Understanding the culture wars through science | Big Pod #14

BJ Campbell is the creator of the Handwaving Freakoutery blog, where he uses statistics and numbers to challenge the mainstream views on anything from culture and the media to crime and guns.

In this episode, Ken and BJ Campbell have a wide-ranging discussion about the numbers behind violent revolutions, crime trends, media bias, and more.

The Surprisingly Solid Mathematical Case of the Tin Foil Hat Gun Prepper: https://hwfo.substack.com/p/the-surprisingly-solid-mathematical

BJ Campbell (Handwaving Freakotery) on Substack: https://hwfo.substack.com/

The full Joe Rogan episode with Jordan Peterson and Bret Weinstein (#1006): https://youtu.be/6G59zsjM2UI

NOFX's song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59FzdoJHQbE

Open Source Defense: https://opensourcedefense.org/

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Jump to:

00:00 Intro
00:30 The math behind violent revolutions
09:24 Social media: The good and the bad
10:53 The media's role
18:10 Science bias
34:29 Fox News vs. com
37:32 Upheaval and single men
41:09 It's the differential
46:17 The bad parts
50:05 Inflation 101
59:48 Crime trends
1:06:00 Open Source Defense
1:14:44 Guns are winning?
1:17:38 Outro