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Philosopher Stefan Molyneux unpacks Iran's real average IQ near 84 via Richard Lynn's data, shattering online test myths, political censorship and ideological fury to reveal intelligence's raw grip on civilizations.
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"Would you say your love for the music of Freddy Mercury is the primary factor that has unconsciously influenced you to repeatedly make false claims on X that the average IQ of Iran is 104-106. Firstly Stef, I’m a man who is deeply fascinated by the topic of IQ. And having said that I know that the IQ of Iran is roughly 84. I of course am not an IQ scientist/researcher myself but I have several sources from the top IQ experts some of which you probably have heard of (or maybe even interviewed on your show!). Now data from the most prominent IQ scientist Richard Lynn confirms the average IQ of Iran to be 84 (Citation 'The Wealth of Nations (2002), pg.133'. Which conversely is not only 20 points lower than your outrageous 104 IQ claim but is also even lower than Iraq which is 87. Now of course in a country of 90 million people you might have a million people with an IQ of 104 and let’s say 90,000 people with an IQ of >129 (See Normal Distribution charts attached below). So you will have some very smart people in Iran, but these people are an extreme minority generated by the bell curve of genetics being thrown 90 million times!, so as a whole on average most of the 90 million Iranians are borderline intellectually disabled. Now Stef back to your claim. Your claim is OUTRAGEOUS! You claim the IQ of Iran is 104-106, which is complete nonsense. I mean Stef think about what you’re saying Stef. Your saying the IQ of Iran a dysfunctional country majority populated with brainwashed borderline mentally dysfunctional people is the same as a highly industrious, innovative and merit based ...
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"Would you say your love for the music of Freddy Mercury is the primary factor that has unconsciously influenced you to repeatedly make false claims on X that the average IQ of Iran is 104-106. Firstly Stef, I’m a man who is deeply fascinated by the topic of IQ. And having said that I know that the IQ of Iran is roughly 84. I of course am not an IQ scientist/researcher myself but I have several sources from the top IQ experts some of which you probably have heard of (or maybe even interviewed on your show!). Now data from the most prominent IQ scientist Richard Lynn confirms the average IQ of Iran to be 84 (Citation 'The Wealth of Nations (2002), pg.133'. Which conversely is not only 20 points lower than your outrageous 104 IQ claim but is also even lower than Iraq which is 87. Now of course in a country of 90 million people you might have a million people with an IQ of 104 and let’s say 90,000 people with an IQ of >129 (See Normal Distribution charts attached below). So you will have some very smart people in Iran, but these people are an extreme minority generated by the bell curve of genetics being thrown 90 million times!, so as a whole on average most of the 90 million Iranians are borderline intellectually disabled. Now Stef back to your claim. Your claim is OUTRAGEOUS! You claim the IQ of Iran is 104-106, which is complete nonsense. I mean Stef think about what you’re saying Stef. Your saying the IQ of Iran a dysfunctional country majority populated with brainwashed borderline mentally dysfunctional people is the same as a highly industrious, innovative and merit based ...
0:00:00 The IQ Controversy
0:12:15 Discussing Iranian IQ Studies
0:29:34 Philosophy and Resistance to Truth
0:34:59 Philosophers and Child Abuse
0:38:16 The Shroud of Turin and Faith
0:45:21 Moral Dilemmas and Divine Intervention
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0:51:10 Closing Thoughts and Support
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00:00Good morning, good morning, everybody.
00:02Hope you're doing well.
00:03Stefan Maloneu from, you know, freedomain.com.
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00:17So, ask for some questions and feedback
00:20from freedomain.locals.com
00:21and had some good, harsh stuff,
00:24which I appreciate.
00:26I always appreciate the pushback.
00:27Let's keep me and everyone
00:30as honest as humanly possible.
00:31So, I appreciate this pushback.
00:33And it's going to sound like
00:35it's an odd criticism to start,
00:36but it makes sense as we go forward.
00:38Somebody writes,
00:39Would you say your love for the music
00:41of Freddie Mercury, Farouk Bulsara,
00:44is the primary factor that has unconsciously
00:46influenced you to repeatedly make
00:48false claims on X
00:49that the average IQ of Iran is 104 to 106?
00:53Firstly, Steph, I'm a man
00:55who is deeply fascinated
00:57by the topic of IQ.
00:59And having said that I know,
01:01and having said that,
01:02he forgot a comma,
01:03I know that the IQ of Iran
01:05is roughly 84.
01:06I, of course, am not an IQ scientist,
01:08researcher myself,
01:09but I have several sources
01:10from the top IQ experts,
01:11some of which you probably have heard of
01:13or maybe even interviewed on your show.
01:15Now, data from the most prominent IQ scientist,
01:18Richard Lynn,
01:19confirms the average IQ of Iran
01:20to be 84.
01:22Citation, The Wealth of Nations,
01:232002, page 133,
01:25which conversely is not only 20 points lower
01:27than your outrageous 104 IQ claim,
01:32but is also even lower than Iraq,
01:33which is 87.
01:34Now, of course,
01:35in a country of 90 million people,
01:36you might have a million people
01:38with an IQ of 104
01:39and let's say 90,000
01:41with an IQ of 129 or more.
01:43See normal distribution charts attached below.
01:45So you will have some very smart people in Iran.
01:48Okay, so we know all of that, right?
01:51And now, Steph, back to your claim.
01:52Your claim is outrageous.
01:54Your claim,
01:55the IQ of Iran is 104, 106,
01:57which is complete nonsense.
01:58I mean, Steph, think about it,
02:00what you're saying.
02:03So,
02:06that is,
02:07he's saying compare it to Japan,
02:10which would be crazy.
02:14And now I know the IQ of the government in Iran,
02:16he says is not necessarily the same
02:18as the general population,
02:19but if the IQ of the general population
02:21was really that much higher
02:22than the governing leaders,
02:24then those moronic leaders
02:25would have been deposed off
02:26by the people a long time ago.
02:29I mean, I'll get to my pushback,
02:31but just so I don't forget this one.
02:34Genetically,
02:35North Koreans and South Koreans
02:36are indistinguishable,
02:37and the average IQ of East Asians,
02:40of Koreans,
02:41is higher than that of the white population,
02:44particularly in spatial reasoning.
02:45It's fantastic.
02:46So,
02:48the idea that
02:49if you have a high IQ population,
02:51you can just get rid of tyranny,
02:53like,
02:53that is not true.
02:57North Korea has been
02:58a sort of communist
02:59open-air prison hellhole
03:01for many, many, many decades,
03:03and you have a very smart population.
03:05So, I don't know about that.
03:08So, Steph, in the West,
03:09you might encounter Iranians
03:10who are very smart.
03:11This goes without saying
03:11this is a very biased sample,
03:13very true.
03:15What's particularly strange
03:16about all this
03:16is you, Steph,
03:17are a man with a very high knowledge
03:19about IQ's effect
03:19on national wealth
03:20and civil decorum
03:21and functionality,
03:22despite Iran being
03:22a highly dysfunctional nation
03:24at practically any level
03:26you can look at.
03:30you push this claim,
03:32blah, blah, blah,
03:32how absurd.
03:34So, when otherwise rational people
03:36act out of character
03:37and push fake news
03:38based on data
03:38that is from a biased sample,
03:39or is possibly even data
03:40that has been manipulated
03:41and propagated
03:42as a sign
03:43by the Iranian government,
03:45when they otherwise
03:46wouldn't ordinarily do so,
03:48one naturally has to ask
03:49why?
03:49Question mark,
03:50question mark,
03:50question mark,
03:51in my opinion.
03:55I think I know the answer, Steph.
03:56The only thing that explains
03:57this bizarre
03:58old cat's behavior of yours
04:01is have a bias
04:02in favor of Iran.
04:04Stems from your love
04:04of Freddie Mercury music,
04:06would you agree?
04:09All right.
04:10It matters.
04:11Yeah, of course it matters.
04:15Sorry, it just kind of
04:16goes on and on.
04:18It's a lot of question marks,
04:19a lot of all caps,
04:22and so on.
04:24So, why is he so mad, right?
04:29And outrageous,
04:31terrible, blah, blah, blah.
04:32I mean, I probably have
04:34maybe a bit of a bias.
04:35I've talked about this before
04:36that one of the best men
04:37I knew growing up
04:38happened to be Persian,
04:40very,
04:41the best father
04:42that I knew,
04:42and so on.
04:43So, you know,
04:44maybe there's a bit
04:45of a bias there,
04:48but, you know,
04:49it's always interesting
04:51to me
04:51when you get really angry
04:53at someone,
04:54and it's fine,
04:54you can be mad at me,
04:55and of course I can make mistakes
04:56or have my biases,
04:57and so that's totally fine.
04:59But it's always interesting
05:00to me
05:00when people
05:01get really,
05:03really angry
05:05about something
05:07that doesn't affect
05:08them personally,
05:09right?
05:09Like I understand
05:10if someone runs over
05:11your dog,
05:12you would take that
05:13personally,
05:14and you get sort of
05:14very angry,
05:15but getting very angry
05:16about purely abstract topics
05:19that don't have any impact
05:20on you in particular,
05:22and not knowing why,
05:23it's probably a failure
05:24of self-knowledge,
05:25if that makes sense.
05:27I mean,
05:28so,
05:29I mean,
05:30for instance,
05:31I know that,
05:33you know,
05:33why would people
05:34want to talk about
05:35IQ,
05:36and distributions,
05:38and ethnicities,
05:38and so on?
05:39Because
05:41the reason why
05:43leftists in particular,
05:44and some rightists,
05:45suppress IQ,
05:47well,
05:48actually both the left
05:48and the right
05:49suppress IQ research
05:50and variations
05:51across populations,
05:53the left do it
05:54because they
05:56live off resentment,
05:57right?
05:58They sow falsehood,
05:59and they reap resentment,
06:00and that's their crop.
