00:40:05) Super Bowl
(00:48:18) Broken mice and marketing science
(00:53:10) Parkour and games embedded in games
(00:59:28) Pablo Escobar and lesser evil
(01:05:06) Bootcamp
(01:11:35) Signal and noise
(01:17:00) Mayorkas impeachment
(01:23:40) OODA loop
(01:28:00) The new climate denial
(01:35:50) Ants, lions, and leaves
(01:50:20) Micro beef sushi
(01:59:40) Wrap up