Dr. James Lindsay

Right, right. Now, okay, having established that, you can game it. Yeah, of course. Right. So we agree on so far, there's nothing in that that you think is objectionable? No, nothing.

Right, right. Now, okay, having established that, you can game it. Yeah, of course. Right. So we agree on so far, there's nothing in that that you think is objectionable? No, nothing.

Right, right. Now, okay, having established that, you can game it. Yeah, of course. Right. So we agree on so far, there's nothing in that that you think is objectionable? No, nothing.

It's transferable.

It's transferable.

It's transferable.

They tend to be very low in conscientiousness.

They tend to be very low in conscientiousness.

They tend to be very low in conscientiousness.

And so…

And so…

And so…

Partly that's an appeal to paranoia, too. Sure. And that's going to be more effective under conditions of extreme uncertainty. Yeah. Okay, so let's concretize this a little bit. I'd like to talk about, we can talk about Douglas and Joe. I think, let's amend our rule. We're not going to point any fingers at woke, right people. I'd like to talk about the current situation.

Partly that's an appeal to paranoia, too. Sure. And that's going to be more effective under conditions of extreme uncertainty. Yeah. Okay, so let's concretize this a little bit. I'd like to talk about, we can talk about Douglas and Joe. I think, let's amend our rule. We're not going to point any fingers at woke, right people. I'd like to talk about the current situation.

Partly that's an appeal to paranoia, too. Sure. And that's going to be more effective under conditions of extreme uncertainty. Yeah. Okay, so let's concretize this a little bit. I'd like to talk about, we can talk about Douglas and Joe. I think, let's amend our rule. We're not going to point any fingers at woke, right people. I'd like to talk about the current situation.

Well, you know, Douglas's point with regard to Joe was that it's troublesome. for those with the conservative bent to throw out, to throw away the idea of institutional legitimacy. Yeah. And that's a fair comment, standalone comment. Joe's rebuttal to that, insofar as he had a rebuttal, because I thought the conversation was actually pretty civil given how difficult it was, was that

Well, you know, Douglas's point with regard to Joe was that it's troublesome. for those with the conservative bent to throw out, to throw away the idea of institutional legitimacy. Yeah. And that's a fair comment, standalone comment. Joe's rebuttal to that, insofar as he had a rebuttal, because I thought the conversation was actually pretty civil given how difficult it was, was that

Well, you know, Douglas's point with regard to Joe was that it's troublesome. for those with the conservative bent to throw out, to throw away the idea of institutional legitimacy. Yeah. And that's a fair comment, standalone comment. Joe's rebuttal to that, insofar as he had a rebuttal, because I thought the conversation was actually pretty civil given how difficult it was, was that

the institutions have been so cataclysmically faulty in the last 10 years that the only possible antidote to their falseness is really unrestrained investigation. And Joe's been a master of unrestrained investigation, obviously, because he's allowed his interest to take him wherever it goes, which...

the institutions have been so cataclysmically faulty in the last 10 years that the only possible antidote to their falseness is really unrestrained investigation. And Joe's been a master of unrestrained investigation, obviously, because he's allowed his interest to take him wherever it goes, which...