Michael Schellenberger

It's a great observation, Dan. You know, they're experts on everything. The minute we have a COVID vaccine, they're all mRNA specialists. Anytime there's any gun violence, they all know absolutely everything about firearms. But yes, whenever we question them, we're not permitted to comment. And it's especially a silly point to make during a debate, because the whole premise of a debate is,

is that there is such a thing as objective truth, and we can all perceive something about it, and we can all reason about it and have ideas and persuade one another. If you make the claim that you can only then what you're really saying is we can't speak at all. No one can have any debates. No one can have any conversations.

is that there is such a thing as objective truth, and we can all perceive something about it, and we can all reason about it and have ideas and persuade one another. If you make the claim that you can only then what you're really saying is we can't speak at all. No one can have any debates. No one can have any conversations.

is that there is such a thing as objective truth, and we can all perceive something about it, and we can all reason about it and have ideas and persuade one another. If you make the claim that you can only then what you're really saying is we can't speak at all. No one can have any debates. No one can have any conversations.

And then what you're saying is that you can't have self-government because the whole premise of self-government is that we can know something about the world, we can persuade our fellow citizens, and we can figure out how we want to live. So really it's just a way to concede a debate implicitly, which I think is basically what these people did.

And then what you're saying is that you can't have self-government because the whole premise of self-government is that we can know something about the world, we can persuade our fellow citizens, and we can figure out how we want to live. So really it's just a way to concede a debate implicitly, which I think is basically what these people did.

And then what you're saying is that you can't have self-government because the whole premise of self-government is that we can know something about the world, we can persuade our fellow citizens, and we can figure out how we want to live. So really it's just a way to concede a debate implicitly, which I think is basically what these people did.

I think you're totally right about that. It is a proxy fight. Sometimes people will say, why are we spending so much time talking about this relatively small percentage of the population? And my answer is always, look, I didn't bring it up. I'm not the one changing the laws and taking away women's bathrooms and alike, you guys brought it up.

I think you're totally right about that. It is a proxy fight. Sometimes people will say, why are we spending so much time talking about this relatively small percentage of the population? And my answer is always, look, I didn't bring it up. I'm not the one changing the laws and taking away women's bathrooms and alike, you guys brought it up.

I think you're totally right about that. It is a proxy fight. Sometimes people will say, why are we spending so much time talking about this relatively small percentage of the population? And my answer is always, look, I didn't bring it up. I'm not the one changing the laws and taking away women's bathrooms and alike, you guys brought it up.

And for a reason, because as you say, Dan, it is a proxy battle about something much deeper. I think there are two things going on with the left's obsession with LGBT. The first one is, I think that they want to get people riled up as pertains to their appetites. You know, sex is a really important part of human nature and always has been.

And for a reason, because as you say, Dan, it is a proxy battle about something much deeper. I think there are two things going on with the left's obsession with LGBT. The first one is, I think that they want to get people riled up as pertains to their appetites. You know, sex is a really important part of human nature and always has been.

And for a reason, because as you say, Dan, it is a proxy battle about something much deeper. I think there are two things going on with the left's obsession with LGBT. The first one is, I think that they want to get people riled up as pertains to their appetites. You know, sex is a really important part of human nature and always has been.

And so if you can get people really consumed with all kinds of passions and lusts, they're not going to be in their right minds, and it's going to be much easier to manipulate them. So I think that's the first little political objective that's going on.

And so if you can get people really consumed with all kinds of passions and lusts, they're not going to be in their right minds, and it's going to be much easier to manipulate them. So I think that's the first little political objective that's going on.

And so if you can get people really consumed with all kinds of passions and lusts, they're not going to be in their right minds, and it's going to be much easier to manipulate them. So I think that's the first little political objective that's going on.

But then the second one, I think, is that because sex is so important to human nature, really what the left is doing is just waging a war, an attempt to redefine human nature. And you've seen this for hundreds of years. I mean, perhaps most notably... the Jacobins and later the communists, said that they could redefine human nature.

But then the second one, I think, is that because sex is so important to human nature, really what the left is doing is just waging a war, an attempt to redefine human nature. And you've seen this for hundreds of years. I mean, perhaps most notably... the Jacobins and later the communists, said that they could redefine human nature.

But then the second one, I think, is that because sex is so important to human nature, really what the left is doing is just waging a war, an attempt to redefine human nature. And you've seen this for hundreds of years. I mean, perhaps most notably... the Jacobins and later the communists, said that they could redefine human nature.

I mean, Marx in the Theses on Feuerbach, I think it was in number six, says that philosophy up until this point has sought to understand human nature, but what he endeavors to do is to change human nature. And so when the left pushes this ideology that says, you know, a man can be a woman or something like that, What he's doing is not just trying to flatter a small percentage of society.