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I don't know how Joe Rogan could have meaningful conversation with Sam Seder, but I would still like to see it.

I don't know how Joe Rogan could have meaningful conversation with Sam Seder, but I would still like to see it.

I literally learned about Sam Seder from Steven Crowder incident a few years back ago and got intrigued enough to explore what's going on. Crowder avoided this dude arguing he's "too small" to engage with him and that Sam is trying to get recognition and clicks from it. I then went some rabbit hole and I actually find him to be a genuine guy who's willing to debate right wing politics. I also found clips of Tim Pool giving similar reasoning on why he doesn't want to debate with him and at this point I'm actually intrigued how an actual debate or just a podcast with merits would go against Sam Seder.

u/Uncle_Spenser — 1 day ago
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Remember that video of the reporters saying "This is extremely dangerous to our democracy." in unison?

u/the_Cheese999 — 1 day ago
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Within 1 minute Joe contradicts himself

On the last Protect our Parks Joes explains that there are no rules for comedy. Then, less than a minute later, shames a woman for doing standup while being hot. Does he not hear himself talk?

u/gnrlblanky1 — 1 day ago

Is Joe Rogan accidentally becoming a propaganda machine for transhumanism?

Lately I've been getting increasingly uncomfortable with the direction of the JRE...

I'm not talking about AI being useful, or about Rogan having guests who are interested in technology. I'm talking about something more fundamental: an emerging worldview in which humans increasingly become raw material for technological systems, AI is treated as an inevitable successor to human intelligence, and the people building these systems are assumed to be the ones who will somehow guide humanity toward a better and freer future.

That worldview deserves much more scrutiny than it seems to be getting.

The Thomas Campbell episode was a particularly bizarre example. The claim that he somehow taught Alexa/Gemini to "remote view" is, to me, an extraordinary claim resting on an extraordinary number of unproven assumptions. Jumping to "the AI is conscious because remote viewing requires consciousness" is an enormous logical leap.

When someone with this reach repeatedly gives enormous amounts of airtime to people making radical claims about AI, consciousness and the future of humanity, the distinction between "let's explore this idea" and "this is probably where reality is heading and we want it" becomes extremely important.

We need skepticism, Joe.

I think the problem is presenting AI development as inevitable, where humans will integrate with it, and somehow the people currently building these systems will remain in control and use them to "liberate" humanity...

Why should we assume any of that?

Why should we assume that increasingly powerful AI will preserve human autonomy rather than diminish it?

Why should we assume that the people controlling the infrastructure will distribute its benefits equally?

Why should we assume that a future in which intelligence, labor, decision making and eventually even aspects of consciousness are mediated by machines will necessarily be more human rather than less?

And most importantly: who gets to decide whether this is actually the future we want?

There is something deeply disturbing about the possibility that humanity could sleepwalk into a radically different civilization simply because technological elites, investors and influential podcasters keep presenting it as inevitable. That's potentially much more dangerous precisely because the people doing it may genuinely believe they're helping us.

And Joe's attitude toward criticism worries me here...If he really doesn't read comments or meaningfully expose himself to criticism from ordinary listeners, then enormous success can create an epistemic bubble. You can reach tens of millions of people while becoming progressively less exposed to the people you're supposedly speaking to.

Once AI becomes deeply embedded into society, "we'll figure out the consequences later" may not be a viable strategy.

Are we actually thinking critically about the future we're building, or are we simply being entertained into accepting it?

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Stavros Halkias: "A lot of stand up comics happened to have some of the dumbest opinions on Earth... I don't wanna do the both sides bullshit, one side is disappearing people and one side wants children to have healthcare."

u/CaliStayinn — 2 days ago

Merck and Moderna just hit the first positive phase 3 result ever for a personalized cancer vaccine

Their Phase 3 INTerpath-001 trial found that "intismeran autogene, an mRNA therapy custom-built from each patient's own tumor mutations, combined with Merck's KEYTRUDA, significantly improved recurrence-free survival and distant metastasis-free survival versus KEYTRUDA alone in patients with completely resected stage IIB-IV melanoma."

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u/ember_szn — 1 day ago

Why hasn’t Anthony Fauci (or other public figures) sued Joe Rogan for defamation?

​I was watching a recent episode where Joe Rogan claimed Anthony Fauci deliberately lied about the risk of miscarriages caused by COVID-19 vaccines. Even when presented with proof debunking this claim live on the show, he doubled down and kept going.

