Real Coffee with Scott Adams - March 05, 2021


Episode 1304 Scott Adams： The Pandemic is a Fatdemic, Getting Kids Back to School, Trump and Rove, More


Episode Stats

Length

51 minutes

Words per Minute

141.62721

Word Count

7,260

Sentence Count

551

Misogynist Sentences

5

Hate Speech Sentences

18


Summary

On today's show, Scott Adams talks about the failed coup attempt at the Capitol, and why maybe the real threat to the government was fake news. Plus, Scott explains why he thinks the "coup" never actually happened.


Transcript

00:00:00.000 Hey everybody, come on in.
00:00:08.420 It's time for Coffee with Scott Adams, the best time of the day.
00:00:12.440 And let me tell you, let me tell you, what a day today is.
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00:00:58.420 Go.
00:01:03.420 Ah.
00:01:07.300 Somebody from Hartwick.
00:01:09.280 Hello, Wayne.
00:01:12.420 My old college.
00:01:15.720 Hartwick College.
00:01:17.040 Boy, do I have stories from Hartwick College.
00:01:19.860 But that's for another day.
00:01:22.580 Another time.
00:01:24.380 Um, so how did you all enjoy the Capitol riot and assault yesterday from the militia?
00:01:34.400 That never happened.
00:01:37.960 We were promised a coup.
00:01:41.820 But nothing.
00:01:43.640 Nothing happened.
00:01:44.780 Now, as I often advise you, make your predictions in public, if you have the option to do that, and then see how you do.
00:01:56.720 Because if you don't know how well you can predict, you don't know how well you understand the world.
00:02:03.280 Because if you understand the world well, your predictions should be accurate more often than not.
00:02:09.640 Nobody gets them all right.
00:02:10.760 But yesterday, when we were wondering whether the Capitol would be assaulted by the militia, I told you, that looks like fake news to me.
00:02:22.460 And the obvious reason was, what exactly did this militia plan to do?
00:02:29.780 Were they going to capture and hold territory?
00:02:33.640 How many people do they have?
00:02:35.900 I figured maybe 15 of them could afford a plane ticket or transportation to D.C.
00:02:41.500 What were those 15 people with, even if they brought guns, what the hell were they going to do?
00:02:47.980 Overthrow the country?
00:02:48.900 There wasn't really any chance that that was going to happen.
00:02:54.620 Because people saw what happened with the first one.
00:02:58.260 You're not going to do that a second time.
00:03:01.100 It would be the dumbest thing in the world to even imagine that that was going to happen.
00:03:06.480 So sure enough, my prediction that it was fake news happened.
00:03:10.680 I like the reactions, though.
00:03:12.560 There were two tweets that made me laugh until I cried.
00:03:16.720 So I'll just share those with you.
00:03:18.040 So after we knew that the militia threat on the Capitol was fake news,
00:03:25.200 I guess the Washington Post had a headline that said,
00:03:30.620 At the Capitol, a March 4th threat from militant Trump supporters proves a mirage.
00:03:37.420 And then Mike Cernovich retweets that with,
00:03:41.240 Hoax.
00:03:42.060 That's the word you're looking for.
00:03:43.780 That's like a perfect tweet.
00:03:47.980 Hoax.
00:03:49.060 That's the word you're looking for.
00:03:51.600 So I laughed when I saw that.
00:03:53.540 But here's the one that just had me,
00:03:55.640 I almost lost my breath.
00:03:58.360 I laughed so hard at this.
00:03:59.900 So it's just a Twitter user,
00:04:01.660 GunLoot.com,
00:04:03.940 who talked about the insurrection that didn't happen yesterday.
00:04:07.720 And he tweets,
00:04:09.840 Maybe the real insurrection was the friends we made along the way.
00:04:16.000 That was so damn funny.
00:04:18.560 I just laughed for like 10 minutes after I saw that.
00:04:21.980 All right.
00:04:22.300 So, as I understand what we're supposed to be doing as informed American citizens,
00:04:30.640 or indeed citizens of the world.
00:04:33.180 Many of you are not from America.
00:04:35.940 And we, of course, would like to follow the science, wouldn't we?
00:04:40.940 Because you're not dumb, you're going to follow the science.
00:04:45.580 Right?
00:04:46.140 I mean, I mean, we're not a bunch of Neanderthals, are we?
00:04:53.280 No, we're following the science.
00:04:57.320 Everybody agrees with following the science.
00:05:00.820 Except the teachers' union.
00:05:02.840 Now, the teachers' union wants to keep schools closed,
00:05:06.960 despite the fact that the science quite strongly suggests
00:05:10.880 that we should open them.
00:05:12.600 It's worse for the students to keep them closed.
00:05:14.720 Now, of course, this is just a battle of power.
00:05:19.960 Teachers' unions are trying to support teachers.
00:05:23.480 That's what they do.
00:05:25.100 The teachers' union, it's not their job to help your kids.
00:05:29.400 Did anybody tell you the teachers' union was on your side?
00:05:33.440 Or on your child's side?
00:05:35.780 They're very much not on that side.
00:05:38.060 That's not what a union does.
00:05:39.720 They are for their members.
00:05:41.460 So, what do we do in a situation where it's just a power struggle?
00:05:48.180 A lot of people in the public would like to open schools,
00:05:51.000 but the teachers' unions have the Democrats by the balls.
00:05:56.400 And so it can't happen.
00:05:58.860 Just power.
00:05:59.480 What would you do to break the power balance, I guess you'd call it?
00:06:07.720 Let me give you a suggestion.
00:06:10.620 Now, this can't work because it would require somebody to organize it nationwide.
00:06:16.540 And I don't know that there's anybody who sort of has that credibility
00:06:21.800 or anybody that you're looking to as the school person.
00:06:27.320 I don't know.
00:06:28.420 An advocate.
00:06:30.480 And I'm going to borrow from what worked.
00:06:32.820 And by the way, you can fact-check me on this, but I believe this is true.
00:06:36.120 That the credit in the United States, anyway, for recycling being such a big thing
00:06:44.100 and for the Green New Deal to be such a big thing
00:06:47.600 is that children were, let's say, brainwashed or conditioned
00:06:53.040 to give their parents a hard time if the parents didn't recycle.
00:06:57.900 So my understanding is that recycling worked
00:07:02.660 because kids would shame their own parents.
00:07:07.120 I'm seeing in the comments some people confirming that.
00:07:11.100 Now, what is the situation with school and Zoom and science
00:07:16.080 and the teachers' unions?
00:07:17.660 We have this bizarre situation where the teachers are teaching science to the kids
00:07:23.340 while the teachers' unions are aggressively ignoring science.
00:07:28.640 What would be a way to deal with that?
00:07:34.820 Well, I have a suggestion.
00:07:36.800 Now, the suggestion, unfortunately, probably can't work
00:07:39.760 because it would require organization.
00:07:42.500 Like I said, I don't think there's anybody who has that ability right now.
00:07:45.940 But here's how I would do it if I could organize it.
00:07:50.120 I would tell every kid who's taking Zoom school
00:07:53.660 that when the science class comes on,
00:07:57.900 that they have to turn off the computer
00:08:00.020 and that they will not do their science homework
00:08:02.780 for, let's say, one week.
00:08:07.000 I just pick one week.
00:08:08.360 It could be three days.
00:08:10.060 A Zoom and a science class.
00:08:12.500 Every time the science class came on,
00:08:15.240 the kids would walk over and say,
00:08:16.980 we're not taking science seriously,
00:08:19.360 so I'm not going to learn it.
00:08:23.240 Boop.
00:08:24.320 Goodbye.
00:08:25.180 I'll be back in an hour.
00:08:27.040 I'll be back for English.
00:08:28.280 I'll be back for math because those are real.
00:08:31.600 You're going to teach me those things and I'll use them.
00:08:34.540 But if you're teaching me something you don't fucking use yourself,
00:08:37.640 if the teachers' union won't use science,
00:08:42.200 kids, turn it off.
00:08:45.000 Turn it off.
00:08:46.820 Don't listen to their fucking science.
00:08:49.340 They're not using it themselves.
00:08:51.820 Now, what would happen if the kids across the country,
00:08:55.420 with their parents, of course,
00:08:56.700 parents would have to be in on it,
00:08:58.380 what happens if they just started turning off science class
00:09:00.820 every day for a week?
00:09:02.240 Would there be anything else in the news?
00:09:07.220 No.
00:09:08.140 It would be the biggest story in the news,
00:09:10.480 especially if it were for a full week.
00:09:14.000 Because on day one, it would be the news.
00:09:16.140 Day two, it would be the news.
00:09:17.500 It would be a lot of news.
00:09:20.100 And what would happen to the argument?
00:09:22.840 That would crystallize the argument.
00:09:26.060 It would put the kids in charge,
00:09:28.620 as they should be.
00:09:30.220 Do you know why the kids should be in charge?
00:09:33.800 Because the adults fucked up.
00:09:36.140 The adults are fucking worthless.
