Bret Weinstein

What I think I did not articulate properly is I'm not arguing that a materialist scientific worldview that excludes the supernatural is a better way to live. One of the things I think atheists have done particularly badly, and one of the reasons that I don't call myself an atheist, is that... There is no demonstrated case in which, you know, an atheist civilization has thrived.

What I think I did not articulate properly is I'm not arguing that a materialist scientific worldview that excludes the supernatural is a better way to live. One of the things I think atheists have done particularly badly, and one of the reasons that I don't call myself an atheist, is that... There is no demonstrated case in which, you know, an atheist civilization has thrived.

What I think I did not articulate properly is I'm not arguing that a materialist scientific worldview that excludes the supernatural is a better way to live. One of the things I think atheists have done particularly badly, and one of the reasons that I don't call myself an atheist, is that... There is no demonstrated case in which, you know, an atheist civilization has thrived.

In fact, we have many examples in which they have spectacularly collapsed. And in fact, the things that presently threaten our civilization include a great many, you know, atheist ideas. Like, you know, you can just up and change your sex if you feel that you're trapped in the wrong.

In fact, we have many examples in which they have spectacularly collapsed. And in fact, the things that presently threaten our civilization include a great many, you know, atheist ideas. Like, you know, you can just up and change your sex if you feel that you're trapped in the wrong.

In fact, we have many examples in which they have spectacularly collapsed. And in fact, the things that presently threaten our civilization include a great many, you know, atheist ideas. Like, you know, you can just up and change your sex if you feel that you're trapped in the wrong.

Right. So that program doesn't work very well, at least not as far as we've seen. I think that's true. So I'm not arguing that a belief.

Right. So that program doesn't work very well, at least not as far as we've seen. I think that's true. So I'm not arguing that a belief.

Right. So that program doesn't work very well, at least not as far as we've seen. I think that's true. So I'm not arguing that a belief.

well like what's the other explanation so i will tell you how i deal with the question personally yes which is i have a category that i don't share with anybody as far as i know that i would call the metanatural right which is sort of the advantage that comes from believing in the supernatural i believe it all ultimately could be explained through a natural system

well like what's the other explanation so i will tell you how i deal with the question personally yes which is i have a category that i don't share with anybody as far as i know that i would call the metanatural right which is sort of the advantage that comes from believing in the supernatural i believe it all ultimately could be explained through a natural system

well like what's the other explanation so i will tell you how i deal with the question personally yes which is i have a category that i don't share with anybody as far as i know that i would call the metanatural right which is sort of the advantage that comes from believing in the supernatural i believe it all ultimately could be explained through a natural system

in the same way you could explain a baseball game by thinking of all of the atoms in the baseball and the bat and the players, but that's a terrible way to think about baseball, right? It just doesn't, it's not functional, but yes, you could in principle do it. So I think that the belief in the supernatural is a much more efficient way of encoding hidden truths that you can't readily comprehend.

in the same way you could explain a baseball game by thinking of all of the atoms in the baseball and the bat and the players, but that's a terrible way to think about baseball, right? It just doesn't, it's not functional, but yes, you could in principle do it. So I think that the belief in the supernatural is a much more efficient way of encoding hidden truths that you can't readily comprehend.

in the same way you could explain a baseball game by thinking of all of the atoms in the baseball and the bat and the players, but that's a terrible way to think about baseball, right? It just doesn't, it's not functional, but yes, you could in principle do it. So I think that the belief in the supernatural is a much more efficient way of encoding hidden truths that you can't readily comprehend.

So to give you one example, You might have a system in which you imagine that the misbehavior of your people, whoever they might be, is going to result in the anger of a God who will punish you with famine. Right. Okay. That would be supernatural. It's also true that if your people are busy betraying each other, that that may threaten the harvest.

So to give you one example, You might have a system in which you imagine that the misbehavior of your people, whoever they might be, is going to result in the anger of a God who will punish you with famine. Right. Okay. That would be supernatural. It's also true that if your people are busy betraying each other, that that may threaten the harvest.

So to give you one example, You might have a system in which you imagine that the misbehavior of your people, whoever they might be, is going to result in the anger of a God who will punish you with famine. Right. Okay. That would be supernatural. It's also true that if your people are busy betraying each other, that that may threaten the harvest.

In other words, your coordination in the planting of crops, the protecting of those crops, and the harvesting of those crops is dependent on whether or not people like and trust each other. And to the extent that they're backstabbing each other, it could very well result in starvation without the intervention of an intentional God. So to me, those two stories are the same story.

In other words, your coordination in the planting of crops, the protecting of those crops, and the harvesting of those crops is dependent on whether or not people like and trust each other. And to the extent that they're backstabbing each other, it could very well result in starvation without the intervention of an intentional God. So to me, those two stories are the same story.