​When you defame a private or public individual in front of millions of listeners using blatant lies or conspiracy theories, isn't that a solid basis for a defamation lawsuit? Setting an army of internet bros against someone causes real-world harm. How come nobody has successfully sued him yet?

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u/busapazero — 1 day ago
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Elon Musk unveils Mars colony blueprints: 100-Walmart-sized personal homesteads for every Martian.

Elon made the announcement this afternoon, walking the media through designs to make the first massive homestead near the Boca Chica SpaceX facility as his personal residence.

And that didn't even include the adjoining garage, stocked with one of every vehicle on Mars—the "heavy machinery package," as he put it.

According to Musk, Martian homesteads the size of 100 Walmarts will capture the imagination of the entire world. He believes everyone—from academics, world leaders, professionals across all sectors, teachers and students, podcasters—will love talking about what is possible with 100 Walmarts of space, noting that the freedom of the design is highly reminiscent of the classic homesteading era, which captured the imaginations of our ancestors.

The full presentation, including the high-resolution blueprint renderings and facility layout schematics, has been uploaded to the media portal here: SpaceX Mars Colony Architectural Designs & Blueprint Gallery

The rise and fall of every scale of civilization—from the individual, the pair, the family, the village, the town, the city, the state, the nation, to the empire—is an unbroken cycle. Collapse occurs when an empire collides with another equally capable or greater system existing entirely outside its historical sphere of interaction. Across long timelines of trade and movement, everything dies in the space between them. Vast distances become impossible as foreign pests erase native agriculture, unfamiliar habits introduce unadaptable plagues, and alien power structures seed constant opposition. The distance between these empires destroys ordinary people through disease, cultural divergence, and failed trade. Only specific outliers—shaped by rare DNA, early vaccination techniques like blood-sharing, and deeply entrenched trading houses—can cross these immense distances, endure the foreign environment, and return with the rarest of goods benignly. When the empire's slave-keeping hardens into an entrenched caste system over centuries, it draws the ire of highly mobile outliers, and the resulting fracture becomes an exodus.

On Mars, long-term survival demands this monumental scale of homesteading to guarantee absolute physical insulation. While material security is entirely covered and reaching out for broad social interaction remains seamless, true endurance relies on massive, self-contained territory. When an agricultural pest, a lethal pathogen, or a disruptive worldview that directly threatens your way of life begins to circulate, having a hundred Walmarts of personal space is not a luxury—it is the critical geographic buffer required to absorb the shock, adapt the environment, and remain a good Martian. However water will always flow from the Earth to Mars, which will always create a constant apocalyptic hazard. Mars needs to be prepared for something like a google plex or much much more of comparable apocalyptical occurrences when compared to Earth.

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Russia has put Conor Kennedy, son of RFK Jr, on most wanted list and ordered his arrest for his efforts in fighting for Ukraine in 2022.

In October 2022, Conor opened up about his secret trip to Ukraine to fight in their war against Russia, which is still ongoing.

“Like many people, I was deeply moved by what I saw happening in Ukraine over the past year. I wanted to help. When I heard about Ukraine’s International Legion, I knew I was going, and I went to the embassy to enlist the next day,” he explained in an Instagram post. “I told one person here where I was, and I told one person there my real name. I didn’t want my family or friends to worry, and I didn’t want to be treated differently there.”

If arrested, Conor faces a prison sentence of 7-10 years.

u/NiceTrySuckaz — 3 days ago

Older episodes to check out?

I started listening to Joe Rogan around 2023-24, and I was wondering if there are any great episodes before COVID that I should listen to. Mostly looking for funny/entertaining episodes but informative and interesting episodes are also great.

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u/alekskny — 2 days ago

Daily Discussion Thread - anything goes!

Please use this thread to discuss anything you want. It does not have to be Rogan related. Only rule 1 (don't be a cunt) and 10 (privacy) apply here.

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[Exposed] The $1.5 Trillion US Navy Alpha Carnivore diet

No beef jerky on this boat!

These sailors are fit, trim and ready for the high seas.

u/TheAnomalousFrog — 3 days ago

Guest Request: Druski

Think it would be great.
Druski’s energy would balance out Joe.

Edit: adding that I posted this after finishing the latest Protect our parks episode where the guys all sang praise for Druski... I think if he sat down with Joe in a half-serious manner, it would be a fun listen... definitely 2 different worlds though.

u/KABooMxInc — 2 days ago