Truth Unrestricted

Jordan Peterson is a right wing polemicist who shouldn't have any measure of celebrity. The fact he does is due to some deeply flawed ideas that were not properly debunked in the moment when he was gaining popularity. I say better late than never.LinksPrevious Truth Unrestricted episodes mentioned in this episode:The Two Selveshttps://www.buzzsprout.com/1947369/10973742-the-two-sel

Game theory gives us terminology to understand the fundamentals of the games we play. How inforation is hidden and/or discovered is a big part of how we play games and why we think some of them are fun. David Bloomberg and I explore how it is that information affects the strategies used in the games we play and watch.Linkshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_theoryhttps://en.wikipedi

Content warning: this episode of the Truth Unrestricted podcast contains graphic descriptions of drug addiction and some of the ways that people suffer from drug addiction. Listener discretion is advised.Conspiracism as compared directly to drug addiction. What does it mean to be so pulled into the idea that conspiracies surround us that giving it up would take an intervention or r

David and Spencer breakdown the current state of the 2024 Us election. This is recorded one day after the Manhattan verdict of 34 guilty counts involving hush money payments made by Trump to hide affairs.LinksTimelinehttps://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/trump-stormy-daniels-hush-money-payments-timeline-of-events/5462838/List of witnesseshttps://www.cnn.com/politic

Crowdsourcing is the process of using a lot of different people all adding a little bit of effort to accomplish a large task. Crowdsourced Storytelling is about the way in which we tell stories online in an attempt to understand the world but also in a way that can go terribly wrong. All feedback for this episode can be sent to [email protected].

Schrodinger's Cat is a thought experiment which is meant to illustrate some of the absurdity of what is happening with Quantum Mechanics. In the thought experiment the life of a cat is directly related to the state of a particle. Quantum Mechanics says that without observing the state of the particle it could be in either state. Erwin Schrodinger was attempting to show how ridiculo

Reality Inversion is a psychological concept seen among conspiracists wherein evidence that should show them the truth instead reinforces their fantasies. Stephanie Kemmerer joins me for a discussion about the topic with many relevant examples.LinksThe Collapse of World Trade Center - The Complete Physicshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NkBfLBov5QRobbie Parker (Sandy Hook parent) p

Audience Capture has a second meaning! It describes when a person is stuck having to perform for their audience. David Bloomberg and Spencer discuss this aspect in an addendum to the previous episode about Audience Capture.

This episode might upset some people. If what is said here offends you, I want to hear about it. Send all feedback to [email protected]. If you agree with what I've said I also want to hear from you, even if it's only a score out of ten.

These US Election Update episodes are an attempt to chronicle the twisting tale of history as it is happening for an event that we are certain will affect the future. We discuss each of the major candidates and what is currently affecting their progress toward the title of president.Linkshttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/28/marianne-williamson-presidential-campaignhttps: