You mean he did an episode where he had a conversation with the doctor? Or was the doctor a sponsor of the show where he advertised products?
I don't think simply having a conversation about an idea counts as promotion.
Advertising is another matter though..
Take a popular piece of media, inject a conversation about fringe ideas with some crackpot that would have very limited reach otherwise. This gives very high visibility to very fringe ideas.
Giving undue weight to fringe viewpoints is promoting those viewpoints.
Simply discussing an idea, even giving undue weight, is not promotion.
Conflating the two is dangerous as it provides justification for censorship. The free exchange of ideas and information is the only way a democracy can survive.
If the idea is bad or wrong, it will be debated and ultimately defeated in the marketplace of ideas.
This implies the existence of a marketplace of ideas where people can freely trade thoughts.
It was not the case in the past (i.e. you go to jail or are excommunicated for dissent), and it is increasingly not the case in the modern world (i.e. the algorithm is telling you what they want you to hear).
You cannot have a free marketplace of ideas in a world where the forums these ideas are being discussed have an incentive of causing conflict and keeping you engaged.
This is not an attack on you or anything, I just think we should all be more aware that everything we hear today has an agenda hidden behind it, which is malicious more often than honest.
Sure, and I have a bridge to sell you.
The marketplace of ideas is a myth predicated on the willingness of participants to promote and evaluate their ideas honestly, and due to that honesty to stop promoting such ideas when they are shown to be wrong or inadequate. It requires participants to even be interested in how good their ideas are and be open to discussing them and changing views if these ideas are found wanting.
Observing real life, what we have is people flooding the zone with unmitigated faeces, either for profit or idealogical motives. They are uninterested in whether these ideas are true, good or even useful, whether there are 'better' ideas, and they often dominate through volume and repetition. Tribal cohesion ensures the spread of ideas as much or more than honest debate.
The marketplace of ideas is dead, if it ever really existed. A fairytale for children.
And saying "Rogan promoted quack doctor making nonscientific claims again and thus the idea spread" is necessary part of that process. Too many people think that "marketplace of ideas" means "I get to spread lies and other side can not say that I am a liar".
So "having a conversation" is functionally identical to promoting, as is "just asking questions" if you're Tucker Carlson, or "exercising your free speech" if you're Elon Musk amplifying easily disproven talking points about immigration, etc.
Noblesse oblige.
But he’s not smart right? Years and years of winning but he’s not smart.
You are capable of thinking and you are smart but that doesn’t mean you are right. Don’t conflate the two
How can one conclude he isn’t smart? Are you politically charged against him. Has he wronged you or your loved ones? Would you say he was not ‘smart’ if you had write a report for a 3 Letter agency?
You can get to the top once if you’re lucky. But if you keep ending up there…
That has no relationship with someone being able to have meaningful discussions on complex topics. Probably even the opposite..
yes.