00:09:38.180 We don't have a Congress that can help them.
00:09:40.160 We don't have a state government that can help them,
00:09:42.460 in many states.
00:09:43.580 Some are doing well.
00:09:45.260 And we don't have a teacher's union,
00:09:46.840 or teachers that will help them.
00:09:48.240 Obviously, the teachers could also push back
00:09:50.560 against the union if they wanted to.
00:09:52.620 So, do you know why the children should be in charge?
00:09:55.160 Because the parents fucked up.
00:09:57.860 They fucked up.
00:09:59.040 And we're killing the fucking kids.
00:10:02.320 And the kids should organize,
00:10:03.940 and they should take control.
00:10:06.160 And if you don't think the kids could take control
00:10:08.740 of this situation,
00:10:09.960 they can take control.
00:10:12.540 Now, the problem is organization.
00:10:14.380 Who would organize it?
00:10:15.740 But parents,
00:10:17.380 parents, you fucked up.
00:10:19.460 You fucked up, parents.
00:10:22.300 Adults,
00:10:23.540 you fucked up.
00:10:24.260 It's time to put the kids in charge.
00:10:26.580 Because you know they would do a better job.
00:10:28.440 The kids would say,
00:10:29.280 let's get back to school.
00:10:31.140 Most of them.
00:10:32.440 You know, actually,
00:10:32.940 a lot of kids are saying,
00:10:33.800 let's just ride it out this school year.
00:10:35.740 But I think most kids would want to go back to school.
00:10:39.180 And I say,
00:10:39.980 put them in charge.
00:10:40.660 But at the very least,
00:10:43.620 if they're not willing to turn off the science class,
00:10:47.400 I don't know to what extent you can ask questions
00:10:49.960 during a Zoom situation,
00:10:51.780 but I'd like to see at least one kid in every science class
00:10:55.280 raise their hand at the beginning of science class,
00:10:58.780 every time,
00:10:59.460 and just ask one question.
00:11:01.960 Excuse me,
00:11:02.620 just a question.
00:11:03.900 If we're going to learn science,
00:11:05.680 why is it that the teachers don't use it?
00:11:09.380 Why does the teachers' union not use science?
00:11:11.920 Or better,
00:11:13.160 we're learning science.
00:11:15.100 Just some context, please.
00:11:17.720 Is science being used in the decision
00:11:20.060 about whether we should attend in person or not?
00:11:22.780 Could you fill me in?
00:11:23.840 Are we using the science for that?
00:11:25.420 Imagine if the kids forced the science teacher
00:11:30.640 to answer that question before class every day.
00:11:35.520 Just make them answer that question every day.
00:11:40.700 All right.
00:11:45.040 For some reason,
00:11:46.400 the transgender sports thing can't leave the headlines.
00:11:50.620 And I would just like to leave it at this.
00:11:53.140 We keep thinking that there's something wrong
00:11:56.020 with a transgender athlete
00:11:57.620 for wanting to play on the women's teams, etc.
00:12:02.100 And I feel that it's just so missing the point.
00:12:08.180 What's broken is sports.
00:12:10.580 Sports are completely broken.
00:12:12.960 We're looking at it like these specific athletes,
00:12:16.520 the transgender folks,
00:12:17.980 we're looking at it like there's something wrong
00:12:19.480 with that group.
00:12:21.320 There's nothing wrong with people.
00:12:23.780 It's sports.
00:12:25.600 They're completely broken.
00:12:27.520 They sort of drifted to where they are.
00:12:30.420 And if you were going to be smart about it,
00:12:32.320 you would just rip it out by the roots
00:12:33.960 and redesign sports.
00:12:35.460 There's no way to do that.
00:12:36.760 It'd be too hard.
00:12:38.180 But why the hell does a tall...
00:12:41.520 Why does a tall guy get a college scholarship
00:12:44.880 for basketball?
00:12:46.420 And I don't.
00:12:47.180 Why is it that somebody who's genetically gifted
00:12:51.700 gets to go to college for free and have fun
00:12:54.860 and be a student athlete and all that?
00:12:57.640 I don't get that.
00:12:59.700 I didn't have an option to be a college basketball star.
00:13:04.300 Don't tell me I had an option for that.
00:13:06.240 I didn't.
00:13:06.720 So sports are designed to be unfair
00:13:11.320 and to make stars out of the few people
00:13:15.380 who are genetically gifted
00:13:17.680 and to make everybody else a loser.
00:13:19.940 It doesn't matter who the one winner is.
00:13:24.920 Everybody else is going to be the loser.
00:13:26.740 So I know that I understand the argument
00:13:28.500 about making it fair for women
00:13:30.540 because men had this opportunity.
00:13:33.280 Women did not.
00:13:34.520 But what I would change is to take the opportunity
00:13:36.860 away from the men.
00:13:38.880 The problem is not that men had an opportunity
00:13:41.000 women don't have.
00:13:43.020 The problem is why did the men...
00:13:44.760 Why were the men getting, like,
00:13:46.740 honored and paid for a sport?
00:13:49.340 It's college.
00:13:50.860 You don't even need the sport.
00:13:52.840 Somebody accused me on Twitter of being anti-sports
00:13:55.760 because I'm bad at sports.
00:13:58.700 I hate to tell you, but as a kid,
00:14:01.400 I played five sports a day.
00:14:04.020 I was actually pretty good at sports, it turns out.
00:14:08.540 I have a tennis court in my house.
00:14:12.120 That's how much I like sports.
00:14:13.460 But I didn't need to play on organized sports.
00:14:18.600 That wasn't necessary.
00:14:20.720 So sports are great.
00:14:22.180 We should keep sports, but we should re-engineer it
00:14:25.480 so we don't have this problem.
00:14:26.640 Then everybody just plays on the team
00:14:28.800 where their talent makes sense.
00:14:30.420 Doesn't matter your gender.
00:14:32.020 Doesn't matter who wins
00:14:33.340 because the trophy is just a trophy.
00:14:36.180 It's not a scholarship.
00:14:38.040 Scholarships don't make sense for sports.
00:14:40.980 All right.
00:14:41.300 It makes sense for the finance of the college, I suppose,
00:14:44.100 but that's why you have to re-engineer it all.
00:14:47.560 Here's something I would like to brag about.
00:14:51.300 As I told you earlier, remember that you should...
00:14:56.760 And by the way, all the people who are offended by this topic
00:15:01.200 when I say that sports are bad and should be re-engineered,
00:15:04.480 you are suffering cognitive dissonance.
00:15:09.000 So you think you're mad at me, but you're not.
00:15:12.200 And you think there's something wrong with me
00:15:14.180 and that I haven't looked at it all
00:15:16.000 or I'm not considering this or that.
00:15:18.440 If you're having any of those feelings,
00:15:20.320 you're probably having cognitive dissonance
00:15:22.660 because you're sort of stuck in a mindset
00:15:24.800 that sports are right
00:15:26.480 and so it must be the people that are the problem.
00:15:29.860 That's just not the case.
00:15:30.880 Sports are engineered poorly.
00:15:33.880 Anyway, made the same point.
00:15:35.760 Here's another thing I want to say that I predicted correctly.
00:15:39.660 Back in 2015-2016,
00:15:41.800 I was a lone voice in the wilderness
00:15:43.920 saying something along the lines of...
00:15:46.880 I'm watching your comments
00:15:53.300 and they're so cognitive dissonance
00:15:56.220 that it's amusing.
00:15:58.680 You're not seeing reasons,
00:16:00.020 you're just seeing like emotional spouting off
00:16:02.120 which is the cognitive dissonance.
00:16:04.500 It's always fun to watch.
00:16:06.460 All right.
00:16:09.300 So there's a data scientist guy,
00:16:12.800 David Shore.
00:16:13.440 He worked for an Obama campaign,
00:16:16.460 so he's a Democrat
00:16:17.600 and now he works for this open labs,
00:16:20.100 some progressive non-profit.
00:16:22.360 Now it's important that you know he's a Democrat
00:16:24.120 and that he's a data scientist.
00:16:27.580 And he looked at the 2016 election
00:16:31.220 and he said that the reason Trump won
00:16:33.160 was not that he got more turnout,
00:16:38.020 which was the story for several years.
00:16:40.280 You know, the popular press was saying
00:16:42.880 some version of
00:16:44.420 some version of
00:16:47.080 it's just because turnout was high.
00:16:49.940 But this data scientist,
00:16:51.500 this Democrat says,
00:16:52.520 no, that is incorrect.
00:16:54.240 Trump was persuasive.
00:16:57.260 And they can prove that
00:16:58.620 by showing that the people who voted
00:17:00.820 were not the usual mix.
00:17:04.220 because if you saw the same mix of voters,
00:17:07.480 there were just more of them,
00:17:09.100 then that would support the story
00:17:10.460 that it was just turnout.
00:17:11.960 More people showed up in 2016 to vote.
00:17:15.320 But it turns out that the mix of voters changed.
00:17:18.640 There were far more minority voters for Trump.
00:17:22.240 And it's a pretty clear sign
00:17:24.420 that he was persuasive.
00:17:26.600 And so now you have somebody
00:17:27.780 who really knows what they're talking about,
00:17:29.520 who is not a Trump supporter,
00:17:31.000 who is concluding with data
