On this, our 312th Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss the fact that the centre cannot hold. More Epstein files were released, which included an email from our friend and former mentor, Robert Trivers. We discuss his contributions, his life, and what the email does and does not imply. Also in the Epstein files: pizza, torture, Bitcoin, and the “goyim.” Was it all about blackmail; if not, what? And what is the CEO of TikTok on about, with regard to hate speech? Finally: a silver lining in the madness, as gender clinics close down and the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (finally) takes the position that “gender-affirming” surgeries should not be done to people before the age of 19.

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The Second Coming, by Yeats: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43290/the-second-coming

Epstein files: https://www.justice.gov/epstein

CEO of TikTok: https://x.com/klonnypin_gosch/status/2015692335967826273

Gender Clinic at Mary Bridge Hospital closing: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/mary-bridge-childrens-hospital-to-close-gender-clinic

ASPS Position on Transing Kids: https://www.plasticsurgery.org/for-medical-professionals/health-policy/position-statements

Leor Sapir on the AMA: https://x.com/LeorSapir/status/2018888126974812652

Covid Era Stories: https://naturalselections.substack.com/s/covid-era-stories

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Bret Weinstein speaks with independent journalist Brandi Kruse about Antifa, gun culture, gun rights in Washington State, socialism, and why Bret still refers to himself as a liberal in 2026.

Find Brandi Kruse on X at https://x.com/BrandiKruse and her show, UnDivided at https://www.undividedpod.com.

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Roundtable on Antifa at the WhiteHouse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf6Em35gguU

Andy Ngo on DarkHorse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC4u1zo6OpQ

Andy Ngo on X https://x.com/MrAndyNgo

NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012 https://www.congress.gov/112/plaws/publ81/PLAW-112publ81.pdf

Moms for Liberty https://judiciary.house.gov/media/press-releases/us-house-judiciary-republicans-doj-labeled-dozens-of-parents-as-terrorist

The Turtle Island Liberation Front https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/four-defendants-arrested-alleged-anti-capitalist-and-anti-government-plot-bomb-us-companies

Trump sending in Homan to Minneapolis https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/26/trump-border-czar-minneapolis-00746125

Maj Toure on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@MajToure

Wa. 3D Printed Guns: HB2320 https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?billnumber=2320&year=2025&initiative=False#documentSection

Wa.3D Printed Guns: HB2321 https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/2321.pdf?q=20260201075249

Brandi Kruse interviews Socialist state lawmaker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=894SIV7Dh5c

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On this, our 311th Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss what is happening in Minneapolis. First: research finds that on average, men and women experience empathy differently: men do not have empathy for people who have done wrong; women have empathy for people regardless of context. Then: Was the Alex Pretti shooting by ICE officers in Minneapolis a cold-blooded murder, or a justified homicide? How would we know? Few of us were actual eye-witnesses to the scene, but our modern media environment tricks us into believing, unconsciously, that we know more than we do. This feels like Portland in 2020. We are being manipulated into disjunct narratives, taught to distrust and fear one another, at ever greater distance from simply being good neighbors and fellow citizens. Finally: an invitation to submit Covid Era Stories.

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Singer et al 2006. Empathic neural responses are modulated by the perceived fairness of others. Nature, 439(7075): 466-469. Draft pdf: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2636868/pdf/ukmss-3669.pdf

Tucker Carlson and Tim Walz: https://x.com/tcnetwork/status/2016539262230184357

Fox on Pretti: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX9y3612Rlo

CNN on Pretti: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FR-fz57PEU

Covid Era Stories: https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/covid-era-stories

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Bret Weinstein speaks with Del Bigtree on the subject of medical freedom. Del Bigtree is the executive producer behind the new documentary An Inconvenient Study, which covers a study that compares the health of vaccinated vs unvaccinated children.

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Find Del Bigtree at https://x.com/delbigtree and https://thehighwire.com

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Unsafe at Any Speed: Dr. Toby Rogers on DarkHorse https://youtu.be/QQfIo75KHII

Toby Roger’s doctoral thesis, The Political Economy of Autism for links to studies mentioned https://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/bitstream/handle/2123/20198/Rogers_T_thesis.pdf

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On this, our 310th Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss Trump, his presidency, and the state of the country. Disappointments include military interventions and renamings, a failed and politicized DOGE, and the embrace of tech-utopianism and associated heuristics and algorithms. Positive moves have been made in MAHA (e.g. revision of the childhood vaccine schedule, food additives and food pyramid), sex and gender (sex is real, men can’t become women); and, to some degree, constitutional and border protections. We don’t yet know what might be gained by interventions in Iran, and in Venezuela. Two years ago, The Atlantic published an issue predicting what would happen if Trump won a second term; they get a few things right, a lot wrong, and blame Trump for their own personal neuroses. Finally, a review of why we voted for Trump in the last election, where we were right, and where we were wrong.

