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Supplementary Material 35: Cult Leaders, Gurus, and Evil Economists
We face a disciplinary crisis as the twin pillars of Game Theory and Gurometry are called into question.
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Supplementary Material 35
00:05 Introduction
01:52 Matt's Apology
06:55 Just Life...
12:34 Matt's Foodie Corner
14:01 Dedunking Dan Richards finds Sabine
16:37 Sabine cultivates parasocial defenders
18:16 Ana Kasparian gets deeper into ZOG conspiracies
24:44 Gary vs Game Theory
40:26 Support the Channel to Save the World
47:10 Bryan Johnson and Methylene blue
51:52 Scientific Cosplay Online
53:51 Keith Rainiere and Sensemaking Parallels
54:57 High IQ YoungHoon Kim tweets about proof of God
56:19 Guru and Cult Leader Parallels
01:01:13 The Validity of the Gurometer in Question?!?
01:03:03 Hacking Social Heuristics
01:07:38 Cult Leaders vs Secular Gurus
01:12:33 Anti-Democratic moves by Trump
01:15:03 Dan Carlin on Trump
01:18:30 Streamers Talking Nonsense: Hasan on ISIS
01:21:24 Ideological Fixation and Motivated Conspiracism
01:27:22 Outro
Sources
- The Cushendun Sea Caves from Game of Thrones
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is Boosting Tourism
- DeDunking: Eric Weinstein's Theory — Real Physicist vs Pseudo Poser
- Ana Kasparian tweeting about the “Zionist Occupied Government”
- Gary’s Economics: Game Theory is Broken
- Critical Reddit thread on Gary’s Game Theory video
- Henrich, J., McElreath, R., Barr, A., Ensminger, J., Barrett, C., Bolyanatz, A., ... & Ziker, J. (2006). Costly punishment across human societies. Science, 312(5781), 1767–1770.
- The Selfish Gene, Chapter 12: Nice Guys Finish First (Richard Dawkins)
- High IQ YoungHoon Kim tweets about proof of God
- I was Jordan Peterson’s strongest supporter. Now I think he’s dangerous
- Dan Carlin’s tweet about Trump
- BBC: National Guard troops appear in Washington DC as mayor rejects Trump's 'authoritarian push'
- Nathan Baker: Keith Raniere, Ringleader of NXIVM Sex Slave Cult, Interviewed by Allison Mack, Top Cult Member
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