Henry is joined by Alex (a returning friend and guest) to discuss the recent situation developing among 'alternative news media' around the use of Ivermectin as a prophylaxis and treatment for COVID-19. We go through a summary of the last 6 months (all during the pandemic) and give our thoughts on each development and the social implications. Before this span of time, Henry and Alex had both been casual listeners of Bret Weinstein's "DarkHorse Podcast," which especially attracted interest when Bret stood his ground on the plausibility of the lab-leak hypothesis (for the origin of SARS-CoV-2). Since then, DarkHorse has been Bret's main way to discuss his opinions and arguments for the effectiveness of Ivermectin as a prophylaxis and treatment for COVID-19. This stance is at the center of a huge controversy in the US surrounding vaccine hesitancy (as well as other related controversies that Bret attempts to avoid though is dragged in unwillingly regardless). This long episode attempts to detail most of the important points about the controversy: the arguments Bret and his supporters have given, the arguments his opponents have given, and some broader reactions. Overall, Alex and Henry are very skeptical about Bret's conclusions from his arguments, guests, and cited data, but don't have a good diagnosis of why Bret is not yielding his stance even as it seems to become less tenable over time.

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Covid Vaccines and Ivermectin

Clubhouse.Big Ideas room on Clubhouse. r/metagnosis.

On Clubhouse

Why Can't Programmers... Program?r/metagnosis

Fizzbuzz

i_dont_get_it.https://goodjudgment.comSuperforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction r/metagnosis

Beautiful Moving Emails and Reasoning

The Bit Short: Inside Crypto's Doomsday MachineTether Ltd.BitcoinEthereumCardano r/metagnosis

Cryptocurrencies and Currency

Seen P. Senses of Humor as Political Virtues [lib] Community: r/metagnosisSend us feedback at MetagnosisPodcast@gmail.com

Bad Metaphilosophy on Humor

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The Social Responsibility of Business in "The Friedman Doctrine"

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Voting

In a ranging discussion we talk about the significance of the number of political parties in a country, make 2020 election predictions and talk about The Prince by Machiavelli.

Political Parties, the 2020 Election and The Prince

"Robbie" by Isaac Asimov"I, Robot" anthology by Isaac Asimov Send us feedback at MetagnosisPodcast@gmail.com

"Robbie" by Isaac Asimov

Metagnosis Anniversary

Charlie KaufmanMovies:Being John Malkovich (1999)Adaptation (2003)Synecdoche, New York (2008)I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020) Send us feedback at MetagnosisPodcast@gmail.com

Kaufman's Movies

"On Truth and Lie in an Extra-Moral Sense" by Friedrich Nietzsche [jstor] [html] [pdf] [wiki]"Nietzsche on Truth and Skepticism" - The Partially Examined Life [podcast]"A Brief Guide To Nietzsche’s On Truth and Lie in the Extra-Moral Sense" by Wes Alwan [pdf]"Truth and Lies in a Genealogical Sense: Tracing Friedrich Nietzsche’s Discussion of Truth through his Life (by Considering Two of his Texts)" by The Gemsbok [html] Send us feedback at MetagnosisPodcast@gmail.com

Truth and Lie by Nietzsche

Knowledge for its Own Sake

The Correspondence Theory of TruthThe Pragmatic Theory of TruthAletheia (Greek for "truth" or "unconcealedness")Martin Heidegger on Aletheia as UnconcealmentMaking Sense - What is True? (Podcast with Sam Harris and Jordan Peterson) 

Truth

An attempt by two students to understand the world and reality, in the form of long-form, structured conversation. Run by Henry and Yuta, students at Reed College.

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