Weinstein repeated discredited theories to Rogan about HIV not being the cause of AIDS, alarming and infuriating public health experts.
Bret Weinstein, the evolutionary biology professor turned podcaster and ivermectin guy, repeated a series of discredited pseudo-theories about AIDS in a recent appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast. Weinstein, a frequent guest, told Rogan that he found the theory that party drugs like poppers cause AIDS to be “surprisingly compelling.” (It is not.) Weinstein also told Rogan he came to these ideas by reading a recent book by anti-vaccine activist and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, creating a sort of unholy turducken of misinformation passed onto an audience of millions.
Oh, he’s completely full of shit then. Unless he’s saying the argument is surprisingly compelling, given that it isn’t true? Conspiracy theories can be a bit like that.
Bret Weinstein is kind of a moron. I’ve been saying this for years.
kind oftotallyYeah, his whole crusade against the mouse model is so fucking stupid. I worked drug discovery, my brother worked in clinical. There are so many reasons his takes are stupid. Bret likes to think he’s smart like “I’m not like other
girlsscientists”Very much the kind of thing all crackpot conspiracy theorists think about themselves.
He can always publish a paper if he has some research that supports his theories or disproves others. But I’m guessing that hasn’t happened and never will…
Did they bring up MKNAOMI though? That’s my favorite AIDS conspiracy theory, because it might be true.
What
Getting harder and harder to trust experts in their field, when lead poisoning is a thing. Then they use their prior achievements to say the stupidest things
Accreditation and other such authority gimmicks are essentially useless. You gotta see the portfolio.
I used to like Rogan in the Man Show/Fear Factor days, and I still respect what he’s done for comedians in Austin.
Other than that? He’s a fucking meathead who sold whatever integrity he may have had to Satan Musk for a joint.
My people didn’t lose a generation for this bullshit.
Also AIDS is preventable, AIDS is treatable, and if you’re sexually active outside of monogamy you’re potentially being exposed to HIV regardless of the kind of sex you have. Straight people having PIV can spread HIV, oral can spread it with any genitals. If you’re sexually active get tested regularly. If it’s caught early you can avoid negative consequences. And if you have reason to believe you’ve been exposed go to an emergency room immediately and tell them. There’s basically a morning after pill for HIV (there’s also an equivalent to birth control called PrEP)
I thought I was exposed one time (turned out it was all good) and went to the ER to tell them and they told me they didn’t have that medication and that it was extremely expensive. Good old Texas.
Yeah that’s terrible. When AIDS breaks out it is always a governmental failure. I’d’ve given the first time a pass but holy fucking shit did the government fail then too. If a hospital lacks PEP and if government and insurance don’t make it worth taking just in case they’re risking citizens lives
If you’re paying for spotify premium you’re funding this.
I pay for a whole family pack just for myself to fund this.
OK.
If you’re paying for spotify premium you’re funding this.
When I am directly sending all the baddies money yes. When I pay Spotify, I usually send it through a check where I write ‘Love me Joe XoXo’ with a kiss stamp on the letter. If I can’t do that, then I send half directly to Joe first and the rest I wipe my ass with before sending to Spotify.
PSA: this is a troll account above.
Either way their point is totally valid.
That’s fine, just making sure people know what they’re signing up for should they engage in debate.
???
YouTube Music, part of YouTube Premium, has a much wider selection than Spotify and you get the added benefit of no commercials. Which is great considering YouTube also has a ton of movies and TV shows. I got rid of most of my other streaming services, signed up for that, couldn’t be happier.
I use revanced. I never gave YT premium a chance
What makes the difference?
Time to start a free market movement.
i think we should call it capitalism
nice ring to it
Did anyone else’s brain see the “m” and fill in the last word with “morons”?
I guess kids in africa are having poppers in uterus.
Bret Weinstein: a perfect example of how you can be educated and still be a complete fucking moron.
Or
Educated, possibly intelligent, and a soulless grifter taking advantage of complete fucking morons.
Either way he’s a goddamn turd in a turd suit.
Who the f**k take this 2 clowns serious? And Joe Rogan, that dude …is a gold mine for this shit and stupid topics.
I dunno. The guy got a bunch of radio equipment from when he worked at WNYX, started a pirate radio station then moved on to podcasts…
It’s all there in his Wikipedia
“ He also espouses various conspiracy theories, particularly with regard to the government’s suppression of information about extraterrestrial life.”
Love it.
Far too many people, sadly.
Visit the south or youtube and you will be amazed at the dumbassery
I fucking hate Rogan so much. Maybe it’s unfair of me, but I always think less of a person if I hear them say the words “I heard on Joe Rogan…”
No, that’s also my instinctive reaction. Right up there with Jordan Peterson and Andrew Tate.
I feel the same way. The moment someone speaks positively of them, I have suddenly lost respect.
Same here. My otherwise progressive’ish mother-in-law listens to him because she enjoys the interviews. I love her to death but it’s hard to keep my mouth shut whenever she tells us the latest bullshit Rogan has shat out.
He gives a platform to misinformation, and sits there like an ape, listening to his guests spew bullshit, while he nods and goes “that’s good point” and legitimizes their lies. He does this on purpose but claims he’s just an idiot asking questions, when he’s clearly pushing an agenda
I actually think Rogan is a really great interviewer, and he’s sometimes able to get surprisingly candid moments out of his guests. The problem is he’s also dumb as shit, so he’ll wind up platforming people that have batshit crazy ideas and he has no ability to evaluate or push back on what they’re saying. He’ll have guys like Stephen Molyneux come on and go on a racist tirade about ethnic IQ or whatever, and instead of doing research beforehand so he can challenge his bullshit he’ll just go, “wow, that’s crazy man.”
