Joe Rogan, confined to Spotify, is losing influence

Post by achillesheels » Fri, Aug 27, 2021, 2:39 PM UTC

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So civilized experts are infallible? Please. “Mind opening leads to compassion.” -Lao Tzu, Tao te Ching, 16 “The sage deters those who know too much from going too far.” - ibid , 3

Sure experts can make mistakes. Which is why it makes an enormous amount of sense to avoid taking the opinions seriously from people that are not even experts because they are significantly more likely to make mistakes based on incomplete knowledge or poor understanding of it. Imagine drowning: If we were talking about expert lifeguards vs. some random beach goer and you had to choose which would try & save you, woul…

Post by goostavos » Fri, Aug 27, 2021, 6:28 PM UTC

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https://www.covidchartsquiz.com/

This really takes the cake for misleading charts, devoid of context or controlling for other factors when drawing conclusions.

Post by uniqueid » Fri, Aug 27, 2021, 8:32 PM UTC

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Let me ask you this - if deplatforming doesn't work, what are all of the people concerned about it worried about? It works in the sense that it deprives people of the power-multiplying capabilities of large platforms to spread disinformation. It doesn't stop the spread, but it does slow the spread. Yes, Sandy Hook conspiracy theorists would still exist without Alex Jones egging them on, but there would have been fewe…

I think the main thing we disagree on is: I don't think Alex Jones has any power, or changes anyone's mind. He doesn't have a silver tongue, a deft wit, or evidence on his side. He's just a schmuck who tosses out bullshit to see what sticks. What you're dancing around, though, is that you can't talk about why this particular piece of bullshit sticks if you're pretending it's apolitical. The Sandy Hook hoax idea, as I…

Post by beerandt » Sat, Aug 28, 2021, 10:06 PM UTC

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You left out the ultimate conclusion: >In light of the biological evidence supporting the theory that SV40-contamination of polio vaccines could contribute to human cancers, the committee recommends continued public health attention in the form of policy analysis, communication, and targeted biological research. >long since fixed (and unlikely to happen again, as it is now much easier to detect this kind of contamina…

>In light of the biological evidence supporting the theory that SV40-contamination of polio vaccines could contribute to human cancers, the committee recommends continued public health attention in the form of policy analysis, communication, and targeted biological research. Come on – this is just the standard ass-covering language in a scientific paper. "Further research is needed." By the nature of the case it's ve…

Post by skinnymuch » Sun, Aug 29, 2021, 9:39 AM UTC

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Hearing "Exclusively on Spotify" on any podcast ad is a sure-fire way to make sure I never listen to an episode. One of the great features of podcasts is the flexibility in listening platform and I'd really rather not switch to Spotify's substandard user experience.

I subscribe to Spotify but I dropped Rogan when he left. I have all my other podcasts in one app, listening history and all. Now I have to drop that because Spotify want to play monopoly? S** that.