06:02Resentment,
06:02anger,
06:02rage,
06:03and so on.
06:03So,
06:04I talked about this
06:05in my documentary,
06:06Hong Kong Fight for Freedom,
06:07that the communists
06:08will come into a society,
06:10they came into China,
06:11and they go to the Chinese,
06:13you know,
06:13the average person in China
06:14working the land,
06:15and says,
06:15oh,
06:15that rich guy up there,
06:16he stole from your ancestors,
06:18he's just like you,
06:19he's just evil,
06:20and then they whip up
06:21all this hatred,
06:22and then everybody ends up
06:24killing the rich people,
06:26and because they say,
06:27well,
06:27everyone's the same,
06:28therefore the only reason
06:29he has more
06:29is because he's stolen from you
06:31and exploited you
06:32and ripped off your ancestors,
06:33and it's a very common thing.
06:35And the same thing happens
06:36with IQ.
06:37So,
06:38a lot of poor people,
06:39generally,
06:40are less intelligent
06:41than a lot of
06:43very successful people.
06:44For a variety,
06:45I mean,
06:45plenty of people
06:47who are poor
06:47and very high IQ,
06:48not so much the converse,
06:50unless they just
06:50have inherited the money,
06:51but people who earn
06:52their own money
06:52and the challenging
06:54whirly gigs
06:55of the free market
06:56tend to be
06:56pretty smart.
06:58And
07:00that is
07:01one way
07:02to explain
07:02this,
07:03and IQ
07:04is significantly
07:04genetic,
07:0580% late teens,
07:06it only goes up
07:07from there.
07:08So,
07:10the left
07:11doesn't like it
07:12because it lowers
07:13social tensions,
07:13it lowers racial tensions,
07:15it lowers class tensions,
07:16and class tensions
07:17of what they exploit
07:18in order to
07:19gain power.
07:20So,
07:21they don't like it.
07:22On the right,
07:23they don't like it
07:24because they tend
07:24to be more
07:25religious,
07:26more fundamentalist,
07:27and IQ variations
07:29across populations
07:30which come out
07:31of evolution,
07:32like sort of
07:32the cold winter
07:33hypothesis,
07:34that if you have
07:35cold winters,
07:35you need to delay
07:36gratification,
07:37you need to
07:38plan,
07:39and you need to
07:41have a lot of
07:42forethought
07:43and so on,
07:43and so that tends
07:44to promote IQ
07:45or to put it
07:46another way,
07:46those who don't plan
07:47don't generally
07:48do very well
07:49in cold climates
07:49where there's
07:50a lot of coldness
07:50and in particular
07:51where there are
07:52seasons that allow
07:53for farming,
07:54right?
07:54It's different
07:55if it's perpetually
07:55cold except for
07:56a month or two
07:57such as in the Arctic
07:58and so on,
07:59but so the left
08:02doesn't like it
08:02because it lowers
08:03social tensions,
08:04the social tensions
08:04and hostilities
08:05and hatreds
08:06that they exploit
08:06to gain power
08:07and the right
08:08doesn't like it
08:09because it's
08:09pretty certain
08:10proof of evolution
08:11and not that,
08:13you know,
08:13we're all created
08:13in the image of God
08:14and so on,
08:15so it's just
08:16a combo,
08:17but the alternative
08:18to discussing IQ
08:22is war.
08:23I mean,
08:23honestly,
08:24there's nothing more
08:25that you can do
08:26to promote the cause
08:26of peace
08:27than to talk
08:27about IQ.
08:29All right,
08:29so my response
08:32is,
08:33well,
08:34first of all,
08:34I appreciate the pushback.
08:35It's always great
08:36to check to see
08:37if I have biases
08:38or are putting out
08:38incorrect information.
08:40I promise you
08:41it doesn't have
08:41anything to,
08:42I like the music
08:43of Freddie Mercury.
08:44Freddie Mercury
08:44himself was an
08:46absolutely wretched,
08:47horrifying,
08:48horrible human being
08:48and that's a topic
08:51for another time,
08:52but,
08:52you know,
08:53a great musician
08:53and a great singer.
08:54So,
08:57the primary,
08:58evidence cited
08:59for an Iranian
08:59average IQ
09:00above 100
09:01comes almost entirely
09:02from recent
09:03voluntary online IQ
09:04tests,
09:042025 to 2026,
09:06not from representative
09:07professionally administered
09:08national studies.
09:10These platforms
09:11report scores
09:12of 104.8
09:13to 108.25
09:14for Iran,
09:15but they come
09:15with major caveats
09:16about selection bias.
09:17Of course,
09:18right?
09:19Because it's the
09:20people with access
09:20to the internet
09:21who want to take
09:21IQ tests and so on
09:23so they generally
09:23would be smarter
09:24as a whole.
09:27Online test data
09:30based on 2025 results
09:32updated January 2026.
09:34Iran ranks fourth
09:35globally,
09:36104.8
09:37behind South Korea,
09:38106.97
09:40China,
09:40106.48
09:41Japan,
09:41106.3.
09:43This uses
09:4410,538 Iranian
09:46test takers
09:46out of about
09:481.21 million
09:49worldwide.
09:50The test is
09:51Raven-style
09:51nonverbal reasoning
09:52normed to mean
09:53100,
09:54standard deviation
09:5515.
09:56So,
09:57yeah.
09:59So,
10:00these numbers
10:01have been
10:02widely shared
10:02in Iranian media
10:04and that's,
10:05of course,
10:06we'd be
10:07understanding,
10:08right?
10:08So,
10:08of course,
10:09it's self-selected
10:10and all of that.
10:12It's not a random
10:12representative sample
10:13of Iran's
10:1490 million population.
10:15Completely agree.
10:16I completely
10:17understand that.
10:19More rigorous
10:20studies
10:23have shown
10:25lower IQs,
10:26of course,
10:27right?
10:27Which I would
10:28completely
10:29expect.
10:31But
10:34Iranian
10:35meta-analysis,
10:36this is 51
10:37studies
10:37using proper
10:39Wechler
10:40IQ scales
10:425,352
10:45Iranians.
10:46Overall mean
10:4797.12
10:49subgroups
10:50under 20 years,
10:5297.73
10:53over 20 years,
10:55105.62.
10:57This is the best
10:58Iranian-specific
10:59review of
11:00clinical-grade
11:01tests.
11:02tests.
11:04So,
11:05over 20 years,
11:06the most
11:07rigorous
11:07review
11:09of 51
11:10studies
11:11is that
11:12the
11:13IQ
11:13of
11:14Iranians
11:14over 20
11:15years
11:15is 105.61.
11:21And
11:22in my view,
11:23education does
11:24have something
11:24to do with it
11:25as well.
11:26Censorship,
11:27I believe,
11:28in my view,
11:29censorship
11:30tends to
11:31lower
11:33intelligence
11:33tests to do
11:34with verbal
11:35reasoning,
11:35to do with
11:35verbal analysis
11:36and verbal
11:36understanding.
11:38If you're only
11:39allowed five
11:39books,
11:40then you can
11:41read those
11:41over and over
11:42again.
11:42If there's no
11:43particular
11:43censorship and
11:44you can read
11:45just about
11:45anything,
11:45including stuff
11:46that challenges
11:46you get
11:47involved in
11:47debates and
11:48arguments,
11:48and if you
11:49have free
11:49speech,
11:50then your
11:50verbal reasoning
11:51is going
11:51to significantly
11:52increase.
11:52If you're
11:53not allowed
11:53to disagree,
11:54if you're
11:54not allowed
11:55to argue,
11:55if you're
11:55not allowed
11:56to debate,
11:56if you're
11:56not allowed
11:57to talk
11:57about a
11:58wide variety
11:58of topics,
11:59if you
11:59don't have
11:59access to
12:00a wide
12:00variety
12:00of books,
12:02well,
12:03then you're
12:03going to
12:04end up
12:05with
12:08lower
12:08verbal
12:09skills,
12:09lower
12:09verbal
12:09reasoning,
12:10lower
12:10verbal
12:10abilities.
12:11That's
12:11going to
12:11show up
12:11in an
12:12IQ test.
12:16Intelligence
12:18improves
12:19upon resistance.
12:20Intelligence
12:20is a
12:21muscle,
12:21right?
12:22So the
12:22resistance
12:22of needing
12:23to plan
12:23for the
12:23winter
12:23selects for
12:24higher
12:25intelligence
12:25as a
12:26whole,
12:26and we
12:27know this
12:28because the
12:29highest IQs
12:30tend to
12:31be East
12:31Asians
12:32who come
12:32out of
12:33Siberia
12:33with
12:33brutal
12:33winters
12:34and
12:34short
12:34summers
12:34but still
12:35enough
12:35to
12:35farm
12:35often,
12:37and then
12:38whites
12:39where there
12:40is less
12:41brutal
12:41winters
12:41and so
12:42on,
12:43and so
12:44it sort
12:44of goes
12:44down
12:44from
12:45there.
12:49So I
12:50will put
12:51sources
12:52all of
12:53that.
12:56and so
12:59this of
13:00course
13:00success
13:01of the
13:02Iranian
13:02diaspora
13:03in science
13:03engineering
13:04is sometimes
13:04cited
13:05anecdotally
13:05as indirect
13:05support
13:06for higher
13:06genetic
13:06potential.
13:07That
13:07reflects
13:08selection
13:08effects
13:09educated
13:09emigrants
13:10rather than
13:10average
13:10back home.
13:12So I
13:13mean one
13:13of the
13:13reasons why
13:14I would
13:15look at
13:16the difference
13:16between
13:16Iran
13:17and Iraq
13:17for instance
13:18which is
13:18what I
13:19tweeted
13:19about
13:19is that
13:22the
13:24Iranians
13:24are
13:26Middle
13:26Eastern
13:27as a
13:27whole
13:27but the
13:28Iranians
13:29or at
13:29least the
13:29Persian
13:29population
13:30are
13:31Caucasian
13:31right?
