Joe Rogan

hiker said:
(I knew he is a devout catholic, and doesn't believe in evolution (he's right with that), but it was surprising to hear him thinking that humans were created only 8000 years ago, so he seems to take the teachings quite literally. I guess it's bound to limit his worldview somewhat.)
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A detail occurred to me after writing the above post.

In 2016, Joe interviewed Steve Maxwell (a well-known figure in physical training and jiu-jitsu circles), and at a certain point during the podcast, Steve mentioned that he has found consulting an astrologist a beneficial and useful experience. Joe has a largely materialistic worldview, and found it irritating hearing someone take astrology advice seriously. He questioned and interrogated Steve for several minutes, while increasingly acting like a downright jerk (it was uncomfortable to watch).

Coming back to the Mel Gibson interview. Joe "grilled" Mel about the evolution theory, but this time he handled it quite politely (you could read between the lines that Joe supports it). Before changing the subject, they talked about carbon dating, Mel retorting that he "can't square it", and agreeing with Joe that he doesn't really have to. Joe continued that "it doesn't make a difference in terms of your experience in this life on earth; you can have your faith and your ideas and live a great life from beginning to end. And it might not suit you to really ponder evolution and all the puzzles and problems", with which Mel concurred.

Of course, it's pretty evident that Joe respects Mel and likely wouldn't want to have an unnecessary argument during the podcast.
In any case, compared to the 2016 "debacle", it was nice to see him conduct that part of the interview in a non-confrontational and mature way.
 
Beau said:
Really good discussion between Rogan and Bret Weinstein from today's show. Hearing other people talk about how thrilling everything has been since Jan. 19th is so cool

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I enjoyed this discussion also. It was interesting to listen to Brett trying to grasp UFO phenomenon, he needs a few more pieces of information and I think he will inevitably comprehend the hyper dimensional aspect. Just not there yet.
 
gottathink said:
I enjoyed this discussion also. It was interesting to listen to Brett trying to grasp UFO phenomenon, he needs a few more pieces of information and I think he will inevitably comprehend the hyper dimensional aspect. Just not there yet.
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Great interview so far, but listening to the UFO part (not finished yet) I thought it's really sad how trapped both Joe and him are in "3D thinking". Brett talked about "projections" (as in some kind of nuts and bolts 3D technology) explaining the phenomenon. Without a wider non-materialist cosmology, they will just run in circles. With such a cosmology, the solution is pretty obvious. Makes me want to rattle them and tell them "guys, higher realities! Plato's cave! Duh!"
 
luc said:
Great interview so far, but listening to the UFO part (not finished yet) I thought it's really sad how trapped both Joe and him are in "3D thinking". Brett talked about "projections" (as in some kind of nuts and bolts 3D technology) explaining the phenomenon. Without a wider non-materialist cosmology, they will just run in circles. With such a cosmology, the solution is pretty obvious. Makes me want to rattle them and tell them "guys, higher realities! Plato's cave! Duh!"
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It's always a slog when you listen to someone with considerable intellect try to grapple with these concepts using the baby dictionary. I have the exact same reaction, you want to scream through the airwaves "Stop trying to reinvent the wheel! The work has been done, read the Wave, it's all there!". Like yea they are "projections", but from a higher dimension.

On the plus side, this time I find Rogan's comments on this topic to be getting more perspicacious. He was monologuing quite well about how much of the UFO narratives out there are intentional disinfo, before he was derailed by Weinstein's half baked idea.
 
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