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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-12T02:15:00.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "Knowledge Fight's Last Episode – The End of the Road",
    "Jordan's video on the Onion",
    "Dan's blog on his next plans",
    "Rob Henderson’s thread promoting the Shermer Skeptic Study",
    "Polarization Research Lab- Low levels of support for partisan violence",
    "Polarization Research Lab - Did the 2024 Election Change American Attitudes About Democracy?",
    "Ryan Holiday’s response to the Shellenberger video",
    "Ryan Holiday responding to article that he is ‘fuming’ at Ivanka",
    "Zuby’s insights on Birth Rate Decline",
    "Vice article on the history of testicle transplants",
    "\"Massive GRIFTER!\" Piers Morgan Grills Russell Brand On Allegations, Prison, 'Truth' & Religion",
    "UnHerd: When Claudia met Claudius- So are they really conscious?",
    "UnHerd: When Dawkins met Claude Could this AI be conscious?",
    "‘Professor’ Jiang on Trump’s Immortality",
    "Mehdi Hasan dunking on Dawkins"
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  "textContent": "Matthew Browne, a high-profile advocate for pan-psychism, compels his reluctant co-host to endure a public struggle session on the topic of consciousness, hopefully for the last time.\n\n**Supplementary Material 49**\n\n00:00 Introduction\n\n02:47 Returning to the Emerald Isle\n\n03:44 Irish History Segment: The Titanic & Potato Famines\n\n10:45 McGilchrist Reflections\n\n12:51 Knowledge Fight has ended\n\n26:23 Podcasting Motivations\n\n34:37 Calibrated Expectations\n\n41:03 The Problem with the Patreon Members\n\n42:51 Shermer's Activist Skeptic Research\n\n47:24 Research on Support for Political Violence in the US\n\n54:35 Rob Henderson and Decorative Scholarship\n\n58:11 Ryan Holiday Stoically Flames MAGA\n\n01:04:41 Zuby and Motivated Reasoning\n\n01:07:15 Monocausal Explanations for Declining Birth Rates\n\n01:08:51 More credulity from Shermer\n\n01:10:25 Bryan Johnson and Testicular Optimisation\n\n01:14:41 Testicle Fixation Gurus\n\n01:15:24 Professor Jiang thinks Trump is Immortal\n\n01:19:57 When Dawkins Met Claude\n\n01:30:00 The Great Consciousness Debate of 2026\n\n01:42:47 When Cladius met Claudia\n\n01:52:39 Chris's Concession\n\n01:54:23 Animal Minds and AI Consciousness\n\n01:56:31 Russell Brand vs Piers Morgan\n\n02:10:13 Thirsty Christian dunks on Dawkins\n\n02:13:18 Brand's Family's Response\n\n02:22:39 Hasan Piker is the one who knocks!\n\n02:27:44 Outro\n\n02:28:36 A final message of hope!\n\n**Links**\n\n  * Knowledge Fight's Last Episode – The End of the Road\n  * Jordan's video on the Onion\n  * Dan's blog on his next plans\n  * Rob Henderson’s thread promoting the Shermer Skeptic Study\n  * Polarization Research Lab- Low levels of support for partisan violence\n  * Polarization Research Lab - Did the 2024 Election Change American Attitudes About Democracy?\n  * Ryan Holiday’s response to the Shellenberger video\n  * Ryan Holiday responding to article that he is ‘fuming’ at Ivanka\n  * Zuby’s insights on Birth Rate Decline\n  * Vice article on the history of testicle transplants\n  * \"Massive GRIFTER!\" Piers Morgan Grills Russell Brand On Allegations, Prison, 'Truth' & Religion\n  * UnHerd: When Claudia met Claudius- So are they really conscious?\n  * UnHerd: When Dawkins met Claude Could this AI be conscious?\n  * ‘Professor’ Jiang on Trump’s Immortality\n  * Mehdi Hasan dunking on Dawkins\n\n\n",
  "title": "Supplementary Material 49: Calibrated Podcast Expectations, The Great Consciousness Debate of 2026, and Russell Brand is a Bad Guy"
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