13:32They come
13:32from
13:34the
13:35Caucasian
13:35route
13:36and
13:39wherever
13:42you go
13:43there tends
13:45to be
13:46ethnic
13:47or
13:48population
13:49norms
13:49and so
13:50Caucasians
13:51tend to
13:52norm
13:52that way.
13:53Is there
13:54a reason
13:54why it
13:54might be
13:55slightly
13:55higher
13:56in Iraq?
13:57It's
13:58certainly
13:58possible
13:59but
14:00anyone
14:00who doesn't
14:01take this
14:01into account
14:02in particular
14:02when looking
14:03at populations
14:03and even
14:04more in
14:04particular
14:05when looking
14:05at
14:07military
14:08conflict
14:09basically
14:10it's
14:10high IQ
14:11fighting
14:11high IQ
14:13and so
14:13this is
14:14going to
14:14be
14:14different
14:15as a
14:16whole
14:18and so
14:21if you
14:22rely on
14:22these
14:23general
14:23rankings
14:24and
14:25you know
14:26again
14:26are they
14:26perfect?
14:27Of course
14:27not.
14:27Are they
14:28questionable?
14:28Of course
14:29but in
14:30general
14:30I would
14:31say that
14:32Iranians
14:32have a
14:33higher IQ
14:33than say
14:34people in
14:35Iraq
14:35on average
14:35and
14:36what that
14:37means of
14:38course
14:38is that
14:39you will
14:40end up
14:41with Iran
14:41having more
14:42high IQ
14:42high
14:43individuals
14:434 to
14:445 million
14:45versus
14:45300,000
14:46which is
14:46a 15
14:47times
14:48difference
14:49driven by
14:50a reported
14:5010 to
14:5112 point
14:51IQ gap
14:52these
14:53figures
14:53appear in
14:53Iranian
14:54media
14:54and
14:54global
14:54list
14:54but heavily
14:55biased
14:55yeah
14:55I get
14:56all that
14:57so
15:01high IQ
15:02individuals
15:03and these
15:03are IQ
15:04130
15:05plus
15:05are rare
15:06everywhere
15:06about 2.3
15:07percent
15:07mean 100
15:09and
15:09what that
15:10means
15:11is that
15:11if you
15:12have small
15:12differences
15:13in IQ
15:14and a
15:1410 point
15:14difference
15:15in IQ
15:15on average
15:16is not
15:17a huge
15:17difference
15:18it's not
15:19like you'd
15:19meet someone
15:20and go
15:20oh my
15:20gosh
15:20they're
15:21totally
15:21different
15:23if it's
15:23105
15:24versus
15:2495
15:26but it
15:27is at
15:27the very
15:28highest
15:28end
15:29that IQ
15:29differences
15:29show up
15:30with great
15:30with a
15:32great and
15:32wide
15:32set of
15:33numbers
15:35so
15:37if you
15:38look at
15:39people who
15:39are
15:41160
15:42plus
15:43then you
15:44end up
15:45with 10
15:46to 15
15:46thousand
15:46of those
15:47in Iran
15:48versus
15:48only a few
15:49hundred
15:49in Iraq
15:51so small
15:52mean shifts
15:53cause huge
15:53relative
15:54differences
15:54are far
15:55out
15:55in the
15:56in the
15:56outliers
15:59IQ
15:59160
16:01or more
16:01is
16:01extraordinarily
16:02rare
16:02globally
16:03one in
16:03every
16:0430,000
16:04people
16:04at
16:05mean
16:05100
16:06so
16:10that
16:10is
16:11important
16:13so
16:13what you
16:14end up
16:14with
16:14is
16:15at the
16:15very
16:15very
16:16high
16:16end
16:17you
16:18end up
16:18with
16:19a lot
16:20of
16:20people
16:20you say
16:2110 to
16:2115,000
16:22in Iran
16:22versus
16:23only a few
16:23hundred
16:23in
16:25Iraq
16:25and of
16:26course
16:26in
16:28Iran
16:28because
16:29it's a
16:30dictatorship
16:30to a large
16:31degree
16:31then they
16:32can force
16:33the IQ
16:33160
16:34people
16:34to work
16:35in the
16:35military
16:35you can't
16:36do that
16:36in a
16:37relatively
16:37free
16:37society
16:38say
16:38such as
16:39in the
16:39west
16:39you can't
16:40force
16:40the smartest
16:41people
16:41to
16:42go into
16:43the
16:43military
16:44IQ
16:45160
16:45plus
16:46you can
16:46do
16:46just
16:46about
16:46anything
16:47that
16:47you
16:47want
16:48so
16:48they
16:48would
16:49go
16:49they
16:49would
16:49teach
16:50themselves
16:50computer
16:51science
16:51they
16:51can teach
16:52themselves
16:52mathematics
16:52or learn
16:53it online
16:54these days
16:54in particular
16:55they can
16:56study just
16:56about anything
16:57they want
16:57with great
16:57success
16:58and so
16:59what's going
16:59to happen
17:00with the
17:00IQ
17:00160
17:01plus
17:01people
17:01in a
17:02free
17:02society
17:02are they
17:03likely
17:03to end
17:04up in
17:04the
17:04military
17:04not in
17:05particular
17:06they're going
17:06to go
17:06into
17:07finance
17:07they're going
17:08to go
17:09into
17:10academia
17:10they're going
17:11to go
17:11be super
17:12lawyers
17:12although they
17:13may even
17:13be too
17:13smart
17:14for the
17:14law
17:15because a
17:15lot of
17:15memorization
17:16not
17:16creativity
17:17but
17:18they are
17:19not likely
17:20to go
17:21into the
17:22military
17:22whereas of
17:23course in
17:24a dictatorship
17:24you can
17:25put them
17:26straight in
17:26the military
17:26and force
17:27them to
17:27work for
17:28your
17:28military
17:28and so
17:29you're going
17:30to have a
17:30much smaller
17:30sampling
17:31of IQ
17:32160 plus
17:33people in
17:34western
17:34military
17:34as opposed
17:35to Iranian
17:37military
17:37and that is
17:38going to make
17:39a very big
17:39difference
17:40in what
17:41happens
17:41especially in
17:42terms of
17:42the engineering
17:42abilities
17:44for which
17:44Iranians or
17:45Persians are
17:45renowned
17:46and you're
17:49going to end
17:49up since
17:50war is IQ
17:51engineering
17:51logistics
17:52supply
17:52it is a
17:54strategy
17:54it is all
17:56wars based
17:56upon deception
17:58so you're
17:59going to end
17:59up with a
18:01high IQ
18:01population
18:04and there's
18:05going to be
18:0610 to 15
18:07thousand of
18:07them in
18:08Iran versus
18:08how many
18:09in the
18:10west
18:10in the
18:11military
18:11at the
18:12top echelons
18:12in the
18:13decision
18:13making
18:13powers
18:14it's kind
18:15of tough
18:15especially of
18:16course
18:16because in
18:17the west
18:17there's been
18:18a lot of
18:18DEI in
18:19the military
18:19which has
18:20promoted
18:20people not
18:21based upon
18:22raw meritocracy
18:23see in a
18:24dictatorship
18:25particularly a
18:26fairly mono
18:26ethnic
18:26dictatorship
18:27you can
18:28promote
18:28based simply
18:29upon raw
18:30meritocracy
18:30but in
18:31the west
18:32raw meritocracy
18:34has been
18:35cast aside
18:36for the sake
18:38of checking
18:39boxes and
18:40fulfilling quotas
18:41and representative
18:42groups and
18:42minorities and
18:43blah blah
18:43blah
18:44so
18:47you are
18:48just going
18:48to end
18:48up with
18:49a difference
18:50and that's
18:50important
18:51and
18:55I think
18:55the numbers
18:56are defensible
18:59so
18:59alright
19:00and of course
19:00the other thing
19:01too is that
19:02if you look
19:02at Iran
19:02it's not
19:02monoethnic
19:03completely of
19:03course
19:04right so
19:04you would
19:05look at
19:05the Persians
19:06the Persian
19:07population
19:07because that's
19:08where the
19:09source of the
19:09raw meritocracy
19:10is going to
19:11come from
19:11it's sort
19:12of like
19:12saying
19:12you know
19:13in America
19:15you've got
19:16the NBA
19:16and
19:17you average
19:19out
19:19a population
19:21or opportunity
19:21to be in
19:22the NBA
19:23you average
19:23out between
19:24say
19:24blacks and
19:26whites
19:26and
19:28East Asians
19:29well that
19:30wouldn't be
19:31particularly fair
19:32because in
19:33general of
19:33course the
19:34the draw
19:35of talent
19:36from
19:37the NBA
19:38for the
19:38NBA
19:38comes from
19:39a lot
19:40of blacks
19:41some
19:41whites
19:42and
19:42really
19:43that's
19:43about
19:43it
19:43so
19:45saying
19:46that
19:48you would
19:49look at
19:50the quality
19:52of
19:52an NBA
19:53team
19:54based upon
19:54the population
19:55of East
19:55Asians
19:56would be
19:56not
19:57particularly
19:58helpful
19:58because
19:58there's
19:59very few
19:59East Asians
20:00who end
20:00up in
20:00the
20:00NBA
20:01for
20:02you know
20:02a variety
20:02of reasons
20:03some
20:03genetic
20:04some
20:04height
20:05some
20:05cultural
20:05whatever
20:06right
20:06so
20:08you would
20:08want to
20:09say
20:09if you
20:10wanted to
20:10look at
20:10the quality
20:10of a
20:11basketball
20:11team
20:11in a
20:12country
20:13you would
20:13want to
20:14look at
20:14factors
20:14not
20:15including
20:15the
20:16prevalence
20:16or
20:17population
20:17of
20:17East Asians
20:18but
20:18other
20:18factors
20:19and
20:19in
20:20the
20:20same
20:20way
20:20if
20:21you
20:21want
20:21to
20:21look
20:21at
20:22who
20:22is
20:23available
20:24to
20:24run
20:24the
20:25military
20:25at
20:25its
20:25highest
20:26capacity
20:26you
20:26would
20:26look
20:27at
