If Only We’d Known: The 265th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying

In this week’s episode, we discuss antibiotics, Kennedy, mirrors and education—all from Seville, Spain. First up: fluoroquinolones are a class of antibiotics that includes cipro, and are now understood to cause a whole host of serious health problems, from tendon rupture to heart damage to death. Over-reliance on pharmaceutical solutions to human problems is making us sicker. Then: scientists are worried about Kennedy, because he “rejects established science,” like how effective the mRNA shots are against Covid. Also: what is going on with mirrors, and why are people so quick to decide that it’s obvious? Finally: education should include mirrors and magnets and big messy physical games that require coordination of both individual bodies and people.

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Mentioned in this episode:

The Achilles Heel of antibiotics: https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/the-achilles-heel-of-antibiotics

Nature goes after Kennedy: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00439-y

Mirror tweet: https://x.com/IterIntellectus/status/1891878417580101926

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Timestamps:
00:00:00 Holding Screen
00:04:13 Welcome
00:08:02 Sponsors: ARMRA, Timeline, Sundays
00:18:49 Antibiotic & Antihistamine Discussion Setup
00:27:49 “The Achilles Heel of Antibiotics”
00:38:21 Pharma Corruption Downstream in Our Lives
00:42:44 Is This What Aging Is?
00:47:51 Interventions Are Supposed to be Temporary
00:53:43 What We Actually Need
00:54:53 Journal Nature & “Vaccine Sceptic,” RFK Jr.
01:04:46 The Mirror Meme
01:09:13 Weird Mirror Paradoxes
01:12:59 The Best Education Tools
01:27:11 Closing