00:17:33.300 that the book I wrote,
00:17:36.060 Wim Bigley,
00:17:36.940 which was focusing on Trump's persuasion
00:17:39.800 as the primary variable
00:17:41.740 that explained in 2016,
00:17:43.760 is now backed by
00:17:45.280 Democrat data.
00:17:48.520 Boom.
00:17:49.540 So I would say that would be
00:17:51.360 one of the more controversial things
00:17:53.080 that I've said in the last several years,
00:17:54.640 is that the biggest variable
00:17:55.940 is that Trump
00:17:56.840 has a toolbox of special skills,
00:18:00.100 whereas other people just said,
00:18:02.440 nah, they're just more racist
00:18:03.860 than we thought.
00:18:05.320 Or he just,
00:18:06.440 he was good at manipulating the news,
00:18:08.320 so a lot of people showed up to vote.
00:18:10.380 But in truth,
00:18:11.500 he moral rove.
00:18:13.140 So,
00:18:13.780 I love the fact that
00:18:15.660 Trump picks fights with people
00:18:17.860 that become
00:18:18.480 sort of a defining fight.
00:18:21.500 So Trump is trying to make it clear
00:18:23.160 that if you were anti-Trump
00:18:24.580 before or now,
00:18:26.940 there's going to be a price.
00:18:27.960 And this is one of the things
00:18:29.840 he does better than
00:18:30.800 I've seen any politician do it.
00:18:33.680 He makes this gigantic distinction
00:18:36.180 between being on his side
00:18:38.620 and not being on his side.
00:18:41.380 It's the biggest gap
00:18:42.960 any politician leaves.
00:18:45.320 Joe Biden might call you
00:18:46.500 a Neanderthal,
00:18:48.020 but no real penalty
00:18:49.660 for being anti-Biden.
00:18:52.440 But if you're anti-Trump
00:18:53.940 and you're a high-profile person,
00:18:55.660 either politically
00:18:56.660 or either elected or not,
00:18:59.320 you're going to get some pain.
00:19:02.240 He's going to send some pain your way.
00:19:04.100 And he's sending it toward Karl Rove,
00:19:06.300 who I guess wrote an article
00:19:07.380 saying that Trump's CPAC speech
00:19:09.960 was long on grievances
00:19:11.500 and short on vision.
00:19:13.720 And Trump just wrote
00:19:15.260 an extended press release
00:19:17.120 just tearing him apart
00:19:18.780 for being basically wrong
00:19:22.420 and worthless
00:19:23.000 in lots of ways
00:19:25.220 that Trump says are true.
00:19:27.740 But watch how,
00:19:29.140 speaking of persuasion,
00:19:31.200 watch how Trump does this.
00:19:34.880 Because I don't think
00:19:36.460 it would be fair to say
00:19:37.520 that the reason
00:19:38.240 he did the press release
00:19:39.400 is because he was angry.
00:19:41.920 I'm sure he was angry.
00:19:43.400 But it's not the reason
00:19:44.460 he did a press release.
00:19:46.100 The reason is for persuasion.
00:19:48.580 And he does this really well.
00:19:50.460 He'll pick an enemy
00:19:51.460 that people can identify
00:19:54.400 as an enemy
00:19:55.300 and that he can rally people
00:19:57.460 against the enemy.
00:19:58.940 So the enemy is either
00:20:00.200 illegal immigration
00:20:02.960 or the enemy is China.
00:20:05.420 Now the enemy is Karl Rove.
00:20:08.000 So Trump does a really good job
00:20:10.340 of picking enemies,
00:20:12.040 branding them,
00:20:13.180 and then rallying energy around it.
00:20:15.300 You're watching him
00:20:16.240 doing it right now.
00:20:17.820 Watching Trump
00:20:18.560 try to consolidate
00:20:19.580 the Republican Party,
00:20:22.620 it's really interesting.
00:20:24.560 Because, man,
00:20:25.580 he's good at it.
00:20:26.800 He's really good at it.
00:20:29.060 All right.
00:20:30.840 So the Washington Post
00:20:32.220 is reporting
00:20:32.900 that we don't have
00:20:36.440 a pandemic
00:20:37.160 if you're thin.
00:20:39.220 if you're overweight,
00:20:42.200 you do have a pandemic.
00:20:44.800 Because what they found
00:20:45.900 was that in countries
00:20:47.100 where less than half
00:20:48.980 of the adult population
00:20:50.080 is overweight,
00:20:52.020 the likelihood of death
00:20:53.760 from COVID-19
00:20:55.320 was about one-tenth
00:20:57.840 of the level in countries
00:21:00.000 with more overweight people.
00:21:03.280 And that correlation
00:21:06.160 goes through hospitalizations
00:21:08.100 as well as deaths.
00:21:10.380 Further,
00:21:11.260 the World Obesity Federation
00:21:13.060 found that 88% of deaths
00:21:14.900 due to COVID
00:21:16.200 in the first year
00:21:17.080 of the pandemic
00:21:17.640 were in countries
00:21:18.400 with more than half
00:21:19.780 of the population
00:21:20.560 was overweight.
00:21:23.420 88%
00:21:24.540 of all the COVID deaths
00:21:27.780 in the first year,
00:21:29.520 88%
00:21:30.100 were where the countries
00:21:33.320 were overweight countries.
00:21:35.200 and even maybe
00:21:41.560 the racial
00:21:42.200 and ethnic
00:21:43.060 correlations
00:21:45.700 that we saw
00:21:46.300 were probably,
00:21:48.500 well,
00:21:48.860 actually,
00:21:49.200 I don't think
00:21:49.640 you can say this yet,
00:21:50.700 but we assumed,
00:21:51.840 a lot of people assumed,
00:21:52.880 I did too,
00:21:53.940 that maybe there was
00:21:54.880 a genetic component
00:21:56.260 because black people
00:21:57.700 were dying
00:21:58.540 at higher rates,
00:21:59.360 et cetera.
00:22:00.240 And it could be
00:22:02.020 that the correlation
00:22:03.000 is that within the
00:22:04.660 black American population
00:22:06.220 there's more obesity,
00:22:07.680 which is true.
00:22:09.020 So it could be
00:22:09.760 that that's the reason
00:22:10.860 that black people
00:22:11.580 were having more trouble,
00:22:12.640 is just a higher rate
00:22:13.720 of weight issues.
00:22:16.920 So,
00:22:17.500 do you think that's true?
00:22:18.540 I looked at the BMI index
00:22:20.820 for a number of countries.
00:22:22.440 And let's see
00:22:23.000 if this correlation holds.
00:22:24.340 So out of
00:22:27.360 190 plus countries
00:22:29.360 that were listed
00:22:30.300 anyway,
00:22:31.640 I don't know how many
00:22:32.120 are,
00:22:32.300 but that's how many
00:22:33.140 were on the list.
00:22:34.720 If you were to rank them
00:22:35.880 from,
00:22:36.360 you know,
00:22:36.940 1 to 190,
00:22:38.500 with 1 being
00:22:39.480 the least
00:22:40.660 overweight,
00:22:43.340 Sweden,
00:22:45.700 oh,
00:22:45.920 I'm sorry,
00:22:46.340 it's the other way,
00:22:47.140 if you're toward 1,
00:22:49.120 you're more overweight,
00:22:50.780 all right?
00:22:51.000 So the closer to 1,
00:22:52.120 the fatter you are.
00:22:52.800 The United States
00:22:55.080 is 20.
00:22:57.120 And of 190 countries,
00:22:59.940 190 countries,
00:23:01.980 the United States
00:23:03.160 is number 20.
00:23:04.980 So we're in the top 20
00:23:06.260 of the fattest countries.
00:23:09.060 Where's Sweden?
00:23:11.380 103.
00:23:13.620 So Sweden,
00:23:14.740 50%,
00:23:15.440 more than 50%
00:23:16.660 of the people
00:23:17.100 live alone.
00:23:19.460 And they're not
00:23:20.520 anywhere close
00:23:21.660 to the United States
00:23:22.880 in fatness.
00:23:24.440 Do you need to know
00:23:25.680 anything else?
00:23:28.820 Right?
00:23:29.320 Is the Sweden,
00:23:30.840 is the Sweden
00:23:32.040 experience
00:23:33.480 now completely
00:23:34.440 explained?
00:23:35.720 I wouldn't say
00:23:36.740 completely,
00:23:37.800 but it feels like
00:23:38.920 90%,
00:23:39.800 doesn't it?
00:23:41.020 Ish.
00:23:42.020 Like,
00:23:42.520 if you just took
00:23:43.160 these two factors,
00:23:44.880 more than half
00:23:46.020 of Swedes
00:23:46.640 live alone,
00:23:48.040 well,
00:23:48.440 hello,
00:23:48.940 social isolation,
00:23:50.040 and they're
00:23:51.920 nowhere near
00:23:52.680 the United States
00:23:53.520 in obesity.
00:23:54.220 It's not even close.
00:23:56.060 That's the whole game.
00:23:57.800 You've just explained
00:23:58.800 the entire Sweden
00:23:59.860 difference.
00:24:01.000 Forget about
00:24:01.520 the lockdowns,
00:24:02.460 forget about
00:24:02.820 the masks.
00:24:04.620 That's it.
00:24:05.920 All right,
00:24:06.200 let's look at some more.
00:24:07.160 The UK
00:24:07.560 is number 40,
00:24:09.220 so they're also
00:24:10.300 toward the top,
00:24:11.380 in fact,
00:24:12.360 and the UK
00:24:12.820 had problems.
00:24:14.040 How about Germany?
00:24:14.760 Germany did
00:24:15.520 better than the UK,
00:24:16.720 better than the United States.
00:24:18.180 They're at 77.
00:24:19.160 So Germany's
00:24:21.080 in the middle
00:24:21.520 of the pack
00:24:22.000 in obesity
00:24:22.640 and middle
00:24:23.900 of the pack
00:24:24.480 in results,
00:24:25.940 I think.
00:24:27.060 How about
00:24:27.720 some other countries
00:24:28.420 we've been following?
00:24:29.500 India,
00:24:29.960 for example,
00:24:31.180 famously has
00:24:32.180 way fewer
00:24:33.200 deaths
00:24:33.740 than can
00:24:35.040 explain anything,
00:24:37.860 except
00:24:38.780 that India
00:24:40.640 ranks
00:24:41.020 178
00:24:42.380 out of
00:24:43.260 190
00:24:44.080 being
00:24:46.060 not overweight.
00:24:47.720 In other words,
00:24:48.300 India is one of the
00:24:49.400 least overweight