20:27the
20:27highest
20:28IQ
20:28population
20:28you'd
20:29look
20:29at
20:29the
20:29size
20:29of
20:29it
20:30and
20:30then
20:30you
20:30would
20:30look
20:30at
20:31how
20:36what
20:36are
20:36the
20:37process
20:37of
20:38drawing
20:38the
20:38highest
20:38talent
20:39people
20:39out
20:40of
20:40that
20:40pool
20:41of
20:42smart
20:42people
20:42right
20:42and
20:43so
20:43in
20:44the
20:44West
20:44one
20:45of
20:45the
20:45things
20:45that's
20:46added
20:46to
20:46income
20:47inequality
20:48is
20:48that
20:49in
20:50the
20:50past
20:50the
20:50high
20:50IQ
20:51individuals
20:51would
20:52kind
20:52of
20:52stay
20:52in
20:52their
20:53local
20:53communities
20:53they'd
20:54be
20:54the
20:54mayors
20:54they'd
20:54be
20:54the
20:54local
20:55business
20:55owners
20:55they would
20:56be
20:56the
20:56lawyers
20:56the
20:56doctors
20:57accountants
20:58and
20:58so
20:58on
20:58and
20:59so
20:59they
20:59would
20:59keep
20:59things
21:00running
21:00fairly
21:00well
21:01in
21:01their
21:01local
21:01community
21:01now
21:02of
21:02course
21:02there's
21:03this
21:03big
21:03white
21:03net
21:03that's
21:04cast
21:04across
21:04the
21:04entire
21:05country
21:06that's
21:06trying
21:06to
21:06get
21:06the
21:06highest
21:07IQ
21:07people
21:07into
21:08universities
21:09again
21:09with
21:10the
21:10sad
21:11restrictions
21:11of
21:12DEI
21:12initiatives
21:13and so
21:13on
21:15and
21:16so
21:17this is
21:17one of
21:18the
21:18reasons
21:18why
21:18rural
21:19America
21:19and
21:20rural
21:20places
21:20are
21:21kind
21:21of
21:21falling
21:21down
21:22and
21:22there's
21:23a
21:23great
21:23concentration
21:23of
21:24intelligence
21:25in
21:25the
21:27white
21:27collar
21:28industries
21:28and
21:28academia
21:29and
21:29so
21:29on
21:29because
21:29there's
21:30this
21:30net
21:30that
21:30goes
21:30out
21:31and
21:31scoops
21:31people
21:31up
21:32and
21:33takes
21:33the
21:33smartest
21:33people
21:34repeatedly
21:34this
21:35happened
21:35for
21:35generations
21:36now
21:37takes
21:37the
21:37smartest
21:38people
21:38out
21:38of
21:38the
21:38local
21:39communities
21:39centralizes
21:40them
21:40in
21:40urban
21:40centers
21:40local
21:41communities
21:42fall
21:42without
21:43the
21:43IQ
21:43support
21:43and
21:44it
21:44just
21:44gets
21:45worse
21:45from
21:45there
21:45so
21:45I
21:46appreciate
21:46that
21:47and
21:47of
21:48course
21:48everyone
21:48should
21:48look
21:48into
21:49these
21:49estimates
21:51I
21:52look
21:52at
21:55the
21:55winter
21:56origins
21:57of
21:58particular
21:58ethnic
21:59groups
22:00and
22:00with
22:01the
22:01filter
22:02of
22:02winter
22:02that's
22:03gone
22:03on
22:03for
22:03like
22:03hundreds
22:04of
22:04thousands
22:04of
22:05years
22:05or a
22:05million
22:05years
22:06depends
22:06on how
22:06you
22:06measure
22:07it
22:07or
22:07what
22:07your
22:07sources
22:07are
22:08but
22:08that's
22:09a
22:09brutal
22:09selection
22:09pressure
22:10that has
22:11gone on
22:11for
22:11hundreds
22:11of
22:12thousands
22:12of
22:12years
22:12you know
22:13in just
22:13a couple
22:14of
22:14generations
22:14of the
22:14Russian
22:15researcher
22:15who
22:16divided
22:16foxes
22:17into
22:17the
22:17most
22:18aggressive
22:18and the
22:19least
22:19aggressive
22:19and he
22:20just
22:20bred
22:21them
22:21and within
22:21a couple
22:21of
22:22generations
22:22he
22:23had
22:23bred
22:23incredibly
22:24ferocious
22:26foxes
22:26or
22:26incredibly
22:27passive
22:28and
22:28domesticated
22:29and
22:29peaceful
22:30foxes
22:31and that's
22:32just in
22:32you know
22:33five ten
22:33generations
22:34if you've
22:35got brutal
22:35selection
22:36pressures
22:36for
22:37intelligence
22:38and
22:38social
22:39cooperation
22:41well
22:41I mean
22:42those
22:43selection
22:43pressures
22:43over
22:44hundreds
22:44of
22:44thousands
22:44of
22:45years
22:45are
22:45going to
22:45produce
22:45enormous
22:46differences
22:47in
22:48outcomes
22:48and
22:49sort of
22:49you
22:50if you
22:50look at
22:50East
22:51Asians
22:51high IQ
22:52great
22:52spatial
22:53reasoning
22:54a little
22:54bit
22:55over
22:55conformist
22:56relative
22:56to
22:57Western
22:58cultures
22:58well
22:59that's
22:59because
23:00they
23:00faced
23:00more
23:00brutal
23:00winters
23:01where
23:01social
23:01cooperation
23:02was an
23:02absolute
23:02and a
23:03necessity
23:03so
23:04anyway
23:04you can
23:05look at
23:05these
23:05sorts
23:05of
23:05things
23:05and
23:06this
23:06you know
23:06again
23:07the usual
23:07caveats
23:07you don't
23:08judge
23:08individuals
23:08you just
23:09look at
23:09general
23:09trends
23:10but
23:10it's
23:11important
23:11and
23:12we'll
23:12see
23:14we
23:14will
23:14see
23:17the
23:19war
23:19modern
23:20warfare
23:20is
23:22entirely
23:23based
23:23or
23:24modern
23:25warfare
23:26is
23:26significantly
23:27if not
23:28almost
23:29overwhelmingly
23:29based
23:30upon
23:30IQ
23:31it's
23:32not
23:32the
23:32same
23:33as
23:33when
23:34you've
23:34got
23:34two
23:35knights
23:35whacking
23:35at each
23:36other
23:36with
23:36swords
23:36that's
23:37based
23:37on
23:37skill
23:38and
23:38strength
23:38and
23:38reflexes
23:39and
23:39so
23:39on
23:39but
23:40modern
23:41warfare
23:41is
23:42based
23:42on
23:44IQ
23:46significantly
23:47almost
23:48overwhelmingly
23:49again
23:49in my
23:50opinion
23:50and
23:50there's
23:51lots
23:51of
23:51evidence
23:51for
23:52this
23:53as
23:53a
23:53whole
23:56and
23:56so
23:58if
23:59modern
23:59warfare
24:00is
24:00based
24:00upon
24:01IQ
24:02then
24:02and
24:03if
24:03Iranian
24:04IQ
24:04is
24:05pretty
24:05high
24:06and
24:07if
24:07as
24:07a
24:08dictatorship
24:08they
24:08can
24:09scour
24:09for
24:10the
24:10smartest
24:10individuals
24:11and
24:11put
24:11them
24:11in
24:11the
24:11military
24:12and
24:12in
24:12the
24:13military
24:13industrial
24:14complex
24:14in
24:14Iran
24:14then
24:15we
24:16would
24:16expect
24:16Iran
24:16to
24:17do
24:17relatively
24:18well
24:18in
24:19this
24:19war
24:19I
24:19say
24:20this
24:20without
24:20any
24:21shred
24:21of
24:22moral
24:22analysis
24:22I'm
24:23just
24:23talking
24:23about
24:23the
24:23sort
24:23of
24:24raw
24:24capacities
24:26in
24:27the
24:27same
24:27way
24:28that
24:28if
24:29you
24:29look
24:29at
24:30an
24:31American
24:33basketball
24:34team
24:35and you
24:36put it
24:36up
24:36against
24:37a
24:37South
24:38Korean
24:38basketball
24:39team
24:39who
24:40would
24:40you
24:40expect
24:41to
24:41win
24:42if
24:42you
24:42had
24:42to
24:42put
24:43a
24:43lot
24:43of
24:43money
24:43on
24:43it
24:45well
24:46there's
24:46no
24:46DEI
24:47in
24:48American
24:48basketball
24:49in
24:49the
24:50NBA
24:50because
24:51you
24:51can
24:51see
24:51that
24:52just
24:52look
24:52upon
24:52the
24:52demographics
24:53of
24:53the
24:53teams
24:53and
24:54so
24:54if
24:55you
24:55had
24:55to
24:55bet
24:55money
24:56on
24:59an
24:59NBA
24:59team
25:01versus
25:01whatever
25:02the
25:02equivalent
25:02would be
25:03in
25:03South
25:03Korea
25:04you
25:04would
25:04probably
25:05put
25:05your
25:05money
25:05on
25:06the
25:06NBA
25:06team
25:09so
25:09that's
25:10sort
25:10of
25:10what
25:10I'm
25:10saying
25:10all
25:10right
25:12hi
25:13Steph
25:13when
25:14communicating
25:14philosophy
25:15or
25:15philosophical
25:15ideas
25:16to the
25:16average
25:16person
25:17and
25:17they
25:17respond
25:17with
25:17confusion
25:18or
25:18indifference
25:18how do
25:19we
25:19know
25:19whether
25:19we
25:19have
25:19failed
25:20to
25:20adequately
25:20relay
25:21the
25:21ideas
25:21or
25:21if
25:22it
25:22is
25:22just
25:22too
25:22complex
25:22a
25:23language
25:23for
25:23them
25:23to
25:23grasp
25:25I
25:25know
25:25everyone
25:25is
25:26capable
25:26of
25:26understanding
25:27philosophy
25:27on
25:27some
25:27level
25:28even
25:28if
25:28they're
25:28lower
25:28IQ
25:29so
25:29could
25:30the
25:30disconnect
25:30come
25:30from
25:30the
25:30disparity
25:31of
25:31time
25:31spent
25:31in
25:32the
25:32subject
25:33it's
25:34a
25:34great
25:34question
25:36it's
25:37a
25:37big
25:37question
25:38about
25:38philosophy
25:40what
25:42is
25:42or
25:44are
25:44people's
25:45resistances
25:46to
25:47reason
25:47and
25:48evidence
25:49why
25:50are
25:50people
25:50why
25:51do
25:51they
25:51get so
25:51tense
25:51they get
25:52so
25:52hostile
25:52they get
25:52so
25:52angry
25:53get so
25:54manipulative
25:54get so
25:55defensive
25:55get so
25:56gaslighting
25:56so
25:56fogging
25:57so
25:58opaque
25:58why
25:59do
25:59they
26:01get
26:01so
26:02tense
26:02around
