Joe Rogan

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On some subjects, I'd agree. But if you listen to him talk about other subjects like covid, he is very informed. He did a show with Elon Musk last week and I thought he acquitted himself quite well talking to one of the smartest people in the world.

Yeah, I think it depends on the subject.

 

[T.C.]

On some subjects, I'd agree. But if you listen to him talk about other subjects like covid, he is very informed. He did a show with Elon Musk last week and I thought he acquitted himself quite well talking to one of the smartest people in the world.

This is why I asked if there are any members who've listened to him consistently. There was a time when I liked to listen to his shows on a regular basis, but I just got sick of him after a while and stopped a few years ago.

Over the last couple of days I've listened to half his Trump interview (I like Tump, but I can't listen to more than 90mins of him talking about how amazing he is), half the Vance interview, and the whole of the Tim Dillon show.

Politically, philosophically, morally, I can't really find any fault with Rogan in these shows and I'm a bit weirded out about it. Especially the most recent one with Tim Dillon, since Dillon is exceptionally clued-up on many things which are common knowledge here on the forum and which he throws out and talks about in a very matter-of-fact way... and Rogan never at any point pulled him up about anything and just simply nodded his head and agreed with everything and anything that Dillon said.

This isn't the Joe Rogan that I remember. Maybe it's just a problem of sample-size and the six or so hours that I've recently listened to isn't enough to show all his old warts. But this is why I asked the question to fellow members, because if the Rogan from a few years ago had been like the Rogan I've seen now, I wouldn't have stopped listening to his podcasts.

So, @Cosmos and @gottathink, would you say that you have noticed any recent changes in Rogan's demeanour or knowledge, or do you not really notice any difference in recent episodes to how he's been over the last couple of years?

 

[gottathink]

I find myself sometimes learning from JRs podcasts and sometimes thinking he is way off the mark due to being uninformed. It’s pretty normal for us humans to have varying degrees of knowledge and understanding about different topics. It is very evident how valuable a functioning and communicative network like this one is in building knowledge when listening to most of the reasonably informed world. A network creates a gestalt of knowledge that can not be achieved by simply having conversations with people, feedback is an essential ingredient to knowledge growth.

JR would do better to network more and be less on his own pedestal.

This is why I asked if there are any members who've listened to him consistently. There was a time when I liked to listen to his shows on a regular basis, but I just got sick of him after a while and stopped a few years ago.

Over the last couple of days I've listened to half his Trump interview (I like Tump, but I can't listen to more than 90mins of him talking about how amazing he is), half the Vance interview, and the whole of the Tim Dillon show.

Politically, philosophically, morally, I can't really find any fault with Rogan in these shows and I'm a bit weirded out about it. Especially the most recent one with Tim Dillon, since Dillon is exceptionally clued-up on many things which are common knowledge here on the forum and which he throws out and talks about in a very matter-of-fact way... and Rogan never at any point pulled him up about anything and just simply nodded his head and agreed with everything and anything that Dillon said.

This isn't the Joe Rogan that I remember. Maybe it's just a problem of sample-size and the six or so hours that I've recently listened to isn't enough to show all his old warts. But this is why I asked the question to fellow members, because if the Rogan from a few years ago had been like the Rogan I've seen now, I wouldn't have stopped listening to his podcasts.

So, @Cosmos and @gottathink, would you say that you have noticed any recent changes in Rogan's demeanour or knowledge, or do you not really notice any difference in recent episodes to how he's been over the last couple of years?

Yes, I do have an inkling that there has been a shift in either his own thinking or the thinking he promotes. He has seemed to me to have started to toe some line, his open curiousity is dampened. For example when he interviewed Shawn Ryan he strongly expressed how he thinks so much of the ufo phenomenon is probably fabricated or misinterpreted. Words to that effect. Where as he used to be way more open, more inquisitive. The interview actually came across a bit like it was intended to discredit Ryan. Shawn Ryan has covered all sorts of topics and he doesn’t shy away from challenging ones. Rogan seems to have become shy.