Supplementary Material 28: The Ultimate Geometric Unifying Cognitive-Theoretic Iceberg
We exercise our ethnographic muscles as we revel in the esoteric dynamics of Australian Pool Culture, the mysteries of Eric Weinstein's theories as revealed by Curt Jaimungal, and the contradictions of MAGA cultists.
Supplementary Material 28
00:00 Matt's Ethnography of Australian Swimming Culture
06:19 Pool Etiquette and Social Dynamics
08:46 Mutual Humiliation and Blackmail
08:51 Reciprocal Humiliation
12:01 Patreon Question of the Week
13:37 Curt Jaimungal explores Geometric Unity
19:12 The Weinsteinian Iceberg
26:38 Eric's Response to Curt
28:40 A potential doomsday device?
29:55 The wisdom of genuine seekers
35:00 The Pseudo Profundity Mask
38:19 Pandering to anti-'mainstream' science audiences
40:37 Earnest Fans
43:54 Passive consumption at YouTube University
46:21 Independent Learning and the Pitfalls of Self-Taught Knowledge
49:53 The Illusion of Easy Learning
56:00 Credentials vs. Actual Knowledge
59:46 Media Criticism & the Fifth Column
01:02:47 Priorities in the Media Business
01:04:29 Why is strong criticism so taboo?
01:08:25 Brand Building in the Alternative Media
01:12:02 Batya joins the Fifth Column
01:16:37 Debating Tariffs
01:22:46 A rare instance of REAL disagreement in alternative media!
01:25:58 Sensitive MAGA Cultist Sycophancy
01:32:10 The Working Class don't want iPhones
01:41:06 Outro
The full episode is available for Patreon subscribers (1hr 43 mins).
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Sources
- The Fifth Column #502 - The Second Battle of Batya (w/ Batya Ungar-Sargon)
- The Fifth Column #503 - Mea Minima Culpa
- The Fifth Column Members Only #258 - We Don't Talk About Fight Club (Mostly)
- Curt Jaimungal - Eric Weinstein's Theory of Everything "Geometric Unity" Explained
- Curt Jaimungal - Chris Langan: The Most In-Depth Interview with the World's Smartest Man
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