26:03philosophy
26:03so
26:04historically
26:06philosophy
26:06got you
26:07killed
26:09so
26:09we
26:10all
26:10want to
26:10pursue
26:10the
26:10truth
26:11and
26:11society
26:11benefits
26:12and
26:12only
26:12survives
26:13if we
26:13pursue
26:13the
26:13truth
26:14but
26:14those
26:15in
26:15charge
26:16really
26:17prefer
26:17that
26:18we
26:18pursue
26:18practical
26:19truths
26:19rather
26:19than
26:20moral
26:20absolutes
26:21and
26:21universals
26:23and
26:23so
26:23they
26:24encourage
26:25us
26:25to
26:25seek
26:25the
26:25truth
26:26in
26:26the
26:26material
26:26realm
26:27and
26:27then
26:27they
26:27attack
26:28us
26:28for
26:28seeking
26:28truth
26:29in
26:29the
26:29moral
26:30philosophical
26:30and
26:32universal
26:32ethical
26:33realm
26:35the
26:35king
26:36wants
26:36you
26:36to
26:37study
26:38the
26:38mechanics
26:39of
26:39war
26:39he
26:40doesn't
26:40want
26:40you
26:40to
26:41study
26:41whether
26:41he's
26:41just
26:42a
26:42guy
26:42in
26:43a
26:43funny
26:43hat
26:43just
26:43like
26:44you
26:44but
26:45claiming
26:45to be
26:45divine
26:45right
26:46because
26:46philosophically
26:46that would
26:47be
26:47repudiated
26:47so
26:48most
26:49people
26:49the
26:50overwhelming
26:51majority
26:51of
26:51people
26:52they
26:53do
26:53not
26:53evaluate
26:54the
26:54truth
26:55they
26:56evaluate
26:56the
26:57effect
26:57of
26:57the
26:58truth
26:58on
26:58their
26:59relationships
27:00like
27:00most
27:01people
27:01don't
27:01filter
27:01the
27:01world
27:02through
27:02true
27:03false
27:03they
27:03filter
27:03it
27:03through
27:04us
27:04them
27:07so
27:07when
27:07you
27:08say
27:08something
27:09to
27:10someone
27:10that is
27:11a
27:11startly
27:11moral
27:12truth
27:14they
27:15don't
27:15filter
27:16whether
27:16it's
27:16true or
27:17false
27:17right or
27:18wrong
27:18moral or
27:19immoral
27:19heavens
27:19no
27:19what they
27:20do
27:21is they
27:21filter
27:22based upon
27:23its expected
27:24effect upon
27:25their relationship
27:26so
27:26if I
27:27put forward
27:27UPB
27:28and I
27:28say that
27:29we don't
27:29need
27:29divine
27:31morality
27:31because we
27:32have a
27:32secular
27:32rational
27:33philosophical
27:33proof
27:34of universal
27:35ethics
27:35really
27:36the holy
27:37grail
27:37of philosophy
27:38has been
27:39achieved
27:41yay me
27:41yay this
27:42community
27:42so
27:43when you
27:44talk to
27:45a religious
27:45person
27:48about
27:49the ethics
27:50of secular
27:51morality
27:51and the
27:52non-existence
27:52of God
27:52and so on
27:53they don't
27:54figure out
27:55whether it's
27:55true or
27:55false
27:56they figure
27:56out whether
27:57it's going
27:57to have a
27:58positive or
27:58negative
27:58effect on
27:59their
27:59relationships
28:00and that's
28:00all they're
28:01doing
28:02evolutionarily
28:02speaking
28:03we can go
28:04into the
28:04reasons why
28:05they're
28:05obviously
28:05pretty
28:06obvious
28:06so I
28:07don't
28:07think we
28:07really
28:08need
28:08to
28:08so
28:09it's
28:09not a
28:09matter
28:10of
28:10intelligence
28:10very
28:11smart
28:11people
28:11are
28:11very
28:11resistant
28:12to
28:12basic
28:12truths
28:12and
28:13some
28:14less
28:14intelligent
28:15people
28:15are quite
28:15receptive
28:16to
28:16basic
28:16truths
28:16so
28:17it's
28:18kind
28:18of
28:18like
28:20if
28:20you're
28:21talking
28:21about
28:21child
28:22abuse
28:25then
28:25people
28:27don't
28:28evaluate
28:29the
28:30morals
28:30of
28:30child
28:31abuse
28:31as a
28:31whole
28:32they
28:32evaluate
28:33what
28:34talking
28:34about
28:34the
28:35evils
28:35of
28:35child
28:35abuse
28:36is
28:36going
28:36to
28:36do
28:36to
28:36their
28:37relationships
28:38if
28:39you're
28:39talking
28:39about
28:39circumcision
28:40being
28:42child
28:42male
28:42genital
28:43mutilation
28:43which
28:44of course
28:44it is
28:44a
28:45violation
28:45of
28:45the
28:45non-aggression
28:46principle
28:46which
28:46of course
28:47it is
28:47as
28:47being
28:48stone
28:48evil
28:48which
28:48of course
28:49it
28:49is
28:50people
28:50aren't
28:50evaluating
28:51that
28:51according
28:52to any
28:52rational
28:53objective
28:53or moral
28:54standard
28:54what
28:55they're
28:55saying
28:55is
28:56ooh
28:56if
28:57I
28:57was
28:57circumcised
28:58and I
28:58call
28:58it
28:58evil
28:58what
28:58effect
28:59does
28:59that
28:59have
28:59on
28:59my
29:00relationship
29:00with
29:00my
29:00parents
29:01who
29:01chose
29:01to
29:01get
29:01me
29:01circumcised
29:04that's
29:04what
29:05people
29:05are
29:06evaluating
29:07if
29:08you
29:08say
29:09you
29:10don't
29:10have
29:10to
29:10keep
29:11abusive
29:11people
29:11in
29:12your
29:12life
29:14then
29:15people
29:16are
29:16like
29:16yeah
29:16that
29:16seems
29:17reasonable
29:17and
29:18then
29:18you
29:18say
29:18and
29:18that
29:18includes
29:19parents
29:19right
29:20if
29:20you've
29:21had
29:21bad
29:21parents
29:21abusive
29:22neglectful
29:22parents
29:22whatever
29:23and
29:23they
29:23continue
29:23to
29:23be
29:23unrepentant
29:24then
29:25that
29:26argument
29:26is
29:26not
29:27evaluated
29:27according
29:28to
29:28its
29:28moral
29:28truth
29:29it's
29:29evaluated
29:29according
29:30to
29:30if
29:30it's
29:30going
29:30to
29:31put
29:31you
29:31in
29:31conflict
29:31with
29:31others
29:33and
29:35I've
29:35always
29:35loved
29:36that
29:36line
29:36you
29:36speak
29:37treason
29:37fluently
29:39but
29:40of course
29:40the king
29:41the ruler
29:42would send
29:42out people
29:43in the
29:43past
29:43to probe
29:45for
29:45resistance
29:45among
29:46the
29:46general
29:46population
29:47so
29:48some
29:48guy
29:48would
29:49go
29:49into
29:49a
29:49bar
29:49and
29:50start
29:50trying
29:50to
29:51talk
29:51people
29:51into
29:51disavowing
29:52the
29:52king
29:53I
29:53don't
29:53think
29:54the
29:54king
29:54is
29:54divine
29:55I
29:55think
29:55he's
29:55just
29:55a
29:55guy
29:55in
29:56a
29:56funny
29:56hat
29:56and
29:57if
29:57anyone
29:57said
29:58yes
29:58I
29:59agree
29:59then
30:00they
30:00would
30:00clap
30:00them
30:00in
30:00irons
30:01and
30:01they
30:01would
30:01be
30:01a
30:01traitor
30:02and
30:02they
30:02would
30:02be
30:02killed
30:03and
30:03their
30:03property
30:03would
30:04be
30:04dispersed
30:04and their
30:04children
30:05would
30:05be
30:05cursed
30:05so
30:06when
30:07I
30:08come up
30:08and talk
30:08to
30:08people
30:09about
30:09moral
30:09things
30:09there's
30:10an
30:10old
30:10instinct
30:11that
30:11comes
30:11out
30:11of
30:11people
30:12which
30:13is
30:13if
30:13I
30:14agree
30:14with
30:14this
30:14guy
30:15who
30:15is
30:16speaking
30:16things
30:17that
30:17might
30:17be
30:18unacceptable
30:18for
30:19a lot
30:27they
30:28go
30:28vague
30:28they
30:29despawn
30:30they
30:30go
30:30rubber
30:30bones
30:30they
30:31go
30:31manipulative
30:31so
30:35if
30:35a
30:37man
30:38has
30:40married
30:40a woman
30:41based
30:41upon
30:41the
30:43belief
30:44in
30:44female
30:44supremacy
30:46which is
30:46a huge
30:46modern
30:47issue
30:47like
30:47happy
30:47wife
30:48happy
30:48life
30:48you
30:48gotta
30:48please
30:49your
30:49wife
30:49you
30:49gotta
30:49do
30:49what
30:50your
30:50wife
30:50wants
30:50the
30:51honey
30:51do
30:51this
30:51honey
30:52do
30:52that
30:54and
30:54you
30:54can't
30:55ever
30:55relax
30:56or
30:56take
30:56a
30:56nap
30:56because
30:57your
30:57wife
30:57will
30:57get
30:57annoyed
30:58and
30:58you
30:59gotta
30:59beg
30:59for
30:59sex
30:59you
31:00know
31:00all
31:00of
31:00this
31:00female
31:00supremacy
31:01stuff
31:01if
31:02a
31:02man
31:03has
31:04married
31:04a
31:04woman
31:04and
31:05has
31:05children
31:05based
31:05upon
31:06that
31:06principle
31:07of
31:07premise
31:07and
31:07he
31:08was
31:08raised
31:08by
31:08a
31:09mother
31:09who
31:09put
31:10forward
31:10that
31:10principle
31:11of
31:11premise
31:11if
31:12all
31:12of
31:12that
31:12has
31:12happened
31:13and
31:13you
31:13start
31:14talking
31:14about
31:14female
31:15supremacy
31:16and
31:18universal
31:18morality
31:19and
31:21self
31:21respect
31:21and
31:22negotiation
31:23among
31:23equals
31:24and
31:24so
31:24on
31:27that
31:27he
31:27evaluates
31:29what
31:29is
31:29going
31:29to
31:30happen
31:30if
31:30he
31:30tries
31:30to
31:30put
31:31that
31:31into
31:31practice
31:32in
31:32his
31:32marriage
31:32so
31:34try to
31:34get a
31:35sense
31:35of
31:35people's
31:35relationships
31:36your
31:37show
31:37on
31:38Sunday
31:38March
31:39the
31:3915th
31:402026
31:41was
31:41incredible
31:42as
31:43a
31:43Catholic
31:43that