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The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/toc/2024/01/

Federal funding of science and elite universities: https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/letter-from-harvard

Open letter to Hegseth: https://hollymathnerd.substack.com/p/an-open-letter-to-sec-hegseth

Rogan on ICE: https://x.com/BretWeinstein/status/2011517588527067319

Heather on voting for Trump: https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/why-i-am-voting-for-trump

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On this, our 309th Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss science and scientism, experts and expertise. Washington state Governor Bob Ferguson objects to the reduction in the Childhood Vaccine Schedule, and promises to bring “science” back to the state. In fact, the new recommendations are putting the U.S. more in line with what European countries recommend, and are quite conservative. Also, while Ferguson was the WA Attorney General, he imposed and enforced Covid vaccine mandates; many people lost their jobs and their livelihoods. Also in Washington: Brandi Kruse outs Democratic majority leader Jamie Pedersen as being unclear about the nature of male and female (or unwilling to say what he knows). On Broadway, Dylan Mulvaney, a male, will be playing Anne Boleyn, one of the most famous and influential women in history. Finally: words in honor and memory of Scott Adams.

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Governor Ferguson: https://x.com/govbobferguson/status/2011482561206231340

HHS Immunization Assessment: https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/assessment-of-the-us-childhood-and-adolescent-immunization-schedule-compared-to-other-countries.pdf

New vaccine guideline summary: https://www.hhs.gov/childhood-immunization-schedule/index.html

Hanson v Ferguson: https://www.silentmajorityfoundation.org/medicalfreedom

Kruse takes on Pedersen: https://x.com/BrandiKruse/status/2010068851858518456

Mulvaney to play Anne Boleyn: https://www.iheartradiobroadway.com/content/2026-01-16-six-welcomes-new-queens-on-february-16/

Scott Adams: https://x.com/dawnsmission/status/2011123367794118822

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Bret Weinstein speaks with Michael Shermer, the publisher of Skeptic magazine, the executive director of the Skeptics Society, and the host of the popular podcast The Michael Shermer Show on the subject of truth.

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Paul Offit on Covid immunity: https://x.com/kevinnbass/status/1891856265292169570

Reasonable Dowd: Ed Dowd on DarkHorse https://youtu.be/Trjv7-eUqt4

Unsafe at Any Speed: Dr. Toby Rogers on DarkHorse https://youtu.be/QQfIo75KHII

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On this, our 308th Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss glyphosate, Roundup, Monsanto, and how science and the law are done. A benchmark scientific review paper from 2000, which established the safety of glyphosate for humans, has been retracted by the publisher, on the basis that a) the paper did not actually review the available evidence, b) the stated authors did not actually write (much of) the paper, and c) employees of Monsanto, which makes Roundup, cryptically contributed substantively to the paper. This paper never should have been published, and its retraction should prompt the EPA to revamp guidelines for the use of glyphosate. Also: peer review and scientific culture are widely gamed. And: punitive damages to injured plaintiffs, awarded by juries against corporations, are being reduced by appellate courts due to a misapplication of the 14th Amendment.

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NYT on glyphosate article retraction: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/climate/glyphosate-roundup-retracted-study.html

Williams, Kroes, and Munro 2000. Safety evaluation and risk assessment of the herbicide Roundup and its active ingredient, glyphosate, for humans. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, 31(2), pp.117-165:https://www.cbs17.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2019/06/Safety-Evaluation-and-Risk-Assessment-of-the-Herbicide-Roundup-and-its-Active-Ingredient-Glyphosate-for-Humans.pdf

Retraction: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0273230025002387

Journal Aims and Scope: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/regulatory-toxicology-and-pharmacology/about/aims-and-scope

Johnson v Monsanto (2018): https://www.wisnerbaum.com/toxic-tort-law/monsanto-roundup-lawsuit/johnson-trial-2018/

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