Bret and Heather 67th DarkHorse Podcast Livestream: What the W.H.O?

In this 67th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens. In this episode, we begin by discussing how to approach the investigation into the origin of SARS-CoV2. We should be looking for an intermediate, be it a yet undiscovered human population that was infected in 2019, a (now frozen) ferret-badger, a lab doing gain-of-function research, perhaps something else? When a CNN anchor asks the spokesman for the W.H.O task force on the origin of SARS-CoV2 for evidence, and he does not provide it, what should we think? What would a complete set of appropriate policies for Covid-19 look like? Why has UC Berkeley banned outdoor, solitary exercise? Does masking outside while alone make sense?

Thereafter we pivot: Our sleep cycles synchronize to the moon, more so the less exposed we are to electric light. Fish exposed to Prozac in the water—as most wild fish now are—become less interesting, and more flattened, personality-wise. And what will happen to Carnaval (and Mardi Gras) this year? What is the value of long-held traditions like Lent, and like Carnaval, and what happens when those traditions are disrupted? We should be paying attention to the ancient forces that made us who we are, and be more cautious to those that are brand new.

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Mentioned in this episode:

CNN’s Becky Anderson interviews WHO commission spokesperson Peter Daszak

IUCN’s (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Red List on Melogale moschata, the Smalltoothed Ferret Badger

Mallapaty et al, February 10, 2021 Nature News article‘Major stones unturned’COVID origin search must continue after WHO report, say scientists

Ladapo, February 4, 2021 in the Wall Street Journal. The ‘Universal Vaccination’ Chimera

UC Berkeley bans solitary, outdoor exercise

The Oregon Dept of Human Services jumps the same Covid shark, over and over and over again

Casiraghi, L., Spiousas, I., Dunster, G.P., McGlothlen, K., FernándezDuque, E., Valeggia, C. and Horacio, O., 2021. Moonstruck sleepSynchronization of human sleep with the moon cycle under field conditions. Science Advances, 7(5), p.eabe0465.

HelfrichFörster, C., Monecke, S., Spiousas, I., Hovestadt, T., Mitesser, O. and Wehr, T.A., 2021. Women temporarily synchronize their menstrual cycles with the luminance and gravimetric cycles of the Moon. Science Advances, 7(5), p.eabe1358.

This Week in ScienceMoon Synchronicity

Science NewsProzac turns guppies into ‘zombies’.

Polverino, G., Martin, J.M., Bertram, M.G., Soman, V.R., Tan, H., Brand, J.A., Mason, R.T. and Wong, B.B., 2021. Psychoactive pollution suppresses individual differences in fish behaviour. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 288(1944)20202294.

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