31:43opening
31:44monologue
31:44challenging
31:45today's
31:45Christians
31:45to answer
31:46with
31:46clarity
31:46what
31:46Jesus
31:47commands
31:47via
31:47the
31:47good
31:47Samaritan
31:48parable
31:48especially
31:49when it
31:49comes to
31:49the
31:49specific
31:50child
31:50abuse
31:50scenario
31:50you
31:51laid
31:51out
31:51it
31:52left
31:52me
31:52with
31:52a
31:52deep
31:52sense
31:53of
31:53sorrow
31:53for
31:54what
31:54you
31:54endured
31:54my
31:54own
31:55sense
31:55of
31:55frustration
31:55with
31:56the
31:56leadership
31:56of
31:56the
31:56church
31:58the
31:58reality
31:59that
31:59not
32:00one
32:00no
32:00church
32:01leaders
32:01Anglican
32:01or not
32:02lay
32:02or religious
32:03influences
32:03no one
32:04has tried
32:04to dialogue
32:05with you
32:05to address
32:06these
32:06essential
32:06issues
32:07when you've
32:07been
32:08pointing them
32:08out for
32:08decades
32:09is more
32:09than
32:09disappointing
32:10to hear
32:11not as
32:12disappointing
32:12as some
32:13of the
32:13immediate
32:13live
32:13caller
32:14responses
32:14yesterday
32:15the
32:15second
32:15woman
32:15was out
32:16of
32:16line
32:16and the
32:16gentleman
32:17who
32:17landed
32:17on
32:18the
32:18idea
32:18that
32:18if
32:18you
32:18had
32:18not
32:19been
32:19abused
32:19we
32:19wouldn't
32:19have
32:20received
32:20your
32:20philosophy
32:21gifts
32:21was hard
32:22to stomach
32:23nonetheless
32:24if one
32:24myself
32:25was to
32:25try and
32:25reach out
32:26share
32:26your
32:26315
32:27show
32:27and try
32:28to
32:28coordinate
32:28a
32:28dialogue
32:29just to
32:29deal
32:29with
32:29the
32:29good
32:29Samaritan
32:30and
32:30cold
32:30abuse
32:30and
32:31child
32:31abuse
32:31topic
32:32is it
32:32something
32:32you
32:32would
32:32be
32:33comfortable
32:33with
32:33sure
32:34I
32:35appreciate
32:35that
32:36and
32:36yeah
32:37it's
32:37a fact
32:38and
32:38if it's
32:46few
32:46thousand
32:47years
32:473,000
32:48years
32:48give or
32:49take
32:49that
32:49philosophy
32:49has been
32:51a sort
32:51of
32:51recorded
32:52thing
32:54philosophers
32:54prior to
32:55myself
32:55have not
32:56dealt
32:56with the
32:57topic
32:58of
32:58child
32:58abuse
33:03it's
33:03beyond
33:04shocking
33:05to me
33:05it's
33:05beyond
33:05shocking
33:06and it
33:06still
33:06remains
33:07beyond
33:07shocking
33:07to me
33:07that
33:08it
33:08had
33:08to
33:09fall
33:09to
33:09me
33:12it
33:12had
33:13to
33:13fall
33:13to
33:13me
33:14and
33:14that's
33:15a real
33:15shame
33:17I
33:17guess
33:18I
33:18get
33:18the
33:19glory
33:20it
33:21doesn't
33:21feel
33:21like
33:21that
33:22sometimes
33:22but
33:24yeah
33:24the
33:24fact
33:25that
33:25now
33:26of
33:26course
33:26there
33:26are
33:26philosophers
33:27who
33:27have
33:27occasionally
33:27mentioned
33:28childhood
33:28John Locke
33:29talks a little
33:29bit about
33:30child raising
33:30but Ayn Rand
33:31didn't touch
33:32upon it
33:32Aristotle
33:32didn't
33:33really
33:33touch
33:33upon
33:33it
33:34Plato
33:35did
33:35but in
33:36a very
33:36creepy
33:36and negative
33:37way
33:38that you
33:39his
33:39ideal
33:40society
33:40was
33:41one
33:41giant
33:42culty
33:43flesh
33:43pit
33:43where
33:44nobody
33:44had
33:45any
33:45parents
33:45and you
33:46could
33:46end up
33:46marrying
33:46your
33:47sister
33:47it's
33:47just
33:47completely
33:48bizarre
33:48and weird
33:49but he
33:49was a
33:50bizarre
33:50and weird
33:50fellow
33:50because he
33:51was a
33:51mystic
33:52so
33:53yeah
33:54philosophers
33:54have not
33:55put forward
33:55any
33:56they've
33:57had some
33:57practical
33:58arguments
33:58about
33:59child
33:59raising
33:59but they
34:00have not
34:00put forward
34:01any
34:02deep
34:03or even
34:03shallow
34:04moral
34:04analysis
34:05of
34:05child
34:06raising
34:07what is
34:08good and
34:09evil in
34:09child
34:09raising
34:10are children
34:10covered by
34:11the
34:11non-aggression
34:11principle
34:13i mean
34:14you've got
34:14philosophers
34:15like hegel
34:16talking about
34:16the manifestations
34:17of the world
34:18spirit and
34:18blood
34:18it's like
34:19okay
34:19should you
34:19hit children
34:20you can't
34:20hit adults
34:20should you
34:21hit children
34:23pretty
34:23freaking
34:24basic
34:26you can't
34:27hit adults
34:27should be
34:28able
34:28should you
34:28be able
34:29to hit
34:29children
34:32an obvious
34:34basic
34:35clear
34:37experienced
34:38like people
34:39experience getting
34:39hit as
34:40children
34:40people
34:40so
34:42why
34:42wouldn't
34:43you
34:43just
34:43all
34:43libertarians
34:44don't
34:44do that
34:44either
34:44is spanking
34:46a violation
34:46of the
34:46non-aggression
34:47principle
34:47i mean i
34:48did this
34:48essay and
34:49debated
34:49walter block
34:50and blah
34:50blah blah
34:5120 years
34:52ago
34:5215 years
34:52ago
34:53so
34:59i don't
35:00understand
35:01why for
35:03thousands of
35:03years
35:04people
35:05dedicated
35:05to truth
35:06for
35:06reason and
35:07objectivity
35:08have not
35:09touched upon
35:10the topic
35:11of the most
35:11widespread
35:12violation
35:12of rights
35:14in the
35:15world
35:15which is
35:16hitting
35:17neglecting
35:18and abusing
35:18children
35:21it's the
35:21most widespread
35:22evil that we
35:22can do the
35:23most about
35:24and for
35:25thousands of
35:25years
35:26tens of
35:27thousands of
35:27thinkers
35:28have adroitly
35:29refused to
35:30address the
35:30topic
35:32it honestly
35:33is like
35:38it's like
35:39doing a
35:39massive
35:39plague
35:40you know
35:41the black
35:42death
35:42or the
35:43spanish
35:43flu
35:45for all
35:46of the
35:46medical
35:46professionals
35:47to be
35:48talking about
35:48everything
35:49but
35:49the massive
35:51plague that
35:51is going
35:52on
35:52i mean
35:52i've got to
35:53tell you
35:54it's
35:54it's beyond
35:55insane to
35:56me
35:56it is
35:57so
35:59deranged
35:59so avoidant
36:01that
36:02when you
36:02really get
36:03how
36:04absolutely
36:05bizarre it
36:06is
36:06then in a
36:07time of
36:08universal
36:08plague
36:09every single
36:10medical
36:10professional
36:11is avoiding
36:11the topic
36:12of the
36:12universal
36:13plague
36:13and talking
36:14about
36:14things
36:14completely
36:15unrelated
36:15to
36:16actionable
36:16human
36:17health
36:20for
36:21thousands
36:21of years
36:22philosophers
36:23thinkers
36:23libertarians
36:25anarchists
36:25voluntarists
36:26and communists
36:27and all
36:27they've all
36:29avoided
36:31the most
36:32widespread
36:33evils
36:34in the world
36:34that you can
36:35do the most
36:35about
36:35they've all
36:36talked about
36:36all the
36:37oh the
36:37class thing
36:38and the
36:38race thing
36:39and the
36:39gender
36:40thing
36:40and the
36:41free market
36:42thing
36:42and the
36:42i mean
36:45they've
36:45talked about
36:46everything
36:46but the
36:47most
36:47widespread
36:47evil
36:48you can
36:48do
36:48the
36:48most
36:48about
36:50which
36:51everyone
36:51has
36:51experienced
36:52and of
36:52course
36:53the answer
36:53probably
36:53is that
36:54everyone's
36:55experienced
36:55it
36:56and they
36:56don't want
36:57to deal
36:57with the
36:57trauma
36:57so they
36:58resolutely
36:58avoid the
36:59topic
37:01i don't
37:01know
37:01it's
37:02bizarre
37:02i honestly
37:03when you
37:03get it
37:04that the
37:04entire
37:05philosophy
37:05the entire
37:06history
37:06of moral
37:07philosophy
37:07has been
37:08the covering
37:08up for
37:08child abuse
37:09and almost
37:09nothing
37:10else
37:10and the
37:11entire
37:11history of
37:12libertarianism
37:12which concerns
37:13itself with the
37:14non-aggression
37:14principle
37:15has been the
37:16cover-up of
37:17child abuse
37:17that it's all
37:18about the
37:18cover-up of
37:19child abuse
37:19and of course
37:20given how i got
37:20attacked it's
37:21sort of
37:21understandable
37:24all right
37:25i had another
37:28question a few
37:29days ago someone
37:29asked how you
37:30feel about the
37:30shroud of
37:31turin
37:32maybe you
37:32missed it but
37:32there has been
37:33renewed interest
37:33in the shroud
37:34the last few
37:35years when new
37:35photo negatives
37:36that appeared in
37:372024 along with
37:38new studies that
37:39for many was
37:40very compelling
37:40from a reason
37:41and evidence
37:42standpoint to
37:43the image being
37:43impossible to
37:44reproduce i could
37:45be wrong but i
37:46felt like your
37:47answer lumped so
37:48quickly with other
37:49things i believe you
37:50mentioned people of
37:50faith like aquinas
37:51have searched for
