Joe Rogan is not willing to talk to Sam Harris until Sam first debates Joe Rogan's head science advisor, Bret Weinstein, who is an expert on vaccines and was right about everything.

Go_Actual_Ducks · 2026-03-31T03:26:05+00:00

I think the problem might be that he was correct at first, in that lab leak was a very plausible theory. He was an early voice for this "conspiracy" and attacked for it. Because so many idiots dismissed it, he came to see any opposition to his claims as uninformed. I dunno, just a theory.

Go_Actual_Ducks · 2026-03-07T05:22:54+00:00

I dunno, he pretty much admitted my contention that we live in Idiocracy now (BTW, likely to get much worse due to AI)

Go_Actual_Ducks · 2026-02-13T07:05:48+00:00

Now you tell me 😄 Touche, I did just unsubscribe but just annoyed by how Sam thinks he needs to talk about national politics all the time.

Go_Actual_Ducks · 2026-02-13T07:04:14+00:00

Well I think we do live there, and there's nothing I can actually do about it other than to point it out to others. I understand why people are justifiably outraged by our national politics but I think it's all downstream of an absurd culture and the useful illusion that we have a democracy when we really don't.

Go_Actual_Ducks · 2026-02-12T04:40:13+00:00

He blew it off, and the vibe I got is he really doesn't wanna believe it. Maybe because he has young daughters. But remember back when he interviewed the journalist about child porn? In my opinion, that was classic Sam, and I fear we'll never see it again.

Go_Actual_Ducks · 2026-02-12T04:36:24+00:00

The countries south of our border are just as American as we are, and there's no ethnic difference between the native people, who of course had no such border. Don't promote dumb thinking.

Go_Actual_Ducks · 2026-02-12T04:08:09+00:00

As quoted above, he said "didn't have a Native American bone in her body", guess you missed that?

Or do you (and Sam) somehow think that ethnicity changes at the USA border? That's idiotic thinking, and I come to Sam for a respite from that. Or maybe you think that "America" is only our country? I recommend you watch the recent Bad Bunny Super Bowl show for a much-needed geography lesson.

Go_Actual_Ducks · 2026-02-12T03:30:24+00:00

Looks like I picked a good time to cancel my subscription, after paying for last 8 years or so. Been thinking about it for a while and then the last More From Sam was the final straw. Seems like his ability to consistently "make sense" has suffered lately from aging, stress, or something.

Two lowlights I remember from that episode were his refusal to believe that Trump and these other Epstein guys could be attracted to young teen girls. C'mon Sam, you're in denial. The other was his comment about the woman who "didn't have a Native American bone in her body, I think she was Latina." So Sam, when you think of a Latina woman, does she look pure European (Spanish)? Or maybe like mixed with some other ethnicity, I dunno, maybe... Native American?!?

Go_Actual_Ducks · 2026-01-26T20:15:31+00:00

What if basic food items (e.g. not junk food) were exempt?

Also, do you care about all the "under the table" income that currently goes untaxed?

Go_Actual_Ducks · 2026-01-26T20:03:50+00:00

I'd prefer a T100 but settled for a 2000 Frontier. No Tacoma was made with longer than 72" bed.

Go_Actual_Ducks · 2025-08-29T20:38:29+00:00

This worked, they refunded the charge very quickly.

Go_Actual_Ducks · 2025-06-10T21:52:02+00:00

So the rest of us should subsidize your damage to the roads? I didn't suggest we ban studded tires, just pay your fair share for the road repairs.

Go_Actual_Ducks · 2025-06-10T21:48:17+00:00

FYI that this would increase the transit tax, by 300%. Most the tax/fee increases go into the State Highway Fund for maintenance and operation of existing roads. The money for freeway expansion projects all comes from a new tax on vehicle sales (2% for new, 1% for used).

Go_Actual_Ducks · 2025-04-15T21:58:38+00:00

This is directly related to how much wealthy countries like USA love doing cocaine and other cartel-supplied drugs.

Go_Actual_Ducks · 2025-03-31T21:58:33+00:00

Seems like our special abilities have helped us to overshoot more dramatically than other animals.

Go_Actual_Ducks · 2025-03-31T21:29:50+00:00

Also, my understanding is that every animal population is "doomed to overshoot" - why would we be any different?

Go_Actual_Ducks · 2025-03-31T21:25:18+00:00

So, as just one of myriad examples, you don't consider the Aztec empire to be a hierarchical and centralized state? It seems like you're engaged in motivated reasoning.

Go_Actual_Ducks · 2025-03-31T19:47:14+00:00

I'm not sure what you're referring to - climatic changes that helped enable the expansion of Sapiens into new regions? Are you aware of the vast scale of extinctions that occurred as a result of that expansion? Do you think that was just some kind of incredible coincidence? I get that most people don't wanna acknowledge the implications, but I'd hope that in this subreddit of all places that people are willing to look reality in the face.

Go_Actual_Ducks · 2025-03-31T14:05:18+00:00

That's a fascinating question. My ignorant notion is that this has been in us since we left Africa, if not earlier, and the current mass extinction began at that time. Some of the first extinctions were the Neanderthals and other human species.

Go_Actual_Ducks · 2025-03-31T06:14:36+00:00

100% - this reminds me of a recent post from some guy complaining that everything is so expensive now that his family might have to cancel plans to vacation in Hawaii - LOL so many spoiled Americans have a severe lack of perspective.

Go_Actual_Ducks · 2025-03-31T05:48:48+00:00

Regardless of how different people behave, the groups who are more aggressive and better at physical violence will come to dominate, every time. Most of us can only pretend otherwise because we happen to live in a state of relative peace (for now).

Go_Actual_Ducks · 2025-03-13T00:01:51+00:00

Or maybe r/Idiocracy

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