He is dumb cause he likes stuff I dont… Lol
You mean Racial IQ theories? Yeah, I don’t like those and I think they’re dumb.
Found the racist.
Joe Rogan realized he could cast a dragnet across the nation for the most ignorant, gullible viewers and, like Alex Jones, sell them bullshit. This bullshit being pushed to the audience is paid for by the highest bidder that Rogan then injects into his dialogue.
Then again, I wonder if he’s just a stoner wholeheartedly embracing the Dunning-Kruger Effect, thinking he’s got it allllll figured out.
Do you think he’s aware of the false equivalence fallacy he props up when he would bring on, say, an anti-vaxxer person and then 1 pro-vaxx person but not recognize that there’s probably 999 pro-vaxx infectious disease experts, doctors, scientists for every one anti-vaxxer? What if he interviewed with proportionality?
Rogan flips like a pancake. One day he’ll have Tyson on then the next this baked potato who got his info from a guy who wrote a book using the baked potatoes info… it’s a feedback loop of idiots. Rogan just likes money.
Then again, I wonder if he’s just a stoner wholeheartedly embracing the Dunning-Kruger Effect, thinking he’s got it allllll figured out.
I mean, he’s rich well into the hundreds of millions of dollars. The guy has never been dumb, per say. He’s just made a career of playing a dummy on TV.
Dude knows what he’s doing (or, he did at one point, perhaps before he fried his brain with DMT).
Do you think he’s aware of the false equivalence fallacy
I don’t think he particularly cares. He’s had pro-vax guys on his show. He’s had anti-vax guys. The dude is a Carney and his show is a three-ring circus. You can always find something to scratch your libidinal itch in there somewhere.
but not recognize that there’s probably 999 pro-vaxx infectious disease experts, doctors, scientists for every one anti-vaxxer?
Idk about that statistic. There’s certainly a healthy amount of denialism and conspiracy theory in mass media. Probably give you 10:1 on a good day.
But even if it was 1 pro-vax doctor in 100 antis, the numbers don’t really matter. What matters is the spectacle of two people arguing a point the audience will never have the education to verify one way or another.
This is, at its heart, infotainment. It isn’t about who is right and who is wrong. Its about putting people in a ring together and have them duke it out with words. Then cutting to another ring where MMA guys duke it out with fists.
His show is about fighting. That’s all he wants.
Having money does not prove someone is intelligent
Some would argue it is one way to measure a type of intelligence. Money gives the freedom to explore our deepest desires. Which is a freedom most don’t have. And it’s a freedom most want. In that way, he is intelligent.
I don’t follow. Getting what you want -> you are intelligent? I don’t think it works that way
You skipped every sentence and made shortcuts. There is a reason I included the sentences I did.
Right, I’m not saying this is what you meant, I am saying I do not understand, explaining how far I got in guessing what you might have meant, and requesting further clarification, because your logic is hard to follow.
If a person works for their life to pursue their passions it is a self awareness. I respect that. I think most people do. He isn’t selling his soul. He just asks questions and is stupid about most stuff. He is a comedian. Has he said shocking things? Sure. Eminem has. Howard Stern has. Elvis has. So many artists have done what they needed to do to pursue their passions. And if that makes him deplorable, sure.
My point is that he earned his money to chase his passions and their is nothing wrong with having the freedom to do so. And planning for that for your own fulfillment is admirable. It is intelligent to be aware of yourself and your surroundings to work to achieve that.
That confers access, which relates to knowledge. Knowledge is not intelligence.
Donald Trump got $412 million from his daddy. This in no way shape or form makes him intelligent.
This is a straw man. I in no way compared a trust fund to someone that earned with their own work. Granted I am not a Rogan fan. But I can’t blame him for being a host and entertaining people. He is a circus. And I don’t like that circus. But I understand others can like it.
Having freedom does not grant intelligence. Having money is NOT an accurate measurement of intelligence, especially in our current system. We can tell you enjoyed “Atlas Shrugged” which is a great measure of YOUR intelligence, which is none.
…,which is none.
And with this folks, we witness the RoosterBoy pull the very last tooth from his already meagre comeback.
Adding that just put a real “Gotteem!” vibe. Overdid it.
Ratio lol
Some may argue that. I would argue those same people are morons.
Having the freedom to explore our deepest desires doesn’t mean one does so. You are romanticized the wealthy.
I suspect you fit inside the group sometimes referred to as “temporarily embarrassed millionaires” – i also suspect you disagree. I also suspect you think yourself more intelligent than you actually are.
I also suspect that you feel me pointing this out indicates a fault in my personality rather than you being able to see it as a service to you. Polite society prevents the bottom half of the intellectual spectrum from being told they are in that bottom half.
Ooohhhh. You want to be edgy and mor respect people’s opinions without insulting them? So glad I’m dealing with competent adults that can carry a conversation. Good luck never knowing you.
Damn you just roasted him lul. Good stuff.
The guy has never been dumb, per say
Just to let you know, the expression is written ‘per se’:
Borrowed from Latin per sē (“by itself”), from per (“by, through”) and sē (“itself, himself, herself, themselves”). Wiktionary source
The Joe Rogan sort of show used to be relegated to midnight on AM radio. Coast-to-Coast Art Bell/George Noory stuff. Except at least Bell and Noory weren’t meathead assholes.
I’ve never listened or even watched one of his podcasts. I don’t even know the guy outside of that, so that makes me wonder why you consider him a meathead asshole lol.
Listening or watching one of his podcasts would give you a clue.
Any suggestions where I won’t have to swallow shit for minutes before I realize what a dickhead he is? I’m not really interested in his topics or guests, so any suggestions will help a lot.
Appreciated the link.
he got 100 Million Dollars from Spotify. Of course he thinks he’s highly intelligent.