Contested Development: The 215th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying

In this 215th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this episode, we discuss the CDC’s new super simple recommendations on respiratory viruses, and learn from the CDC that treatment can be prevention. While the CDC never mentions vitamin D in these new guidelines, a new meta-analysis finds that vitamin D supplementation is protective against bad Covid outcomes, especially in people who were previously deficient. We also discuss how podcasts are stepping in for institutions, sparking intellectual connections that the academy used to provide—all of this in the context of genocide and perpetrator studies. Also: strictly mechanistic explanations are standing in for evolutionary ones in many fields—including ophthalmology, dentistry, and psychology—to the detriment of all. And: the shared teeth of mammals and crocodiles.

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Mentioned in this episode:

CDC Guidance

Sartini et al 2024. Preventive Vitamin D Supplementation and Risk for COVID19 InfectionA Systematic Review and MetaAnalysis. Nutrients, 16(5), p.679

Oregon Health Authority provides ways for Oregonians to get non mRNA shots

Drs. Jonny Hudson and Michael Bryant on DarkHorse, March 2024

Mike Mew on DarkHorse, July 2020

Weston A Price Foundation

1491, by Charles Mann

Brains, Mammals, and the Brains of Mammals

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Welcome

(10:30) Sponsors

(20:10) CDC email

(42:20) Vitamin D

(51:20) Oregon health authority email

(56:36) Holocaust follow up

(01:15:30) Orthodontics and genetics

(01:30:00) Chemical imbalance

(01:34:05) Rape

(01:36:30) Back to teeth

(01:43:05) Wrap up