00:24:50.340 countries in the
00:24:51.200 whole world
00:24:51.740 and,
00:24:53.000 coincidentally,
00:24:54.560 is surprisingly
00:24:55.560 doing better
00:24:56.880 than anybody
00:24:57.400 expected on COVID.
00:24:58.820 As far as we know,
00:24:59.680 data could be an issue.
00:25:01.320 How about Japan?
00:25:03.080 Japan, too,
00:25:04.060 doing better
00:25:04.560 than people
00:25:05.220 could quite explain,
00:25:07.260 but they're
00:25:07.720 166
00:25:09.000 out of 190
00:25:09.900 in BMI.
00:25:11.760 They're one of
00:25:12.360 the thinnest
00:25:13.060 countries in the world
00:25:14.140 and also
00:25:14.840 an island.
00:25:15.400 and also
00:25:16.180 masking
00:25:17.500 is probably
00:25:18.040 more comfortable
00:25:19.020 over there,
00:25:19.920 more used to it.
00:25:21.980 So,
00:25:22.620 I'm not going to say
00:25:23.420 that every country
00:25:24.740 fits this correlation.
00:25:27.980 China is also...
00:25:30.780 Somebody's asking China.
00:25:32.480 I thought I had
00:25:33.020 that one written down.
00:25:34.980 And I believe
00:25:35.820 that China
00:25:36.340 is also
00:25:36.840 one of the
00:25:37.440 least
00:25:37.980 heavy countries.
00:25:40.660 it's among
00:25:43.240 the less
00:25:43.700 heavy ones.
00:25:47.240 So,
00:25:48.120 again,
00:25:49.880 if you're
00:25:50.380 keeping track
00:25:51.180 of who made
00:25:52.180 good predictions
00:25:52.920 early on
00:25:53.860 in the pandemic,
00:25:54.780 I said,
00:25:55.680 hey,
00:25:55.960 it looks like
00:25:56.600 it's mostly
00:25:57.960 about
00:25:58.360 overweight.
00:26:00.040 And sure enough,
00:26:01.260 it is mostly
00:26:01.860 about overweight.
00:26:02.940 Now,
00:26:03.320 you want to get
00:26:03.760 really mad?
00:26:06.280 Skinny people
00:26:07.040 didn't have
00:26:07.560 a pandemic.
00:26:08.140 It didn't happen.
00:26:11.800 If you were thin,
00:26:14.000 it looks like
00:26:14.700 your odds
00:26:15.340 of the coronavirus
00:26:16.360 was maybe
00:26:17.100 10%.
00:26:18.380 That doesn't
00:26:19.380 translate exactly
00:26:20.280 from this data.
00:26:21.640 But let's say
00:26:22.120 it's somewhere
00:26:22.460 in that 10% range
00:26:23.880 compared to
00:26:24.500 somebody who's
00:26:25.060 overweight.
00:26:27.660 If your risk
00:26:28.680 was only 10%
00:26:29.980 of what those
00:26:32.260 other people were,
00:26:33.460 you didn't have
00:26:34.380 a pandemic,
00:26:35.820 did you?
00:26:36.320 you didn't
00:26:38.180 have that
00:26:38.800 huge risk
00:26:39.500 of death
00:26:39.920 which would
00:26:40.440 characterize
00:26:41.180 a pandemic.
00:26:42.060 Now,
00:26:42.240 the pandemic
00:26:42.640 is more about
00:26:43.320 the spread
00:26:44.640 as well as
00:26:45.220 the deadliness.
00:26:46.680 But,
00:26:48.480 so when skinny
00:26:50.260 people said
00:26:50.880 scamdemic,
00:26:51.800 they weren't
00:26:52.160 wrong,
00:26:52.540 somebody says,
00:26:53.100 that's right.
00:26:53.960 If you were
00:26:54.680 thin,
00:26:55.780 you paid
00:26:56.360 the price
00:26:56.900 for the people
00:26:57.540 who ate
00:26:58.120 too much.
00:26:59.580 And you
00:27:00.280 were in a
00:27:00.680 pandemic
00:27:01.080 that you
00:27:01.500 didn't need
00:27:01.860 to be in.
00:27:03.040 We could
00:27:03.660 have,
00:27:04.120 the world
00:27:05.400 could have
00:27:05.960 said,
00:27:06.440 look,
00:27:06.980 if you're
00:27:07.560 over a
00:27:07.920 certain BMI,
00:27:08.820 stay home.
00:27:10.740 That would
00:27:11.300 have been
00:27:11.480 it.
00:27:12.100 You wouldn't
00:27:12.620 have had to
00:27:13.100 close any
00:27:13.860 businesses.
00:27:15.260 It was all
00:27:16.240 unnecessary.
00:27:17.880 Now,
00:27:18.380 I don't blame
00:27:19.220 anybody because,
00:27:20.400 you know,
00:27:20.660 a fog of war,
00:27:21.560 you do what
00:27:21.900 you have to
00:27:22.260 do.
00:27:23.220 People were
00:27:23.760 guessing,
00:27:24.520 and I said
00:27:24.900 from the
00:27:25.260 beginning,
00:27:25.720 a lot of
00:27:26.220 guesses will
00:27:26.880 be made,
00:27:27.840 and they're
00:27:28.000 not all
00:27:28.340 going to be
00:27:28.660 right.
00:27:29.960 But,
00:27:30.720 we didn't
00:27:31.880 really have
00:27:32.580 a pandemic
00:27:33.180 talking to
00:27:33.940 the people
00:27:34.320 who were
00:27:34.720 lower BMI.
00:27:36.620 We didn't
00:27:37.140 have one,
00:27:38.260 but we had
00:27:39.160 to pay for
00:27:39.640 one,
00:27:40.260 didn't we?
00:27:41.280 Had to
00:27:41.880 pay for
00:27:42.180 one,
00:27:42.720 but didn't
00:27:43.140 have one.
00:27:44.820 So,
00:27:45.700 that's
00:27:46.780 quite a
00:27:47.720 big thing.
00:27:50.220 I saw a
00:27:51.000 tweet today
00:27:51.540 saying that
00:27:52.440 celebrities all
00:27:53.360 seem to be
00:27:53.880 getting tested
00:27:54.600 every day,
00:27:55.780 like if you're
00:27:56.460 a sports,
00:27:57.440 if you're a
00:27:58.180 major athlete
00:27:59.960 or you're
00:28:00.500 on television,
00:28:01.740 and it
00:28:02.160 showed a
00:28:02.460 bunch of
00:28:02.760 clips of
00:28:03.580 celebrities
00:28:04.420 saying,
00:28:04.820 oh yeah,
00:28:05.060 we have to
00:28:05.400 get tested
00:28:05.900 every day,
00:28:07.480 blah,
00:28:07.740 blah,
00:28:07.860 blah,
00:28:08.140 to which I
00:28:08.620 said to
00:28:08.960 myself,
00:28:10.120 are you
00:28:10.840 getting results
00:28:11.640 every day?
00:28:13.360 You're
00:28:13.840 testing every
00:28:14.420 day,
00:28:15.100 but are you
00:28:15.840 getting a
00:28:16.160 result the
00:28:16.680 same day?
00:28:17.640 Because I
00:28:18.240 can't do
00:28:18.620 that.
00:28:19.620 In
00:28:20.080 California,
00:28:20.540 I can't
00:28:21.060 get a
00:28:21.440 test the
00:28:22.500 same day.
00:28:23.300 It takes
00:28:23.880 days to
00:28:25.540 get a
00:28:25.800 result in
00:28:26.420 California.
00:28:27.380 It's a
00:28:28.040 year after
00:28:28.840 the pandemic
00:28:29.920 started,
00:28:30.560 and I
00:28:31.540 can't get
00:28:32.020 a test
00:28:32.460 result for
00:28:33.720 days in
00:28:35.140 one of the
00:28:35.540 biggest,
00:28:36.140 hardest hit
00:28:38.040 states,
00:28:39.060 and I
00:28:39.360 can't get
00:28:39.760 that test.
00:28:41.720 And somebody
00:28:42.380 asked,
00:28:42.700 why is it
00:28:43.140 that celebrities
00:28:44.580 can get
00:28:45.080 tested daily,
00:28:46.360 and I feel
00:28:47.480 like they're
00:28:47.840 probably getting
00:28:48.280 results daily
00:28:49.100 too,
00:28:49.580 but the
00:28:50.540 FDA won't
00:28:51.340 allow you to
00:28:52.000 get one of
00:28:52.720 these cheap
00:28:53.200 tests without
00:28:55.200 a prescription.
00:28:55.880 I'm going
00:28:57.260 to say
00:28:57.520 again,
00:28:58.100 the default
00:28:59.140 assumption is
00:29:00.000 that the
00:29:00.320 FDA is
00:29:01.300 corrupt.
00:29:03.180 That's a
00:29:04.140 pretty bold
00:29:05.180 statement,
00:29:05.680 right?
00:29:06.320 Now,
00:29:06.680 when I say
00:29:07.060 it's the
00:29:07.440 default
00:29:07.960 assumption,
00:29:08.940 I'm going
00:29:09.320 to say
00:29:09.540 this.
00:29:10.640 If the
00:29:11.340 FDA doesn't
00:29:12.420 approve,
00:29:13.740 let's say,
00:29:14.260 unrestricted
00:29:15.280 cheap tests,
00:29:16.200 they have a
00:29:16.580 restriction,
00:29:17.160 they have
00:29:17.400 to have a
00:29:18.280 prescription,
00:29:19.020 which totally
00:29:19.780 ruins the
00:29:20.260 whole thing,
00:29:21.100 if the
00:29:24.100 FDA doesn't
00:29:24.880 tell you
00:29:25.300 why that
00:29:27.120 restriction
00:29:27.660 exists,
00:29:28.560 and it's
00:29:29.160 not obvious
00:29:29.840 when looking
00:29:30.320 at it,
00:29:30.900 it looks
00:29:31.360 like an
00:29:31.700 obvious
00:29:32.000 mistake.
00:29:32.880 If they
00:29:33.460 don't explain
00:29:34.440 it,
00:29:35.040 and they
00:29:35.320 haven't,
00:29:36.360 your default
00:29:37.380 assumption
00:29:37.860 has to be
00:29:38.480 corruption.
00:29:39.700 It doesn't
00:29:40.160 mean it's
00:29:40.500 true.
00:29:41.500 They could
00:29:41.860 simply be
00:29:42.380 incompetent,
00:29:43.560 and maybe
00:29:43.980 their incompetence
00:29:44.920 extends to
00:29:45.740 why they
00:29:46.560 can't explain
00:29:47.260 to you
00:29:47.640 why you
00:29:50.080 can't get
00:29:50.520 it without
00:29:50.760 a prescription.
00:29:52.180 But if
00:29:52.700 they won't
00:29:53.200 explain it
00:29:54.060 to you,
00:29:54.800 you have
00:29:55.480 to assume
00:29:56.220 corruption.
00:29:57.880 You have
00:29:58.280 to.
00:29:59.360 Because it's
00:30:00.040 just the
00:30:00.540 most likely
00:30:01.240 explanation.
00:30:02.640 And the
00:30:03.500 onus is on
00:30:04.280 the government,
00:30:05.340 and the FDA
00:30:06.080 in this case,
00:30:06.920 to make
00:30:07.840 their case.
00:30:08.860 And if they
00:30:09.380 can't make
00:30:09.780 the case,
00:30:10.300 you just
00:30:10.680 need to
00:30:12.180 fire them
00:30:12.700 all for
00:30:14.280 simply not
00:30:14.900 communicating.
00:30:16.320 You don't
00:30:16.800 even have
00:30:17.160 to get
00:30:18.680 into the
