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

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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. 0.98

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 0.89

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, 0.83

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. 0.99

00:10:19.460 You fucked up, parents.

00:10:22.300 Adults,

00:10:23.540 you fucked up. 0.99

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. 1.00

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. 1.00

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. 1.00

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. 1.00

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, 0.62

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 0.94

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 0.94

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 1.00

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 0.93

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 0.99

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 0.60

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, 0.94

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. 0.98

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 0.70

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.

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

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