Supplementary Material 35: Cult Leaders, Gurus, and Evil Economists

<p>We face a disciplinary crisis as the twin pillars of Game Theory and Gurometry are called into question.</p><p>The full episode is available to Patreon subscribers (1 hour, 35 minutes).</p><p>Join us at: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/DecodingTheGurus" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/DecodingTheGurus</a></p><p><strong>Supplementary Material 35</strong></p><p>00:05 Introduction &nbsp;</p><p>01:52 Matt's Apology</p><p>06:55 Just Life...</p><p>12:34 Matt's Foodie Corner&nbsp;</p><p>14:01 Dedunking Dan Richards finds Sabine</p><p>16:37 Sabine cultivates parasocial defenders</p><p>18:16 Ana Kasparian gets deeper into ZOG conspiracies</p><p>24:44 Gary vs Game Theory</p><p>40:26 Support the Channel to Save the World</p><p>47:10 Bryan Johnson and Methylene blue</p><p>51:52 Scientific Cosplay Online</p><p>53:51 Keith Rainiere and Sensemaking Parallels</p><p>54:57 High IQ YoungHoon Kim tweets about proof of God</p><p>56:19 Guru and Cult Leader Parallels</p><p>01:01:13 The Validity of the Gurometer in Question?!?</p><p>01:03:03 Hacking Social Heuristics</p><p>01:07:38 Cult Leaders vs Secular Gurus</p><p>01:12:33 Anti-Democratic moves by Trump</p><p>01:15:03 Dan Carlin on Trump</p><p>01:18:30 Streamers Talking Nonsense: Hasan on ISIS</p><p>01:21:24 Ideological Fixation and Motivated Conspiracism</p><p>01:27:22 Outro</p><p><strong>Sources</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://citytoursbelfast.com/cushendun-caves-game-of-thrones" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Cushendun Sea Caves from <em>Game of Thrones</em></a></li><li><a href="https://gamerant.com/kingdom-come-deliverance-2-czech-tourism-increase/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2</em> is Boosting Tourism</a></li><li><a href="https://youtu.be/SYuY9sZlK9I?si=MIAZVAqJ-OjdOQUc" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">DeDunking: Eric Weinstein's Theory — Real Physicist vs Pseudo Poser</a></li><li><a href="https://x.com/AnaKasparian/status/1954256169092182162" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ana Kasparian tweeting about the “Zionist Occupied Government”</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HezHJKZ47Ck" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Gary’s Economics: <em>Game Theory is Broken</em></a></li><li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/GarysEconomics/comments/1mnnwmb/game_theory_is_broken/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Critical Reddit thread on Gary’s <em>Game Theory</em> video</a></li><li>Henrich, J., McElreath, R., Barr, A., Ensminger, J., Barrett, C., Bolyanatz, A., ... &amp; Ziker, J. (2006). <em>Costly punishment across human societies.</em> <em>Science, 312</em>(5781), 1767–1770.</li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&amp;v=BnIk2aM3XWg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Selfish Gene</em>, Chapter 12: <em>Nice Guys Finish First</em> (Richard Dawkins)</a></li><li><a href="https://x.com/yhbryankimiq/status/1952470521339318623" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">High IQ YoungHoon Kim tweets about proof of God</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250617123928/https://www.thestar.com/opinion/i-was-jordan-peterson-s-strongest-supporter-now-i-think-he-s-dangerous/article_085724d2-94de-5fd2-81c3-b3b2822fd38a.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>I was Jordan Peterson’s strongest supporter. Now I think he’s dangerous</em></a></li><li><a href="https://x.com/dccommonsense/status/1954955462576837051" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dan Carlin’s tweet about Trump</a></li><li><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy7ypm6zxp2o" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BBC: National Guard troops appear in Washington DC as mayor rejects Trump's 'authoritarian push'</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PTG0CB_biM" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nathan Baker: Keith Raniere, Ringleader of NXIVM Sex Slave Cult, Interviewed by Allison Mack, Top Cult Member</a></li></ul><br />