00:30:19.100 next level
00:30:19.760 of,
00:30:20.060 are you
00:30:21.300 right or
00:30:21.700 wrong on
00:30:22.080 the science
00:30:22.600 or whatever,
00:30:23.380 if you're
00:30:23.820 not
00:30:24.060 communicating
00:30:24.700 to us
00:30:25.260 why we
00:30:25.660 can't
00:30:25.940 use the
00:30:26.380 most
00:30:26.580 obvious
00:30:27.040 useful
00:30:27.500 tool,
00:30:29.000 it's
00:30:29.920 got to
00:30:30.260 be
00:30:30.400 corruption
00:30:30.820 or
00:30:31.640 massive
00:30:32.100 incompetence,
00:30:32.900 in which
00:30:33.200 case you
00:30:33.620 would get
00:30:34.020 fired either
00:30:34.500 way.
00:30:35.320 So there's
00:30:36.100 something going
00:30:36.720 on in the
00:30:37.200 FDA.
00:30:39.000 I don't
00:30:39.720 think we
00:30:40.100 can ignore
00:30:40.580 it anymore.
00:30:41.960 Whatever
00:30:42.340 is going
00:30:43.000 on,
00:30:44.100 they just
00:30:45.640 won't
00:30:45.860 explain it,
00:30:46.500 and that
00:30:47.180 is firing
00:30:48.140 offense.
00:30:49.640 And I
00:30:50.120 would imagine
00:30:50.740 that there's
00:30:51.300 somebody who
00:30:51.720 needs to
00:30:52.100 go to
00:30:52.420 jail,
00:30:53.380 I think.
00:30:54.500 If there's
00:30:55.160 somebody in
00:30:55.600 the FDA
00:30:55.940 who's doing
00:30:56.400 something because
00:30:57.080 of a bribe
00:30:57.940 or some
00:30:58.400 other country
00:30:58.960 got to
00:30:59.480 them,
00:31:00.880 probably need
00:31:01.600 to go to
00:31:01.980 jail.
00:31:02.780 We need to
00:31:03.260 figure out
00:31:03.760 who it is,
00:31:04.980 or at the
00:31:05.560 very least
00:31:06.080 get a name.
00:31:07.860 Back when we
00:31:08.600 used to have
00:31:08.960 a news
00:31:09.980 business,
00:31:10.900 when people
00:31:11.380 would go get
00:31:11.880 the news,
00:31:12.980 I feel as
00:31:13.680 if they
00:31:13.940 could get
00:31:14.300 somebody from
00:31:14.820 the FDA,
00:31:16.380 put them
00:31:16.760 on TV,
00:31:17.800 and say,
00:31:18.700 hey, why
00:31:20.440 do you make
00:31:20.920 it so hard
00:31:21.460 to do the
00:31:22.020 rapid testing?
00:31:23.760 Give us
00:31:24.280 your reason.
00:31:25.560 We don't
00:31:26.140 even have a
00:31:26.720 news business
00:31:27.460 that will
00:31:27.920 even ask
00:31:28.400 the most
00:31:28.960 basic question.
00:31:30.680 Can you
00:31:31.060 just explain
00:31:32.080 why we
00:31:32.600 can't have
00:31:33.040 these rapid
00:31:33.540 tests?
00:31:34.560 Because we
00:31:35.080 can make
00:31:35.520 them, we
00:31:36.640 just can't
00:31:37.180 have them.
00:31:38.360 Explain.
00:31:39.740 We have no
00:31:40.760 news organization
00:31:41.860 that will
00:31:42.460 ask the
00:31:43.100 most important
00:31:43.780 question.
00:31:44.980 Think about
00:31:45.380 that.
00:31:46.160 Nobody's
00:31:46.600 asked that
00:31:46.920 question.
00:31:47.900 That's
00:31:48.080 mind-boggling
00:31:48.980 that we're
00:31:50.280 at this
00:31:50.620 point.
00:31:52.080 Somebody
00:31:52.320 says,
00:31:52.660 how many
00:31:52.900 died because
00:31:53.560 Fauci blocked
00:31:54.400 hydroxychloroquine?
00:31:55.700 Well, I
00:31:56.120 would say
00:31:56.380 the answer
00:31:56.780 is probably
00:31:57.220 zero.
00:31:58.520 Probably
00:31:58.900 zero.
00:31:59.860 Every day
00:32:00.460 that goes
00:32:00.860 by in
00:32:01.820 which
00:32:02.040 hydroxychloroquine
00:32:03.240 is not,
00:32:04.740 let's say,
00:32:05.800 proven to
00:32:06.400 work,
00:32:07.800 is a
00:32:08.720 pretty strong
00:32:09.440 indication,
00:32:10.260 not proof,
00:32:10.840 but a
00:32:11.960 strong
00:32:12.280 indication
00:32:12.860 that it
00:32:13.280 never did.
00:32:14.640 Or at
00:32:14.980 least never
00:32:15.460 worked in
00:32:16.300 such a
00:32:16.760 strong way
00:32:17.380 that it's
00:32:17.860 just so
00:32:18.280 obvious you
00:32:19.440 don't need
00:32:19.820 to run a
00:32:20.260 study.
00:32:25.320 Somebody
00:32:25.840 says,
00:32:26.260 ivermectin
00:32:26.880 works.
00:32:27.600 Yeah, I
00:32:27.920 also wonder
00:32:28.560 if all
00:32:29.180 that's
00:32:29.460 happening
00:32:29.780 right now
00:32:30.300 with the
00:32:30.800 drop in
00:32:31.800 deaths,
00:32:32.780 I wonder
00:32:33.160 if all
00:32:33.520 that's
00:32:33.700 happening
00:32:34.000 is we're
00:32:34.360 better with
00:32:34.860 therapeutics.
00:32:35.920 because when
00:32:37.700 we talk
00:32:38.080 about the
00:32:38.420 drop in
00:32:38.800 deaths,
00:32:39.220 people say
00:32:39.760 herd
00:32:40.160 immunity,
00:32:41.000 vaccinations,
00:32:41.980 which are
00:32:42.240 part of
00:32:42.500 your herd
00:32:42.900 immunity.
00:32:44.060 Some people
00:32:44.680 say there
00:32:45.180 must be
00:32:45.480 natural
00:32:46.060 this or
00:32:48.200 that.
00:32:49.040 But could
00:32:49.680 it be that
00:32:50.200 the only
00:32:50.760 difference is
00:32:52.280 that we're
00:32:53.040 like 400%
00:32:55.080 smarter about
00:32:55.980 therapeutics?
00:32:57.840 Because now
00:32:58.600 we've heard
00:32:59.000 there's,
00:32:59.460 I forget the
00:33:00.100 name of it,
00:33:00.800 fluvoxamine or
00:33:03.400 something.
00:33:04.540 Wasn't it
00:33:05.060 fluvoxamine,
00:33:06.240 if I'm
00:33:06.520 saying it
00:33:06.880 right, at
00:33:07.920 least in a
00:33:08.500 non-randomized
00:33:09.580 controlled study,
00:33:11.180 seemed to
00:33:11.900 reduce the
00:33:12.660 deaths, or
00:33:16.800 was it
00:33:17.140 hospitalizations
00:33:18.100 to zero?
00:33:19.860 So I
00:33:20.460 think we
00:33:20.800 have
00:33:21.020 therapeutics
00:33:21.740 that can
00:33:22.220 reduce the
00:33:23.280 risk to
00:33:23.740 almost zero.
00:33:27.140 Ivermectin
00:33:27.660 and fluvoxamine
00:33:29.860 or whatever
00:33:30.320 it is.
00:33:31.780 All right.
00:33:32.060 Yes, and
00:33:38.160 we're probably
00:33:38.880 a lot smarter
00:33:39.600 about not
00:33:40.280 putting COVID
00:33:41.740 in nursing
00:33:42.280 homes.
00:33:42.740 The other
00:33:43.220 question I
00:33:44.060 would ask
00:33:44.460 you is,
00:33:45.200 if we
00:33:46.140 know who's
00:33:46.760 vulnerable,
00:33:49.280 I can't
00:33:51.320 believe there
00:33:51.780 are more
00:33:52.080 than 20
00:33:52.700 million people
00:33:53.380 in the
00:33:53.660 country who
00:33:54.860 are obviously
00:33:55.720 vulnerable to
00:33:56.700 the coronavirus.
00:33:58.920 Shouldn't we
00:33:59.640 be working
00:34:00.180 through all
00:34:00.900 of the
00:34:01.280 obese and
00:34:02.420 or compromised
00:34:04.640 people pretty
00:34:05.840 quickly?
00:34:07.000 I feel like
00:34:07.820 we're going to
00:34:08.180 get through all
00:34:09.180 of the
00:34:09.580 vulnerable people
00:34:10.600 like this
00:34:12.380 month, right?
00:34:13.400 And I think
00:34:14.300 if all you
00:34:14.900 have left is
00:34:15.580 the people
00:34:15.980 that you
00:34:16.300 would be
00:34:16.600 surprised if
00:34:17.480 they died,
00:34:18.120 they look
00:34:18.720 healthy to
00:34:19.220 you, but
00:34:20.080 there must
00:34:20.340 be something
00:34:20.760 different about
00:34:21.340 them.
00:34:23.460 There's no
00:34:24.060 reason not to
00:34:24.580 open up after
00:34:25.180 that.
00:34:25.920 So I feel
00:34:26.500 as though the
00:34:27.740 vaccinations are
00:34:28.800 going to be
00:34:29.380 like ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba,
00:34:30.740 and then the
00:34:31.140 deaths will
00:34:31.580 just fall off
00:34:32.280 a table.
00:34:38.120 Nobies.
00:34:40.440 Yeah, as
00:34:41.700 somebody's saying
00:34:42.400 in the comments,
00:34:43.520 is the reason
00:34:44.360 that the
00:34:44.940 government won't
00:34:46.020 focus on
00:34:46.760 obesity that
00:34:47.660 it's politically
00:34:48.360 incorrect, and
00:34:49.800 that we don't
00:34:50.360 want to say
00:34:50.840 that this is
00:34:52.260 a fat-demic
00:34:53.480 and it's
00:34:54.080 not a
00:34:54.700 pandemic?
00:34:55.100 I mean, it's
00:34:56.480 not a
00:34:57.220 pandemic for
00:34:57.840 thin people.
00:34:59.600 Is there a
00:35:00.240 reason we just
00:35:00.740 can't say it
00:35:01.520 because it
00:35:01.960 turns into
00:35:02.440 fat-shaming?
00:35:04.040 It feels like
00:35:05.500 that's what's
00:35:05.960 going on,
00:35:06.480 right?
00:35:07.100 It feels as
00:35:08.080 if wokeness
00:35:09.180 probably killed
00:35:10.740 100,000 people
00:35:11.740 in this country
00:35:12.360 alone.
00:35:13.620 Am I wrong?
00:35:15.740 Would you be
00:35:16.520 able to say,
00:35:17.220 given that we
00:35:17.760 know obesity
00:35:18.900 seems to be
00:35:19.680 the biggest
00:35:20.040 variable,
00:35:20.840 based on this
00:35:21.920 anyway,
00:35:22.220 and we
00:35:24.840 know our
00:35:25.240 government has
00:35:25.940 not made a
00:35:26.580 big deal about
00:35:27.240 it.
00:35:28.260 Our government
00:35:28.860 did not say,
00:35:29.780 you know,
00:35:30.480 if you get a
00:35:31.140 few extra
00:35:31.540 pounds,
00:35:32.280 you especially
00:35:33.240 should wear that
00:35:34.020 mask and stay
00:35:34.760 home or whatever.
00:35:36.120 I feel as if
