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It was me. I decided to delete because the supplement and conflict of interest discussion derailed into politics, but I basically said I don’t know if _he_ leans, but after watching Huberman, YouTube started recommending me Joe Rogan and Jordan Peterson, with a couple of Ben Shapiro videos in there. At least the YouTube algo thinks there’s an overlap.

Brought it up again because didn’t want to leave you hanging in there, but other than a comment either about YT algo or audience overlap, I didn’t want to make the whole thing too much about USA politics.

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That makes sense. Thanks. I thought yours was a valid comment that gave a diff perspective without assuming anything.

I try to see politics from an economic perspective first. That usually isn’t appreciated on HN.

I didn’t realize we are talking US politics. I try to be understanding and talk about things from an international perspective. I see the world unfairly revolves around the US and I’m American myself.

That might be just signal boosting, no? I mean all those people are on each others podcasts often and also have a large number of common guests. So yeah - YT thinks they’re all into the same thing but I’ve never heard Huberman get into politics.

Huberman usually does not interact with people who don't at least lean right.

I think I could look around and list 100 people on the left and right. Various small or big time streamer sort of people. The overlap is minimal.

Bill Maher for example appears on leaning right stuff nowadays not left leaning things since politics and socialism have become clearer and more mainstream since Bill Maher was incorrectly seen as a Huberman type character. Some one in the middle. Not leaning right.

Tldr: People who don't believe in the virtues of capitalism are not interacting much with Huberman and vice versa. Same with the leaning right people listed.

Huberman usually interacts with other researchers. So your conceit is that most of those are right wing. Again, unsubstantiated and likely false.

And bill Maher interacts with other intellectuals. It doesn’t make things incorrect. I never said Huberman doesn’t usually interact with other researchers. I didn’t say most were right wing. I don’t know most of them.

Also how about any other part of my post? Besides doing what someone else did and bringing up how I’m a bully or conceited while being far more dismissive than myself.

You have a short memory. If you glance up, this is what you wrote:

> Huberman usually does not interact with people who don't at least lean right.

> I didn’t say most were right wing.

You contradict yourself. Pick one.

> Besides doing what someone else did and bringing up how I’m a bully or conceited while being far more dismissive than myself.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conceit

Leaning right is not the same as right wing. Based on the word “lean”. If someone believes in capitalism as a positive concept then they lean right based on the meaning of what right politics are.

That’s confusing. Let me use another word: Huberman and Joe Rogan are liberals. So are a lot of the researchers and other people he brings on. If we agree then we are discussing semantics. Any conceit was a misunderstanding of me using words that you disagree with because of your world perspective vs mine.

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