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I’m a few minutes into the video. If this really is a libertarian screed, then the fact that they choose Singapore as their opening example is wild.

BJ: "I don't know what the is-ought problem is, or why anyone cares. I am clearly qualified to declare it solved. First, let me google what the definition of 'is' is, and also what 'ought' is. Then I'll use some science words to hot glue the two things together, and BAM! Solved. Another win for e/acc."

Immediately what comes to mind is Bill Burr’s bit about drug use in cycling and how we should pit roided up guys against other roided dudes. So maybe the idea came from there.

Also, important to point out that D’Souza is not an MD, just for context. (I mean it should be obvious from him pushing PEs in this way)

“And what is performance medicine about? It’s not about steroids and getting jacked muscles. It’s about being a better, stronger, faster, younger athlete for longer”

Ok but what physically makes you stronger or faster? It’s not, say, confidence borne from the magic juice you’re proposing. It’s the jacked muscles. Borne from said magic juice.

“No one within athletics takes the Enhanced Games seriously,” said Lord Sebastian Coe, head of World Athletics, on a recent podcast.

I mean that’s just because they haven’t thrown enough money into the pit yet. Hope you’re listening Pete!

I’m not criticizing Rufo and Brunet.

Why not, you hypocritical fuck?

missing or rather eliding

This is one of those malice/stupidity things except it’s both. The malice is obvious but I genuinely think he is too stupid to see the manipulation at play.

to be read in the low bit cadence of SF2 Guile “ai doom!”

It’s not a huge surprise that these AI models that indiscriminately inhale a bunch of ill-gotten inputs are prone to poisoning. Fingers crossed that it makes the number go down!

Playdoh statistics is right jfc.

Scott if he was 100 IQ points better at using maths: https://youtu.be/msDuNZyYAIQ?si=tTkbGsDgCgZNTXk0

More like… Project Awful

^boom^ ^roasted^

Thanks for bringing up the dogwhistles. We haven’t talked about the dog whistles enough here. My fave has gotta be him bringing up the school shooting one.

Real socialism has a little nationalism in it

All right, pack it up boys, guess we don’t need the ol’ sneer club no more.