Can the internet make you sick? The 297th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying
October 18, 2025
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as posted by the channelToday we discuss the experience of returning home after timeway—culture shock, social media, and seeing your home with fresh eyes. Then a difficult set of topics: anorexia, physician assisted suicide, “terminal” diagnoses, social contagions, and what people have a right to do with their own lives. Finally: AI has been used to predict potentially useful drug combinations to fight cancer. What does this mean for the future of medicine, and AI?
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Mentioned in this episode:
Denver Post oped on Jane Allen
Gaudiani et al 2022. Terminal anorexia nervosathree cases and proposed clinical characteristics. Journal of Eating Disorders, 10(1)23
Guarda et al 2022. Terminal anorexia nervosa is a dangerous termit cannot, and should not, be defined. Journal of eating disorders, 10(1)79
Mia Hughes’ tweet thread on social contagions
Laura Delano on DarkHorse
Laura Delano’s book, Unshrunk, excerpted at Natural Selections
How a Gemma model helped discover a new potential cancer therapy pathway
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