00:35:37.140 they didn't do
00:35:37.700 that because
00:35:38.240 they couldn't
00:35:38.860 do it.
00:35:39.580 It would be
00:35:40.000 fat-shaming,
00:35:41.360 and it would
00:35:42.060 cause thin
00:35:42.960 people to
00:35:43.580 yell at fat
00:35:44.220 people or
00:35:44.700 whatever bad
00:35:46.260 things happen
00:35:46.760 for that.
00:35:47.620 Now, let me
00:35:49.020 say this again.
00:35:49.640 I say this
00:35:50.060 often.
00:35:51.020 I am very
00:35:51.800 opposed,
00:35:53.000 very opposed,
00:35:54.600 to fat
00:35:55.520 shaming.
00:35:57.980 It's something,
00:35:59.100 you know,
00:35:59.480 I've done in
00:36:00.040 my past,
00:36:01.480 and my
00:36:03.640 current thinking
00:36:04.420 is I don't
00:36:05.060 believe in
00:36:05.580 free will
00:36:06.380 the way I
00:36:07.160 used to
00:36:07.520 believe in
00:36:07.920 it,
00:36:08.300 and I
00:36:08.860 think that
00:36:09.240 people who
00:36:09.940 overeat,
00:36:11.200 there's a
00:36:11.760 reason.
00:36:12.940 There's a
00:36:13.400 reason,
00:36:14.220 and it's a
00:36:14.660 reason that
00:36:15.100 doesn't apply
00:36:15.640 to me.
00:36:16.880 So I don't
00:36:17.780 overeat,
00:36:18.480 not because I
00:36:19.460 have such
00:36:19.840 great character,
00:36:20.700 it's not
00:36:22.240 my character
00:36:22.960 that keeps
00:36:23.440 me from
00:36:23.860 overeating.
00:36:25.440 I think I'm
00:36:26.320 just less
00:36:26.740 hungry.
00:36:28.100 I think
00:36:28.420 that's it.
00:36:29.340 I think I
00:36:29.820 just like
00:36:30.560 food a
00:36:31.320 little bit
00:36:31.720 less than
00:36:32.420 other people,
00:36:33.420 and that
00:36:33.960 allows me to
00:36:35.100 have the
00:36:35.500 illusion of
00:36:36.460 willpower.
00:36:37.500 If you
00:36:38.260 loved food
00:36:40.040 like people
00:36:40.640 love heroin
00:36:41.280 after they're
00:36:41.900 addicted,
00:36:43.240 it's not
00:36:43.940 reasonable to
00:36:44.560 ask that
00:36:44.880 person to
00:36:45.340 lose weight.
00:36:46.400 It really
00:36:46.980 isn't.
00:36:47.540 They're
00:36:47.740 different.
00:36:48.100 their need
00:36:50.260 to eat
00:36:51.540 is just
00:36:52.000 greater than
00:36:52.700 mine,
00:36:53.120 and I'm
00:36:53.500 not awesome
00:36:54.180 for being
00:36:54.680 able to
00:36:55.200 maintain my
00:36:55.920 weight.
00:36:56.900 I'm just
00:36:57.500 lucky.
00:36:58.960 Now,
00:37:00.020 in the old
00:37:01.040 days,
00:37:01.420 people said
00:37:01.980 there was a
00:37:02.540 metabolism
00:37:03.060 thing,
00:37:03.900 and there's
00:37:04.180 a big,
00:37:04.740 you know,
00:37:05.260 some people
00:37:05.860 will eat
00:37:06.240 the same
00:37:06.700 amount of
00:37:07.100 calories as
00:37:07.700 you,
00:37:07.980 but they'll
00:37:08.300 gain weight.
00:37:10.340 There's
00:37:10.860 something to
00:37:11.420 that,
00:37:12.200 right?
00:37:12.580 That's not
00:37:13.320 untrue,
00:37:14.720 but it's
00:37:15.880 not the
00:37:16.240 big thing.
00:37:16.820 The big
00:37:18.060 thing is
00:37:18.580 the brain
00:37:19.060 part.
00:37:19.840 How much
00:37:20.300 do you
00:37:20.560 want that
00:37:21.000 cookie?
00:37:22.340 My brain
00:37:23.020 says,
00:37:23.520 eh,
00:37:23.800 I can take
00:37:24.380 it or leave
00:37:24.760 it.
00:37:25.460 I don't
00:37:25.780 really need
00:37:26.160 a cookie.
00:37:27.120 Other
00:37:27.420 people's
00:37:27.880 brain says,
00:37:28.680 oh,
00:37:28.900 you're eating
00:37:29.220 that cookie.
00:37:30.720 You're eating
00:37:31.300 that cookie.
00:37:32.140 It has
00:37:32.400 nothing to
00:37:32.820 do with
00:37:33.140 their metabolism.
00:37:35.540 The brain
00:37:35.900 just says,
00:37:36.440 go for the
00:37:36.820 cookie.
00:37:37.320 Mine
00:37:37.520 doesn't.
00:37:37.980 That's the
00:37:38.680 end of the
00:37:39.020 story.
00:37:40.480 So,
00:37:40.940 given that I
00:37:42.240 feel that it
00:37:42.840 has more to
00:37:43.360 do with what
00:37:44.200 you were born
00:37:44.880 with than what
00:37:46.000 you're doing
00:37:46.540 with it,
00:37:47.660 I feel fat
00:37:49.180 shaming is
00:37:49.720 completely
00:37:50.340 inappropriate.
00:37:51.680 The same
00:37:52.360 way making
00:37:53.340 fun of
00:37:53.800 anybody in
00:37:54.320 the LGBTQ
00:37:54.960 community would
00:37:56.140 be completely
00:37:56.760 inappropriate,
00:37:57.780 because we
00:37:59.520 don't have a
00:38:00.080 good society
00:38:00.780 if we're
00:38:01.140 blaming people
00:38:02.420 for stuff
00:38:02.940 they're just
00:38:03.480 born with.
00:38:05.220 All right,
00:38:05.900 is there a way
00:38:06.320 to hypnotize
00:38:07.000 away from
00:38:07.400 that?
00:38:08.200 Good question.
00:38:08.760 Can you
00:38:09.880 hypnotize
00:38:10.600 somebody to
00:38:11.440 lose weight?
00:38:12.680 The answer
00:38:13.340 is,
00:38:14.340 nope.
00:38:16.100 Nope,
00:38:16.780 you can't.
00:38:18.040 Can you
00:38:18.740 hypnotize
00:38:19.280 somebody to
00:38:19.960 quit smoking?
00:38:22.020 Nope.
00:38:23.440 Nope,
00:38:24.080 you can't.
00:38:24.900 Now,
00:38:25.140 you've probably
00:38:25.500 all heard
00:38:25.940 stories of
00:38:26.500 people who
00:38:26.820 did.
00:38:27.520 You've
00:38:27.800 probably heard
00:38:28.180 somebody who
00:38:28.580 went to
00:38:28.820 the hypnotist,
00:38:30.000 quit smoking,
00:38:30.740 lost weight.
00:38:31.440 Those are
00:38:31.740 true,
00:38:32.760 but here's
00:38:33.580 the statistical
00:38:34.760 context.
00:38:36.620 people who
00:38:38.040 want to
00:38:38.520 lose weight
00:38:39.160 or quit
00:38:39.760 smoking
00:38:40.200 will do
00:38:41.800 it with
00:38:42.260 any method
00:38:43.300 successfully
00:38:44.300 if they've
00:38:45.820 decided to
00:38:46.540 do it.
00:38:47.760 That's it.
00:38:48.960 If you've
00:38:49.640 decided to
00:38:50.400 lose weight
00:38:50.840 as opposed
00:38:51.440 to wanting
00:38:52.160 to lose
00:38:52.660 weight,
00:38:53.040 that's a
00:38:53.360 key difference.
00:38:54.480 If you've
00:38:55.260 decided to
00:38:56.180 lose weight,
00:38:57.040 it doesn't
00:38:58.060 matter what
00:38:58.460 method you
00:38:58.980 use,
00:38:59.480 because you've
00:38:59.860 decided.
00:39:01.160 It's not
00:39:01.540 like rocket
00:39:03.040 science.
00:39:04.100 Everybody
00:39:04.500 could do
00:39:05.060 the mechanics
00:39:06.020 of it.
00:39:06.420 You eat
00:39:06.760 less,
00:39:07.540 eat better
00:39:07.960 food,
00:39:08.800 exercise
00:39:09.160 more.
00:39:10.400 We all
00:39:11.140 know how.
00:39:15.700 Anyway,
00:39:17.660 watch an
00:39:18.600 old movie,
00:39:19.220 Everyone is
00:39:19.700 Thin.
00:39:20.340 Just the
00:39:20.980 last point
00:39:21.680 on weight
00:39:24.300 loss.
00:39:25.500 Hypnosis
00:39:26.020 does let
00:39:27.100 you lose
00:39:27.660 weight,
00:39:28.180 and it
00:39:28.420 does let
00:39:29.160 you quit
00:39:29.660 smoking,
00:39:30.660 but no
00:39:31.200 better or
00:39:31.900 worse than
00:39:32.740 every other
00:39:33.560 thing you
00:39:33.980 might have
00:39:34.300 tried.
00:39:34.660 about a
00:39:35.920 third of
00:39:36.340 the people
00:39:36.720 will succeed
00:39:37.440 at either
00:39:39.220 of those
00:39:39.580 things,
00:39:40.220 smoking or
00:39:40.900 weight loss,
00:39:41.740 but they
00:39:42.900 would have
00:39:43.260 succeeded
00:39:43.740 with whatever
00:39:44.660 technique they
00:39:45.420 chose,
00:39:46.160 because the
00:39:46.580 part that
00:39:47.680 mattered was
00:39:48.460 the decision.
00:39:50.100 And if
00:39:50.560 you're new
00:39:51.200 to me talking
00:39:51.860 about a
00:39:52.300 decision
00:39:52.920 versus a
00:39:55.000 want,
00:39:55.860 here's the
00:39:56.360 difference.
00:39:57.280 Once you've
00:39:57.860 decided,
00:39:59.320 nothing's going
00:39:59.920 to stop you.
00:40:01.340 That's the
00:40:02.040 difference.
00:40:03.260 Wanting
00:40:03.700 something means,
00:40:04.520 well, if I
00:40:05.000 get a little
00:40:05.380 friction, I'm
00:40:06.580 going to pull
00:40:06.880 back.
00:40:07.900 But once
00:40:08.220 you've decided
00:40:08.920 and you run
00:40:09.580 into a
00:40:09.960 brick wall,
00:40:11.400 the person
00:40:12.160 who wants
00:40:12.640 it says,
00:40:13.180 eh, brick
00:40:13.580 wall, what
00:40:14.760 can I do?
00:40:15.760 The person
00:40:16.200 who's decided
00:40:16.900 walks up to
00:40:17.560 the brick
00:40:17.900 wall and
00:40:18.660 starts hitting
00:40:19.140 it with
00:40:19.420 her head
00:40:19.780 for a
00:40:21.080 hundred years
00:40:21.680 until they
00:40:22.740 die or the
00:40:23.440 wall is
00:40:23.940 finally degraded
00:40:25.520 and falls
00:40:25.900 over.
00:40:27.580 Deciding
00:40:28.100 is the
00:40:28.620 thing.
00:40:28.940 And if
00:40:30.780 I could
00:40:31.100 teach you
00:40:31.520 just one
00:40:32.120 thing in
00:40:32.660 life, just
00:40:34.200 one thing,
00:40:35.020 like one
00:40:35.400 little hack
00:40:36.220 that would
00:40:37.540 change everything
00:40:38.580 for your
00:40:39.000 life, it
00:40:40.880 would be
00:40:41.100 that.
00:40:42.100 Know the
00:40:42.760 difference
00:40:43.280 between what
00:40:45.000 you want
00:40:45.760 and what
00:40:47.080 you've decided
00:40:48.040 because the
00:40:49.500 things you've
00:40:50.040 decided are
00:40:50.920 the things
00:40:51.340 you're going
00:40:51.660 to get
00:40:52.060 because you're
00:40:53.300 going to punch
00:40:55.060 through a
00:40:55.540 wall to get
00:40:56.900 it.
00:40:57.120 the things
00:40:57.740 you want
00:40:58.360 only by
00:41:00.380 lock.
00:41:01.480 You might
00:41:01.860 get them
00:41:02.160 by lock,
00:41:03.140 but you
00:41:03.580 only get
00:41:03.900 the things
00:41:04.240 you decide.
00:41:05.800 So what's
00:41:07.240 important about
00:41:07.860 that is
00:41:08.900 that it
00:41:11.620 becomes a
00:41:12.420 technique
00:41:13.460 for, let's
00:41:15.620 say, controlling
00:41:16.420 what you feel
00:41:17.220 is your
00:41:17.600 willpower,
00:41:18.260 anyway, your
00:41:18.740 sensation of
00:41:19.480 willpower.
00:41:20.380 Once you
00:41:20.880 tell yourself
00:41:21.500 you've
00:41:21.840 decided,
00:41:23.180 then you
00:41:23.520 can also
00:41:24.000 remove from
00:41:24.840 yourself your
00:41:25.520 option from
00:41:26.220 quitting.
00:41:27.120 Just say
00:41:28.740 that's not
00:41:29.200 an option.
00:41:30.820 Quitting is
00:41:31.280 only an
00:41:31.600 option if
00:41:32.040 you want
00:41:32.540 something.
00:41:34.100 Quitting is
00:41:34.560 not an
00:41:34.920 option if
00:41:35.400 you've
00:41:35.720 decided.
00:41:37.300 Once you've
00:41:37.840 decided,
00:41:39.260 all the
00:41:40.920 decision-making
00:41:41.540 is done.
00:41:42.760 Let me
00:41:43.280 give you an
00:41:43.580 example.
00:41:45.680 Years ago,
00:41:46.380 I've told this
00:41:46.840 story before,
00:41:47.380 but I like it.
00:41:48.180 Years ago,
00:41:48.760 when smoking
00:41:49.340 was still
00:41:49.840 allowed in
00:41:50.420 offices,
00:41:51.280 I had a
00:41:51.920 smoker who
00:41:52.540 sat right
00:41:53.140 next to my
00:41:53.620 cubicle.
00:41:54.720 She was a
00:41:55.580 chain smoker,
00:41:56.200 which made
00:41:57.020 me sitting
00:41:57.580 in a
00:41:57.840 cloud of
00:41:58.220 smoke all
00:41:58.660 day.
00:41:59.620 I said,
00:42:00.360 this is
00:42:01.020 undoable.
00:42:02.280 I complained
00:42:02.860 to my
00:42:03.220 management and
00:42:03.820 said, I
00:42:04.860 can't work
00:42:05.360 in this
00:42:06.260 environment with
00:42:07.320 all this
00:42:07.620 secondhand
00:42:08.020 smoke.
00:42:08.860 It was
00:42:09.560 legal to
00:42:10.180 smoke,
00:42:10.720 so my
00:42:11.100 boss said,
00:42:11.660 I can't
00:42:12.280 do anything
00:42:12.620 about it.
00:42:13.860 I can't
00:42:14.240 do anything
00:42:14.580 about it.
00:42:15.020 It's legal
00:42:15.680 to smoke.
00:42:16.740 You're
00:42:17.260 allowed to
00:42:17.660 do it in
00:42:17.980 the office.
00:42:19.260 I can't
00:42:20.020 do anything.
00:42:21.240 So I
00:42:22.340 waited.
00:42:23.580 I waited
00:42:24.040 for my
00:42:24.460 opportunity.
00:42:25.560 One day,
00:42:26.580 the company
00:42:27.260 passed around
00:42:27.920 this thing
00:42:28.380 that every
00:42:28.760 employee had
00:42:29.320 to sign.
00:42:30.220 It said,
00:42:30.620 you recognized
00:42:31.380 dangers in
00:42:33.060 the workplace.
00:42:34.100 It would
00:42:34.480 have a list
00:42:35.020 of dangers,
00:42:36.180 and you
00:42:36.340 had to
00:42:36.580 check off
00:42:37.360 that you
00:42:37.800 understood
00:42:38.520 these were
00:42:38.960 dangerous
00:42:39.300 things and
00:42:39.840 sign it.
00:42:40.860 And one
00:42:41.260 of the
00:42:41.460 dangers was
00:42:42.200 secondhand
00:42:43.000 smoke.
00:42:44.640 And I'm
00:42:44.960 looking at
00:42:45.320 this thing,
00:42:45.760 and I'm
00:42:45.960 thinking,
00:42:46.540 are you
00:42:47.140 serious?
00:42:48.340 My company
00:42:49.200 is telling
00:42:49.600 me that it's
00:42:50.160 my job that
00:42:52.100 if I see
00:42:52.600 one of these
00:42:53.160 dangers on
00:42:53.880 this list,
00:42:55.120 it is my
00:42:55.860 job to
00:42:56.260 act.
00:42:57.780 It's not
00:42:58.440 just my
00:42:59.100 job to
00:42:59.600 tell management.
00:43:01.740 That'd be
00:43:02.280 one thing.
00:43:03.000 It's my
00:43:03.400 job to
00:43:03.780 act on it.
00:43:04.880 Because it's
00:43:05.240 a danger.
00:43:06.200 You don't
00:43:07.160 put it
00:43:07.560 through the
00:43:08.140 channels.
00:43:09.900 It's a
00:43:10.280 danger.
00:43:11.060 So you
00:43:11.260 act on it.
00:43:12.580 So I
00:43:13.320 signed it,
00:43:14.320 and I took
00:43:14.820 it to my
00:43:15.160 boss and
00:43:15.660 said,
00:43:16.000 you see
00:43:16.260 here,
00:43:16.440 secondhand
00:43:19.000 smoke is
00:43:19.520 a carcinogen.
00:43:20.860 And I
00:43:21.220 pointed it
00:43:21.620 out to
00:43:21.860 him,
00:43:22.000 and I
00:43:22.140 said,
00:43:22.980 so I'm
00:43:23.620 going to
00:43:24.280 discontinue
00:43:25.140 coming to
00:43:25.660 the office
00:43:26.220 until the
00:43:27.580 health hazard
00:43:28.300 is remediated.
00:43:30.400 Now here
00:43:31.020 was the
00:43:31.420 trick to
00:43:31.860 the
00:43:32.020 persuasion.
00:43:33.320 I just
00:43:33.720 said it
00:43:34.060 matter-of-factly,
00:43:35.820 and then I
00:43:36.360 did it.
00:43:37.420 And I
00:43:37.700 said,
00:43:38.000 so tomorrow
00:43:38.520 I won't
00:43:39.540 be coming
00:43:39.940 to work,
00:43:40.880 and here's
00:43:41.440 the fun
00:43:41.760 part.
00:43:42.020 This was
00:43:42.320 before you
00:43:42.900 could
00:43:43.080 effectively
00:43:43.560 work from
00:43:44.140 home.
00:43:45.000 Like I
00:43:45.320 didn't
00:43:45.480 really have
00:43:45.960 an option
00:43:46.340 of working
00:43:46.720 from home.
00:43:47.380 Not
00:43:47.540 effectively.
00:43:48.400 It was
00:43:48.720 just a
00:43:49.320 day of
00:43:49.580 not
00:43:49.780 work.
00:43:50.820 So I
00:43:51.120 said,
00:43:51.320 tomorrow I
00:43:51.740 won't be
00:43:52.100 in because
00:43:52.640 the workplace
00:43:53.340 is unsafe.
00:43:54.400 I've been
00:43:54.920 asked by my
00:43:55.820 company to
00:43:57.120 act on it.
00:43:58.020 I signed
00:43:58.560 off that I
00:43:59.080 would.
00:43:59.400 I've given
00:43:59.780 my word.
00:44:00.420 I have to
00:44:01.840 keep my
00:44:02.180 word.
00:44:03.000 I have to
00:44:03.420 follow the
00:44:03.840 company
00:44:04.140 directions.
00:44:05.540 Have I
00:44:05.760 ever told
00:44:06.080 you about
00:44:06.740 getting your
00:44:07.320 way through
00:44:07.800 aggressive
00:44:08.400 following the
00:44:10.020 rules?
00:44:10.720 This is the
00:44:11.380 best example
00:44:12.020 you'll ever
00:44:12.360 hear.
00:44:12.540 following the
00:44:14.300 rules can
00:44:15.740 be a
00:44:16.280 really good
00:44:18.860 way to
00:44:19.140 protest.
00:44:20.360 So I
00:44:21.080 stayed home
00:44:21.600 and sometime
00:44:22.880 the next day
00:44:23.900 in the
00:44:24.160 afternoon my
00:44:24.720 boss calls
00:44:25.340 and said,
00:44:25.920 are you
00:44:26.500 really staying
00:44:27.140 home?
00:44:28.480 Seriously,
00:44:29.380 you're not
00:44:29.700 coming to
00:44:30.120 work?
00:44:31.540 And I
00:44:32.180 said,
00:44:32.700 this wasn't
00:44:34.000 my decision.
00:44:35.720 The company
00:44:36.400 rule says
00:44:37.420 under these
00:44:38.220 conditions,
00:44:38.840 which are
00:44:39.660 very clearly
00:44:40.580 obvious that
00:44:42.280 I have to
00:44:42.860 leave the
00:44:43.300 dangerous area
00:44:44.040 and remediate.
00:44:45.600 That's what
00:44:45.920 I'm doing.
00:44:46.920 Day two,
00:44:48.040 my boss
00:44:48.460 calls and
00:44:48.940 says,
00:44:49.540 seriously,
00:44:50.840 seriously,
00:44:51.420 you're not
00:44:51.720 coming to
00:44:52.120 work?
00:44:52.740 And I
00:44:53.340 said,
00:44:54.180 yep,
00:44:54.920 I'm not
00:44:55.360 coming to
00:44:55.760 work.
00:44:56.320 It's
00:44:56.580 dangerous.
00:44:58.180 Next day
00:44:58.840 I get a
00:44:59.160 call from
00:44:59.720 my boss's
00:45:00.860 boss.
00:45:01.780 It's now
00:45:02.260 escalating up.
00:45:04.040 And he
00:45:04.340 said basically
00:45:05.220 the same
00:45:05.580 thing.
00:45:06.160 Seriously,
00:45:06.900 you're not
00:45:07.340 coming to
00:45:07.740 work?
00:45:08.940 I said,
00:45:09.460 nope.
00:45:10.540 And of
00:45:11.280 course I
00:45:11.820 knew that
00:45:12.940 I could
00:45:13.300 be fired.
00:45:15.460 How much
00:45:16.220 risk do
00:45:16.980 you think
00:45:17.320 they would
00:45:17.760 have taken
00:45:18.160 on if
00:45:18.860 they had
00:45:19.160 fired me?
00:45:21.360 More than
00:45:22.040 they wanted.
00:45:23.900 Because you
00:45:25.400 don't have to
00:45:25.880 know me long
00:45:26.700 to know that
00:45:27.740 I could be
00:45:28.160 trouble.
00:45:29.940 Right?
00:45:30.560 People pick
00:45:31.360 up on that
00:45:31.840 fairly quickly.
00:45:33.320 You know,
00:45:33.620 if I'm
00:45:34.140 asking for
00:45:34.780 something,
00:45:36.040 let's say,
00:45:36.360 in a service
00:45:36.880 way or
00:45:37.340 something,
00:45:37.980 people read
00:45:39.660 me very
00:45:40.140 quickly.
00:45:41.260 And one
00:45:41.540 of the
00:45:41.720 things they
00:45:42.080 read fairly
00:45:43.300 reliably is
00:45:45.020 that this
00:45:45.420 guy's
00:45:45.660 trouble,
00:45:46.240 but only
00:45:47.180 if he
00:45:47.420 wants to
00:45:47.820 be.
00:45:48.240 I'm the
00:45:48.760 nicest guy
00:45:49.280 in the
00:45:49.500 world,
00:45:50.580 if I can
00:45:51.780 be.
00:45:52.660 But if I
00:45:53.160 need to
00:45:53.580 be trouble,
00:45:54.540 people pick
00:45:55.780 up on that
00:45:56.240 really quickly.
00:45:57.660 And so
00:45:58.100 my bosses
00:45:59.920 eventually
00:46:00.520 reorganized the
00:46:01.740 office and
00:46:03.260 relocated my
00:46:04.580 cubicle to
00:46:05.360 place where
00:46:06.620 there was
00:46:07.100 little or
00:46:07.620 no smoke
00:46:08.100 and I
00:46:09.700 got my
00:46:10.100 way.
00:46:10.680 Now the
00:46:10.980 point of
00:46:11.320 the story
00:46:11.760 was that
00:46:13.260 the reason
00:46:13.740 that I
00:46:14.280 prevailed in
00:46:15.160 that situation
00:46:15.940 is because I
00:46:17.200 didn't want
00:46:18.140 less smoke.
00:46:19.920 I decided.
00:46:21.060 I decided I
00:46:23.500 was going to
00:46:23.960 quit my job
00:46:24.740 without having
00:46:25.380 one lined up.
00:46:26.900 I would have
00:46:27.280 gone to the
00:46:27.800 local press
00:46:28.780 to take down
00:46:30.180 my whole
00:46:30.600 company if
00:46:31.220 they had
00:46:31.480 fired me.
00:46:32.420 I was going
00:46:33.220 to fight
00:46:33.620 this to
00:46:34.960 the death.
00:46:37.340 And once
00:46:38.080 you reach
00:46:38.480 that state
00:46:39.680 of, what
00:46:41.800 would you
00:46:42.060 call it?
00:46:42.420 It's almost
00:46:42.660 like a, I
00:46:43.420 hate, I'm
00:46:43.800 probably using
00:46:44.300 the wrong
00:46:44.660 word, but
00:46:45.320 there's almost
00:46:45.840 a zen-like
00:46:46.920 state when
00:46:48.400 you've decided
00:46:49.220 something.
00:46:49.740 You're
00:46:51.000 always a
00:46:51.600 little
00:46:51.860 uncomfortable
00:46:52.620 when you
00:46:53.220 want something
00:46:54.020 but you're
00:46:54.420 not sure.
00:46:55.840 Am I
00:46:56.240 making the
00:46:56.720 right choice?
00:46:57.480 I hope
00:46:57.860 so.
00:46:58.980 But when
00:46:59.380 you've
00:46:59.620 decided, this
00:47:00.660 great calm
00:47:01.560 comes over
00:47:02.160 you.
00:47:03.240 And you
00:47:03.980 attract
00:47:05.080 power in
00:47:07.020 a way that
00:47:07.460 you can't
00:47:07.860 even imagine.
00:47:09.560 Once you
00:47:10.780 reach that
00:47:11.220 point of
00:47:13.140 certainty,
00:47:14.540 power just
00:47:15.860 flows into
00:47:16.740 you.
00:47:17.680 And you
00:47:18.420 can do
00:47:18.680 anything.
00:47:18.900 I've
00:47:19.660 said before
00:47:20.120 that I've
00:47:20.480 never been
00:47:20.900 in a
00:47:21.340 physical
00:47:21.900 fight.
00:47:23.760 That's
00:47:24.200 sort of
00:47:24.720 true.
00:47:25.140 I had a
00:47:25.500 few bully
00:47:26.160 situations, but
00:47:27.880 I don't
00:47:28.180 think they
00:47:28.620 would call
00:47:29.020 it a
00:47:29.260 fight because
00:47:29.980 they didn't
00:47:30.520 get a
00:47:30.800 chance to
00:47:31.200 fight back.
00:47:32.920 So I
00:47:33.700 did have
00:47:34.060 to physically
00:47:36.620 damage a
00:47:37.660 few bullies.
00:47:39.320 But it
00:47:39.880 wasn't really
00:47:40.260 a fight because
00:47:40.880 they were
00:47:41.580 smart enough
00:47:42.160 not to
00:47:42.540 fight back.
00:47:43.640 And I
00:47:45.540 think the
00:47:46.020 reason comes
00:47:46.740 down to
00:47:47.120 this.
00:47:48.380 I would
00:47:49.120 never get
00:47:49.880 in a
00:47:50.160 fight with
00:47:51.820 someone I
00:47:52.300 wasn't willing
00:47:52.800 to kill.
00:47:55.660 Would you?
00:47:57.040 Because it
00:47:57.700 feels dumb.
00:47:58.840 If you
00:47:59.220 could just
00:47:59.600 run away,
00:48:00.860 why would
00:48:01.540 you ever
00:48:01.800 get in a
00:48:02.320 physical
00:48:02.800 fight with
00:48:04.340 somebody you
00:48:04.960 weren't willing
00:48:05.560 to kill?
00:48:06.800 That feels
00:48:07.400 like a
00:48:07.860 losing
00:48:08.660 strategy.
00:48:09.460 because if
00:48:11.200 you are
00:48:11.580 willing to
00:48:12.040 kill them,
00:48:13.420 you have
00:48:15.200 this moment
00:48:16.040 of calm
00:48:16.700 where all
00:48:18.440 of your
00:48:18.720 fear just
00:48:19.280 disappears and
00:48:20.860 you don't
00:48:21.220 even care if
00:48:21.760 you die.
00:48:23.960 And
00:48:24.200 unfortunately,
00:48:24.720 I find that
00:48:25.780 place very
00:48:26.420 easily.
00:48:28.040 And in
00:48:28.300 those situations
00:48:29.080 where it
00:48:29.560 looked like it
00:48:30.120 could have
00:48:30.420 been a
00:48:30.700 fight,
00:48:32.280 people notice
00:48:34.260 I get
00:48:34.760 calm and
00:48:36.620 quieter instead
00:48:38.160 of anxious
00:48:38.940 and louder.
00:48:40.420 And that's
00:48:40.820 really scary.
00:48:42.580 The last
00:48:43.420 thing you
00:48:43.780 want to see
00:48:44.320 is when
00:48:45.060 somebody's
00:48:45.780 getting ready
00:48:46.600 to have a
00:48:47.060 fight with
00:48:47.500 you,
00:48:48.200 to watch
00:48:48.720 your level
00:48:50.180 of nervousness
00:48:52.380 drop to
00:48:52.980 zero.
00:48:54.100 You don't
00:48:54.760 want to see
00:48:55.220 that if
00:48:56.180 you're
00:48:56.340 threatening
00:48:56.660 somebody.
00:48:57.560 Because it
00:48:58.060 means they
00:48:58.400 know something
00:48:58.960 you don't
00:48:59.340 know.
00:49:00.700 That's a
00:49:01.040 bad situation
00:49:01.720 to be in.
00:49:02.620 Alright.
00:49:05.080 Somebody says
00:49:05.840 they do the
00:49:06.320 same.
00:49:06.900 Yeah,
00:49:07.160 there is
00:49:07.780 something
00:49:08.260 about,
00:49:09.800 there's
00:49:10.240 just this
00:49:10.700 point where
00:49:11.620 there's a
00:49:12.440 bit that
00:49:13.160 just switches
00:49:13.780 in my
00:49:14.200 head and
00:49:15.280 then all
00:49:15.820 fear just
00:49:16.440 goes away.
00:49:17.920 All sense
00:49:18.860 of consequences
00:49:19.760 just goes
00:49:21.040 away.
00:49:21.940 And you
00:49:22.420 have just
00:49:22.840 this immense
00:49:23.860 power that
00:49:25.320 only lasts
00:49:26.100 while you're
00:49:27.000 in my head.
00:49:30.500 Crazy beats
00:49:31.360 strong every
00:49:31.960 time.
00:49:34.460 Exactly.
00:49:35.560 Crazy beats
00:49:36.120 strong every
00:49:36.680 time.
00:49:37.780 All right.
00:49:38.820 That's all
00:49:39.180 I got for
00:49:39.520 now.
00:49:40.040 And I
00:49:40.400 hope that
00:49:40.680 was useful
00:49:41.060 to you.
00:49:41.520 And I
00:49:41.720 will talk
00:49:42.000 to you
00:49:42.320 tomorrow.
00:49:45.620 All right,
00:49:46.160 you YouTubers.
00:49:51.560 Give you
00:49:52.060 something to
00:49:52.540 live for and
00:49:53.120 something to
00:49:53.600 die for.
00:49:54.220 That's a
00:49:54.700 good philosophy
00:49:56.100 of life.
00:49:57.480 To have
00:49:57.780 something to
00:49:58.240 live for and
00:49:58.780 something to
00:49:59.300 die for.
00:49:59.760 somebody says,
00:50:03.160 I have a
00:50:03.500 friend that
00:50:03.900 becomes quiet
00:50:04.820 but his
00:50:05.740 lip twitches
00:50:06.660 and that
00:50:07.080 is scary.
00:50:09.660 His lip
00:50:10.420 twitches.
00:50:11.160 That sounds
00:50:11.620 like, is
00:50:12.380 your friend
00:50:12.740 Clint Eastwood?
00:50:14.220 Because I
00:50:14.560 think Clint
00:50:15.000 Eastwood would
00:50:15.700 do that when
00:50:16.340 he would be
00:50:16.940 playing a guy
00:50:18.480 who is mad
00:50:19.120 enough to
00:50:19.540 kill you
00:50:19.880 any minute.
00:50:20.600 I think his
00:50:21.040 lip would
00:50:21.480 twitch.
00:50:21.700 All right.
00:50:25.940 What is the
00:50:26.800 risk factor of
00:50:27.860 obesity with
00:50:28.700 COVID?
00:50:29.380 Well, it
00:50:29.680 could be
00:50:29.980 anything from
00:50:30.540 diabetes to
00:50:31.620 pressure on
00:50:32.540 the lungs to
00:50:33.720 the fact that
00:50:34.500 you've got less
00:50:35.220 vitamin D if
00:50:36.220 you're overweight,
00:50:37.080 et cetera.
00:50:37.700 Probably a whole
00:50:38.420 constellation of
00:50:39.360 things is my
00:50:39.940 guess.
00:50:43.300 All right.
00:50:46.060 There we go.
00:50:47.120 There's a
00:50:47.500 comment I'm
00:50:48.020 going to read
00:50:48.440 out.
00:50:49.740 So user
00:50:52.020 Anna Montia
00:50:53.240 says, I
00:50:53.840 used, quote,
00:50:54.780 decision to
00:50:55.700 lose 150
00:50:56.560 pounds.
00:50:57.400 Best drug
00:50:58.080 ever.
00:50:58.780 Yep.
00:50:59.540 There you
00:50:59.940 go.
00:51:01.700 Know the
00:51:02.280 difference.
00:51:03.660 Know the
00:51:04.100 difference.
00:51:04.460 There's
00:51:04.620 somebody who
00:51:04.960 lost 150
00:51:05.980 pounds with
00:51:08.160 one brain
00:51:08.780 hack.
00:51:10.260 It was a
00:51:10.940 decision, not
00:51:12.060 a wish.
00:51:13.320 All right.
00:51:13.700 That's all for
00:51:14.060 now.
00:51:15.000 Talk to you
00:51:15.420 tomorrow.