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The Economics of Billionaires

August 14, 2024 Andrew Elliott 00:59:43

In this episode, Andrew looks and the combined worth of all billionaires in the UK, and just what that cash would provide if the government, say, just took it all.

It’s the type of rhetoric the left use all the time: “We just need to tax the billionaires”. Well, we take it to the extreme and look into what we’d get if we didn’t just tax them, but bankrupted them. If we took everything they had and sold it, how long would that money last? Spoiler alert: it’s not long

We then look at cybernetics and the study of systems. Should you define a system by what you say it does? Or what it actually does?

Finally, we talk a bit about Covid (it’s been a while), and how we’ve refined our models with regards to viruses, vaccines and the medical industrial complex in general.

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Toby’s Razor

October 31, 2023 Andrew Elliott 01:20:25

It’s time for a new razor. One that adequately describes the mantra of the crazy cock up theorists.

Andrew takes a new, more mathematical slant on showing how the recent tyranny couldn’t possibly be an accident, which leads us into a discussion of philosophical razors and other laws and observations from across the ages.

By the end we have two new razors and one new law – they might not make it into wikipedia, but are they any less worthy compared to the work of Hanlon?

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Would Somebody Wake Up Sam Harris?

October 8, 2023 Andrew Elliott 00:47:20

Sam Harris is at it again. He’s refining his idiotic arguments to be slightly more coherent idiotic arguments. We play a recent clip then take it apart.

We then talk about the covid vaccines before Nic makes a point about privatisation and then, well, you’ll just have to listen…

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Changing Minds and Reclarifying Positions

August 14, 2023 Andrew Elliott 01:11:04

This episode, Andrew starts by changing his position on the bible, from what it was a couple of weeks ago, due to our last podcast.

Nic and Andrew then begin to reclarify all the things that they have changed their minds on over the past few years, from vaccines to myocarditis to the deep state.

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Apples And Antimatter

March 21, 2023 Andrew Elliott 02:19:40

Have you watched Clarkson’s Farm, yet?

If you have, you might be wondering just how realistic it is.

In this episode we talk about the realities faced by farmers everywhere, after I spent time with some, asking them questions about all the rules and regulations they have to adhere to.

We then check back in with Scott Adams, and discuss whether his model of decision making is sound, or whether his assumptions were flawed. How did we interpret dodgy data and still use it effectively when he didn’t?

After that, we take a look at the latest Twitter Files drop from Matt Taibbi and wonder why some things are specifically highlighted to be bad when other, far worse things, seem to be revealed.

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Of Course It’s A Conspiracy

March 13, 2023 Andrew Elliott 01:57:08

Since the first lockdown, back in 2020, there have been different groups of people.

Firstly, authoritarians who relished in the new regulations & restrictions. Then there were the lockdown sceptics. Those of us who knew it was a terrible idea.

But the sceptics were also firmly split into two camps. Those of us who thought that something sinister is afoot, and those crazy cock up theorists.

In this episode we look at the recent WhatsApp messages between disgraced former health Secretary Matt Hancock and other senior ministers & civil servants. We try to steel man the arguments for cock up but, we have to warn you at the beginning, it’s not looking good for Toby Young…

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The List

February 14, 2023 Andrew Elliott 02:58:25

In our recent podcasts, there have been a few recurring themes.

One of these themes has been the “cock up or conspiracy” question, as there are still many who believe that everything bad since 2020 has been the result of mistakes, of one well intentioned but ultimately disastrous policy after another.

In the last episode, we suggested writing a list of everything that happened, for us to remind ourselves of just how much damage has been done. So we both went away and added policy after policy, regulation after regulation to a shared list. Soon, it was staggeringly long.

In this episode, we go through that list.

We ask ourselves just how many of these catastrophes in a row have to happen, before the blue pilled will admit, that something slightly sinister is afoot? And is there a special category of policy, those that are not only wrong, but completely the opposite of what should have happened, and is one of these enough to imply a sinister motive on its own?

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Almost Always Eventually Right

February 10, 2023 Andrew Elliott 01:55:00

How many types of people have there been during the past three years of insanity?

We tend to think of there being two distinct camps, pro covid measures and anti. But is it really that simple?

There are many people who were anti lockdown, but pro vaccine.

And even the pro vaccine can be separated again. Those who advocated mandates and those who appreciate bodily autonomy.

In this episode, we sit down and try to map out those different groups of people, along the way finding examples of prominent commentators & politicians who fit those descriptions.

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Bad Losers

January 31, 2023 Andrew Elliott 01:41:01

Last time around, we talked a lot about two well known commentators, Scott Adams and Sam Harris.

Both vaccinated, and boosted up to the eyeballs, they’re now taking different paths. Scott has admitted that the anti vaxxers have won, whilst Sam is doubling down on everything.

But who is doing more for the anti covid jab cause? The guy who admits he made the wrong decision but thinks antivaxxers were just lucky gamblers? Or the guy who is still pro vax, but is so unbelievably unhinged that he will put people off?

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Masks, Masseuses and Morons

January 27, 2023 Nic Elliott 01:38:10

In this episode, Andrew starts out by relaying some information about his recent visit to our beloved NHS, peace be upon it.

Andrew and Nic then discuss a couple of people from the other side, Sam Harris and Scott Adams. Both have been pro vax, but both have appeared recently with completely different outlooks.

Finally, Nic speaks about his recent experience with a new ally.

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