In this 66th 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 what the increasing visibility of a viable hypothesis for the origins of SARS-CoV2 says about modern science and politics. Then: Is eating red meat inflammatory? Is saying that eating red meat is inflammatory, inflammatory? What would it mean for evolutionary biologists to “stay in their lane” (and why shouldn’t we)? What does “follow the science” mean when we are being told to wear masks in National Parks? Is the New York Times punking us, or did they seriously just suggest that encrypted messaging services are dangerous because untrue things are sometimes said? What is the null hypothesis—in general, and in particular, with regard to the origins of SARS-CoV2? Does Sony’s classification system of “human, animal and bird” make any sense, and does it matter? And finally: what are sidewinders and how do they move, what are mangroves, and what on Earth could the connection possibly be?

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Mentioned in this episode: 

Luthra-Guptasarma, M. and Guptasarma, P., Inflammation begets hyper-inflammation in Covid-19: Diet-derived chronic inflammation promotes runaway acute inflammation resulting in cytokine storms. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Purnananda_Guptasarma/publication/341411711_Inflammation_begets_hyper-inflammation_in_Covid-19_Diet-derived_chronic_inflammation_promotes_runaway_acute_inflammation_resulting_in_cytokine_storms/links/5ec1efe9458515626cb0a596/Inflammation-begets-hyper-inflammation-in-Covid-19-Diet-derived-chronic-inflammation-promotes-runaway-acute-inflammation-resulting-in-cytokine-storms.pdf 

Domingo, J.L. and Nadal, M., 2017. Carcinogenicity of consumption of red meat and processed meat: a review of scientific news since the IARC decision. Food and chemical toxicology, 105, pp.256-261. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0278691517302053 

Lindeberg, Staffan. 2010. Book: Food and Western Disease: Health and Nutrition from an Evolutionary Perspective. 

Executive Order, January 20, 2021. Executive Order on Protecting the Federal Workforce and Requiring Mask-Wearing: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/20/executive-order-protecting-the-federal-workforce-and-requiring-mask-wearing/ 

Meltzer, D.O., Best, T.J., Zhang, H., Vokes, T., Arora, V. and Solway, J., 2020. Association of vitamin D status and other clinical characteristics with COVID-19 test results. JAMA network open, 3(9), pp.e2019722-e2019722. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2770157 

The New York Times is punking us with this piece, right? Are Private Messaging Apps the Next Misinformation Hot Spot? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/03/technology/personaltech/telegram-signal-misinformation.html?searchResultPosition=1 

Brad Moon’s 5 types of snake locomotion: https://userweb.ucs.louisiana.

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