37:52quote proof for
37:52centuries and you
37:53found that people of
37:54faith were seeking
37:55proof to be an
37:55interesting paradox
37:58are you able to
37:58revisit this topic
37:59and assess what
38:01authenticating if we
38:02are to believe the
38:03new reporting that
38:04specific historical
38:05artifact could mean
38:06for at least
38:06establishing how
38:07the image came to
38:08be on the cloth
38:08again appreciate
38:09all you do to
38:11improve the world
38:11via philosophy and
38:12advocating for
38:13objective morality
38:19well a good
38:20number of the
38:20ten commandments
38:22and a good
38:23number of moral
38:25commandments of
38:25god are proven
38:26by upb
38:32so why would
38:33religious people
38:34not flock to
38:34upb and say
38:36thou shalt not
38:37murder thou shalt
38:37not steal
38:39are proven
38:43absolutely by
38:43rational philosophy
38:47that would be a
38:48pretty strong proof
38:48but they don't
38:49they don't want to
38:49because of course
38:52because people
38:52believe you can't
38:53get an ought from
38:54an is unless you're
38:55chuck norris of course
38:55he can get an ought
38:56from an is but if
38:58you believe you can't
38:58get an ought from an
38:59is then the only place
39:00you can get morality
39:01is through the divine
39:02through religion
39:03through god
39:05so if there's
39:06secular proof of
39:07ethics
39:11then leftists don't
39:12like it because
39:14it universes
39:15morality and
39:16denies them the
39:17political power
39:17they hunger for
39:19and the writers
39:20don't like it
39:20because it
39:22removes the need
39:23for god to
39:24establish morality
39:26so the shroud
39:27of turin
39:30well let's say
39:31let's say
39:32let's say that
39:33the shroud of turin
39:34is a genuine
39:35miracle
39:36which means that
39:38god intervenes
39:39in reality
39:40to create
39:41miracles
39:47to prove
39:48his own
39:49existence
39:49let's just go
39:50all the way
39:50let's say
39:51that somehow
39:52the shroud of turin
39:53proves the
39:54existence of god
39:56and god has
39:58created that miracle
39:59he has maintained
40:00that miracle
40:00and he has
40:02shown
40:02or science shows
40:04that that miracle
40:05is impossible
40:05but let's say
40:06it provides
40:07significant evidence
40:07for
40:08the existence
40:10of god
40:12well then
40:13we have another
40:14problem
40:17that's not a
40:18pretty problem
40:19so the other
40:20problem is
40:21god
40:23intervenes
40:24in
40:25the world
40:26for moral
40:27purposes
40:36so if we
40:37have broken
40:38the fourth
40:38wall
40:39and god
40:40by maintaining
40:42the miracle
40:43of the shroud
40:44of turin
40:44continues to
40:47intervene
40:48in the material
40:49world
40:49for moral
40:50purposes
40:53then why
40:53on earth
40:54would i
40:54face
40:5515 years
40:56of brutal
40:56child abuse
40:57and i'm not
40:58saying it's
40:59about me
40:59just personally
41:01a lot of
41:01people like
41:02gone through
41:02this
41:03but why
41:04if god
41:04intervenes
41:05in the world
41:06for moral
41:06purposes
41:07then why
41:08wouldn't he
41:08warm my
41:09mother's
41:09heart
41:09or stay
41:10her hand
41:10or at least
41:11give me
41:11some kind
41:11of comfort
41:12some kind
41:12of sign
41:13that things
41:13were going
41:14to get
41:14better
41:15and there
41:15was nothing
41:18you don't
41:18solve the
41:19problem
41:20of a
41:21virtuous god
41:22by proving
41:23if you could
41:24that god
41:25interferes with
41:26creates miracles
41:27and creates
41:28impossibilities
41:29for the sake
41:30of what
41:30well god
41:31would
41:33put forward
41:34the shroud of
41:35turin
41:35would create
41:35and maintain
41:36this miracle
41:36so that people
41:37would be more
41:37likely to believe
41:38in god
41:38okay so god
41:40would do this
41:40for him he
41:41wouldn't do it
41:41for an evil
41:41purpose so god
41:43is perfectly
41:44clear and keen
41:45and willing
41:46and able and
41:47does interfere
41:48in material
41:49reality
41:53in order to
41:53promote virtue
41:58but then i mean
41:59outside of just
42:00what i suffered
42:00you have the
42:01problem of
42:02if god
42:03interferes with
42:04reality to
42:05create the
42:05shadow of turin
42:06or any other
42:07miracle you want
42:07to care
42:08that you want
42:09to
42:12promote or
42:13or believe in
42:14or accept
42:16then
42:16you may
42:18substantiate
42:19the existence
42:20of god
42:20but you then
42:21deny his
42:22morality
42:25so if
42:27there was
42:28a
42:34child
42:34drowning
42:35and i'm a
42:36lifeguard
42:37and somebody
42:38says can you
42:38go and save
42:39that child
42:39and i say
42:40no
42:41i'm working
42:43on
42:44a piece
42:45of cloth
42:47that has
42:47remarkable
42:48properties
42:49that will be
42:50established
42:51over two
42:51thousand years
42:52from now
42:52what would
42:53people say
42:55they would
42:55say
42:57okay
42:58i mean
42:58i don't
42:59necessarily
42:59hate the
43:00cloth thing
43:00but there's
43:01a child
43:01who's drowning
43:02and you're
43:02the only
43:03person who
43:03can swim
43:04out and
43:04save that
43:04child
43:05and say
43:05no no
43:05no
43:06i'm working
43:07on this
43:07piece of
43:07cloth
43:08man
43:10and the
43:10child drowns
43:13a fireman
43:15there's a
43:16bunch of
43:16nuns in a
43:16burning building
43:17and he won't
43:18do it
43:18he won't
43:19because he's
43:20he's working
43:21on a piece
43:21of cloth
43:22that might
43:22be authenticated
43:23in two
43:23thousand years
43:24so he won't
43:24go and save
43:25the children
43:27or he won't
43:28go and save
43:28the children
43:29or the nuns
43:29or whoever
43:30is your
43:31favorite
43:31victim group
43:32from the
43:33burning building
43:34so
43:36and let's
43:37say that
43:39two thousand
43:40years in the
43:41future
43:41the cloth
43:42of the
43:44fireman
43:44the cloth
43:45of the
43:45lifeguard
43:47is authenticated
43:48and say
43:48ah yes
43:49well
43:49the
43:50fireman
43:53or the
43:53lifeguard
43:54yes
43:54they
43:54they made
43:55this
43:55cloth
43:55and it's
43:55remarkable
43:56it's amazing
43:56it's a
43:57miracle
43:57well
43:58we then
43:59have to
43:59look at
44:00the people
44:01that they
44:01let die
44:04while they
44:05were making
44:05the cloth
44:08the moment
44:10the moment
44:10you manifest
44:10a supernatural
44:11or immaterial
44:12force
44:13to impact
44:14upon reality
44:15for the
44:16purposes of
44:16moral improvement
44:17then
44:18the capacity
44:20to
44:20change
44:22things
44:23has now
44:23been established
44:24God can
44:25now intervene
44:26and interfere
44:26with material
44:27reality
44:27for the sake
44:28of pursuing
44:29a moral
44:29purpose
44:30or purposes
44:33maybe you
44:33solved the
44:34problem
44:34of the
44:34existence
44:34of God
44:35but now
44:36you have
44:36another
44:37problem
44:37which is
44:38if God
44:38does
44:39interfere
44:39why does
44:39he not
44:40interfere
44:40against
44:41clear evils
44:43I mean
44:44a policeman
44:45let's take it
44:45even more
44:46deep
44:46a policeman
44:48is watching
44:49a man
44:51assault a
44:52woman
44:52in a
44:52heinous
44:53manner
44:54and he
44:55says
44:55I can't
44:55I'm not
44:56going to
44:56help this
44:56woman
44:56because I'm
44:57working on
44:57a piece
44:57of cloth
44:58that might
44:58validate
44:58my existence
44:59in 2,000
45:00years
45:02oh
45:02okay
45:03so we
45:03validated
45:04the existence
45:04of the
45:04cop
45:05and now
45:06we know
45:06that he
45:06didn't
45:06interfere
45:07in this
45:07grievous
45:07assault
45:08and
45:08you see
45:09I've got
45:10one child
45:10a couple
45:10of nuns
45:11in one
45:11instance
45:12we're
45:12talking
45:12about
45:13billions
45:13of people
45:13over
45:14thousands
45:14of years
45:15not helped
45:17so
45:19it doesn't
45:20solve the
45:20problem
45:22all you
45:23can do
45:23with the
45:24Shroud
45:24of Turin
45:25is prove
45:26the existence
45:26of an
45:26evil
45:27god
45:28sorry
45:29okay
45:30america
45:30in world
45:30war ii
45:30has burned
45:31down some
45:31and bombed
45:32all the major
45:32cities in
45:33japan
45:33even using
45:34the atomic
45:35bomb to
45:35create a
45:36glimpse of
45:36hell never
45:37before seen
45:37on earth
45:38yet today the
45:39alliance between
45:39u.s. and
45:40japan couldn't
45:40be friendlier
45:41in the middle
45:42east we've
45:42also bombed
45:43them to
45:43next week
45:44and back
45:44for 30
45:45or so
45:45years and
45:45they still
45:46understandably
45:46hate us
45:47hate the
45:47u.s.
45:47what do
45:48you think
45:48causes this
45:49difference
45:50it's
45:50religion
45:52and of
45:53course i
45:53mean you
45:54know way
45:54back in
45:54the day
45:56that
45:59the americans
46:00in the
46:00founding of
46:01the country
46:01went over
46:03and
46:05talked to
46:06the people
46:07in the
46:07middle east
46:07about
46:08terrible
46:09things that
46:09were being
46:10done to
46:10american
46:10shipping and
46:11americans
46:11and this is
46:12long before
46:13america had
46:13any involvement
46:14in the
46:14middle east
46:14and they
46:15ended up
46:15having to
46:16go and
46:16fight
46:16right
46:17shores of
46:17tripoli
46:17so
46:19my martial
46:20arts club
46:22have a
46:23hazing ritual
46:23that i
46:24believe is
46:24immoral and
46:25useless i'm
46:25trying to
46:25get it
46:25banned
46:26what's your
46:26opinion on
46:27hazing is
46:28it for
46:28example
46:28always
46:29immoral
46:30um
46:31yeah hazing
46:32i remember
46:36um a
46:37friend of
46:38mine many
46:38years ago
46:39wanted to
46:39get into
46:40a
46:42a frat
46:44and
46:45they to
46:46get into
46:46the frat
46:46you had to
46:47run
46:47run around
46:48a track
46:49and every
46:52time you
46:52went around
46:53they'd give
46:53you a warmer
46:54and warmer
46:54beer until
46:55you threw
46:56up and
46:56they would
46:56collect your
46:57vomit in
46:57giant plastic
46:58bags and
46:59then to
47:00get into
47:01the frat
47:01you had to
47:01try and
47:02break your
47:02way through
47:02a human
47:03chain under
47:03an archway
47:04while the
47:04people on
47:04top of
47:04the archway
47:05dumped the
47:05vomit on
47:09on you
47:10your own
47:11vomit or the
47:11vomit of
47:11other pledges
47:14i was
47:15once
47:15invited to
47:16i lived in
47:17a frat
47:17house for
47:18a while
47:18and i was
47:19invited to
47:19join which
47:20was nice
47:20they were
47:20they were
47:21nice guys
47:21but i'm
47:22not i'm
47:23not that
47:23obviously i'm
47:24not obviously
47:24for better or
47:26worse i'm not
47:26much of a
47:27joiner other
47:27than joining
47:28reason evidence
47:29and truth
47:29and so
47:31i think it's
47:32a that's just
47:33a basic
47:33humiliation
47:33ritual it is
47:35the erasure of
47:35any sense of
47:36personal identity
47:37in order to
47:38merge with the
47:39group and
47:39you have to
47:40be willing to
47:40go through the
47:41most abject
47:42humiliations
47:42you know like
47:43the put your
47:44penis into the
47:45hole of a
47:45shotgun and
47:46things like
47:46that and
47:47you be
47:47beaten and
47:48and all of
47:49that so you
47:50have to be
47:50willing to go
47:51through the
47:51most brutal
47:54humiliations in
47:55order to say
47:56that you will
47:58erase any sense
48:00of personal
48:00identity to
48:01merge with the
48:01authority of the
48:02group and i
48:06won't fucking
48:06do it i mean i
48:07wouldn't i i
48:08really like
48:09myself i like
48:10being me and
48:12the idea that
48:12i would go
48:14through some
48:15pathetic
48:16humiliation
48:17ritual in
48:18order to join
48:19with a bunch of
48:19other people who'd
48:20all given up
48:20their own
48:21identities i
48:23mean really
48:24that's that's
48:25a fate worse
48:25than death
48:25for me so
48:26i'm just i
48:27mean it's
48:28not necessarily
48:29a violation of
48:30the non-aggression
48:31principle since
48:32people are
48:32agreeing to do
48:33it but there's
48:33something that
48:34young people
48:34cannot consent
48:35to rationally
48:37all right why
48:38do some folks
48:39put 50 bumper
48:39stickers on
48:40their car
48:40aside from
48:41looking silly
48:41what is the
48:42philosophy behind
48:42it i don't
48:43get it love
48:44your content
48:44always worth
48:45it to donate
48:45well that
48:46certainly is
48:46very true
48:47so they do
48:48it because
48:51this particular
48:52boomer phenomenon
48:53boomers are
48:55npc toddlers
48:56they are
48:57performative
48:58boomers want
48:59to get pats
49:00on the head
49:01and approval
49:01for pretend
49:02virtue rather
49:04than actually
49:05dig in and
49:06achieve real
49:06virtue they
49:07tend to be
49:07followers and
49:08conformists and
49:08so on
49:11and i mean
49:12the boomers
49:13were raised
49:13in a christian
49:14monoculture so
49:15they feel safe
49:15to rebel against
49:16it without
49:17realizing that
49:17by rebelling
49:18against it
49:19they destroy
49:19it so
49:20what they do
49:22is they're
49:24they're putting
49:25out signals
49:27to show how
49:28virtuous they
49:29are and
49:30they're putting
49:31out signals
49:32to be able to
49:33find like-minded
49:34people and
49:34all twist each
49:36other into
49:36pretzels patting
49:37each other on
49:37the back for
49:38how moral
49:38they are
49:38because they
49:39conform to
49:40usually programmed
49:42psyops from
49:42alphabet agencies
49:45all right
49:45next question
49:46is it immoral
49:47or unethical
49:48to use
49:48companies like
49:49facebook google
49:49meta amazon to
49:51build one's
49:51business
49:51nope
49:53no
49:53no
49:56no
49:59i don't think
50:00so
50:01all right
50:02um
50:04no because
50:06i mean
50:07we all have
50:08to survive in
50:09a morally
50:09compromised world
50:10and the world
50:11that we have
50:12to survive in
50:12is much less
50:13morally compromised
50:13than most
50:14societies or
50:15places throughout
50:16human history
50:18we all i mean
50:20most of society
50:21ran on slavery
50:22in history
50:25every race
50:26engaged in it
50:26every race
50:27was subject
50:27to it
50:28so all
50:29societies ran
50:30on slavery
50:31does that mean
50:31you can't
50:32participate in
50:32any aspect of
50:33their society
50:34because it has
50:34immoral elements
50:36i mean
50:37you're worried
50:38about amazon
50:39or facebook
50:40or whatever
50:40i mean
50:41the roads are
50:42publicly funded
50:43i don't agree
50:43with the public
50:44funding of roads
50:45does that mean
50:45i can't drive
50:46on any roads
50:47buses are
50:48subsidized
50:48does that mean
50:48i could never
50:49use a bus
50:49when i was a
50:50kid or a
50:50teenager
50:50i mean
50:51i didn't
50:51get my
50:51car until
50:52i was in
50:52my late
50:5320s
50:54i never
50:55got a car
50:56the
50:57the universities
50:58i attended
50:59to were publicly
51:00controlled and
51:00funded and
51:01does that mean
51:02i can't like
51:03you take the
51:04world as it
51:05is and you
51:05try to improve
51:06it but
51:07purity is
51:08simply an
51:09excuse for
51:09non-participation
51:10so all right
51:12i will stop
51:13here i really
51:13really appreciate
51:14these questions
51:14you know keep
51:15them coming
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51:20questions there
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