diff --git a/src/description.txt b/src/description.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..97e1be6 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/description.txt @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +what are the odds? + +audio had to be ADR'd, but don't worry you're not missing particularly great acting. + +1;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61HoBvteRsI; [yt]/@Yoga Wild; Fall Yoga Practice: Grounding Sequence | Vinyasa | Outdoor Yoga | Yoga Wild +2;https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/deep/wildlife/pdf_files/game/deersum2023.pdf; Bureau of Natural Resources; 2023 Connecticut Deer Program Summary +3;https://foodtank.com/news/2024/12/zero-waste-strategies-tackles-liability-fears-in-food-donation/; foodtank - Jessica Levy; Zero Waste Strategies Tackles Liability Fears in Food Donation +4;https://www.hellofresh.com/about/sustainability/less-food-waste; Hello Fresh; Reduce your food waste with Hello Fresh +5;twitch.tv/jubelnaomi; [twitch]/JubelNaomi; +6;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Emerson_Good_Samaritan_Act_of_1996; wikipedia (the only good website); Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Act of 1996 +7;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC2eSujzrUY; [yt]/@Veritasium; How One Company Secretly Poisoned The Planet +8;https://www.workingnowandthen.com/blog/wage-theft-the-50-billion-crime-against-workers/; Working Now and Then - Genevieve Carlton; Wage Theft, The $50 Billion Crime Against Workers +9;https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/disney-says-man-cant-sue-wifes-death-agreed-disney-terms-service-rcna166594; NBC NEWS - Minyvonne Burke; Disney says man can't sue over wife's death because he agreed to Disney+ terms of service +10;https://www.epi.org/publication/the-growing-use-of-mandatory-arbitration-access-to-the-courts-is-now-barred-for-more-than-60-million-american-workers/; Economic Policy Institute - Alexander J.S. Colvin; The growing use of mandatory arbitration +11;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENcBGcZ58U8; [yt]/@jackisanerd;" What does ""woke"" even mean now" +12;https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cracker-barrel-ceo-julie-felss-masino-logo-redesign_n_68f865c0e4b077b8da43007b?origin=home-zone-c-unit; Huffpost - Ben Blanchet; Cracker Barrel CEO Reveals Big Reason Behind Failed Logo Redesign +13;https://nypost.com/2025/09/09/business/cracker-barrel-suspends-redesign-of-restaurants-after-woke-logo-flap/; New York Post - Ariel Zilber; Cracker Barrel suspends redesign of its restaurants after ‘woke’ logo flap +14;https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/cracker-barrel-reverses-redesign-over-woke-accusations/ar-AA1LhspU; MSN - Joe Lombardi; Sudden About Face: Cracker Barrel Reverses Rebrand Over 'Woke' Accusations +15;https://www.thedailybeast.com/cracker-barrel-ceo-explains-logo-change-that-drove-maga-nuts/; Daily Beast - William Vaillancourt; Cracker Barrel CEO Explains Logo Change That Drove MAGA Nuts +16;https://x.com/ByronDonalds/status/1958570840561275002; [twitter]/@ByronDonalds; +17;https://xkcd.com/1172/; xkcd; Workflow +18;https://wiki.warframe.com/w/Sibear; Warframe wiki; Sibear +19;http://en.moj.gov.cn/2025-08/19/c_1117862.htm; Ministry of Justice of the People's Republic of China; China advances as new destination for international commercial arbitration +20;https://wiki.warframe.com/w/Nekros; warframe wiki; Nekros +21;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGOijKttIXU; [yt]/Jesse USA Gaming; Lephantis Boss Fight. No Commentary +22;https://wiki.warframe.com/w/User_blog:FINNER/Warframe_Expected_%26_Nearly_Guaranteed_Numbers_-_An_Explanation; Warframe wiki; User blog:FINNER/Warframe Expected and Nearly Guaranteed Numbers - An Explanation +23;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7UaY9j-ek0; [yt]/@Berserkerkitten; Warframe Level 100 Tyl Regor Assassination (Energy Reduction) +24;https://wiki.warframe.com/w/Sortie; Warframe wiki; Sortie +25;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expected_value; wikipedia; Expected value + +editing, keeno and myself +else, myself + +peertube quote full :( +also on rumble: https://rumble.com/v7285zo-hunting-the-hyperlitigator.html +also on yt: https://youtu.be/NK_M7so8oLg \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/src/hunting-the-hyperlitigator.srt b/src/hunting-the-hyperlitigator.srt index 42f3b79..05f14cd 100644 --- a/src/hunting-the-hyperlitigator.srt +++ b/src/hunting-the-hyperlitigator.srt @@ -1,1703 +1,1602 @@ -1 -00:00:17,216 --> 00:00:19,316 -Autumn is my favorite season. + +1 +00:00:18.310 --> 00:00:18.320 +Autumn is my favorite season. The horror 2 -00:00:19,500 --> 00:00:21,350 -The horror genres in the mainstream entertainment channels, +00:00:19.590 --> 00:00:19.600 +genre is in the mainstream entertainment 3 -00:00:21,833 --> 00:00:24,500 -the temperatures in the 60s, the pumpkin spice +00:00:21.830 --> 00:00:21.840 +channels. The temperature is in the 60s. 4 -00:00:24,500 --> 00:00:28,050 -is in goddamn everything, especially my veins. +00:00:23.830 --> 00:00:23.840 +The pumpkin spice is in god damned 5 -00:00:28,050 --> 00:00:29,483 -The women are in yoga pants. +00:00:26.310 --> 00:00:26.320 +everything, especially my veins. The 6 -00:00:29,483 --> 00:00:30,966 -The leaves are in color. +00:00:28.070 --> 00:00:28.080 +women are in yoga pants. The leaves are 7 -00:00:30,966 --> 00:00:33,050 -And the wildlife - specifically the tastier +00:00:30.230 --> 00:00:30.240 +in color. And the wildlife, specifically 8 -00:00:33,050 --> 00:00:34,450 -species - are in season. +00:00:34.150 --> 00:00:34.160 +the tastier species, are in season. 9 -00:00:35,933 --> 00:00:36,866 -But today: +00:00:37.830 --> 00:00:37.840 +But today, be very, very quiet. We're 10 -00:00:37,733 --> 00:00:40,450 -be vewwy vewwy quiet. +00:00:40.790 --> 00:00:40.800 +hunting cryptids. 11 -00:00:40,450 --> 00:00:44,450 -we'we hunting cwiptids. +00:00:42.709 --> 00:00:42.719 +On rare occasion, I do get a tiny amount 12 -00:00:46,183 --> 00:00:47,966 -On rare occasion, I do get a tiny +00:00:44.549 --> 00:00:44.559 +of flack for the practice of hunting. 13 -00:00:47,966 --> 00:00:49,566 -amount of flack from the practice of hunting. +00:00:45.910 --> 00:00:45.920 +Generally, when I'm spending any time 14 -00:00:50,183 --> 00:00:52,183 -Generally, when I'm spending any time socializing with +00:00:47.510 --> 00:00:47.520 +socializing with anyone, food is 15 -00:00:52,183 --> 00:00:54,450 -anyone, food is involved, so I could return +00:00:49.270 --> 00:00:49.280 +involved. So, I could return with 16 -00:00:54,450 --> 00:00:57,000 -with something like, we just ate meat, so +00:00:51.430 --> 00:00:51.440 +something like, "We just ate meat, so is 17 -00:00:57,000 --> 00:00:59,566 -is there a moral issue with doing more +00:00:52.950 --> 00:00:52.960 +there a moral issue with doing more of 18 -00:00:59,566 --> 00:01:00,400 -of the work myself? +00:00:55.350 --> 00:00:55.360 +the work myself?" But, I've gone for a 19 -00:01:01,116 --> 00:01:02,450 -But I've gone for a gentler approach with +00:00:56.389 --> 00:00:56.399 +gentler approach with some 20 -00:01:02,450 --> 00:01:03,733 -some self-deprecating humor. +00:00:58.549 --> 00:00:58.559 +self-deprecating humor. 21 -00:01:05,050 --> 00:01:08,666 -I have never successfully harvested any animal, ever. +00:01:01.189 --> 00:01:01.199 +I have never successfully harvested any 22 -00:01:10,416 --> 00:01:12,350 -Is it really hunting, or is it paying +00:01:03.270 --> 00:01:03.280 +animal, ever. 23 -00:01:12,350 --> 00:01:14,050 -for a license to wake up before dawn +00:01:05.270 --> 00:01:05.280 +Is it really hunting? or is it paying for 24 -00:01:14,050 --> 00:01:15,550 -to carry 20 tons of crap on a +00:01:07.109 --> 00:01:07.119 +a license to wake up before dawn to 25 -00:01:15,550 --> 00:01:16,350 -glorified hike? +00:01:08.950 --> 00:01:08.960 +carry 20 pounds of crap on a glorified 26 -00:01:17,983 --> 00:01:21,150 -I am not, strictly speaking, a hunter. +00:01:12.630 --> 00:01:12.640 +hike? I am not, strictly speaking, a 27 -00:01:21,850 --> 00:01:23,916 -Although capitalism is happy to say, I've spent +00:01:15.190 --> 00:01:15.200 +hunter. Although capitalism is happy to 28 -00:01:23,916 --> 00:01:25,883 -money on products, and that entitles me to +00:01:16.710 --> 00:01:16.720 +say I've spent money on products and 29 -00:01:25,883 --> 00:01:27,133 -membership within a community. +00:01:18.320 --> 00:01:19.910 +that's what entitles one to a sense of +community. 30 -00:01:28,650 --> 00:01:30,716 -Sitting in a blind for hours is depressing, +00:01:21.429 --> 00:01:21.439 +Sitting in a blind for hours is 31 -00:01:31,250 --> 00:01:32,550 -partially due to sleep deprivation. +00:01:23.109 --> 00:01:23.119 +depressing. partially due to sleep 32 -00:01:33,966 --> 00:01:35,416 -In spite of how gorgeous the view is, +00:01:25.429 --> 00:01:25.439 +deprivation. in spite of how gorgeous 33 -00:01:35,416 --> 00:01:37,733 -I hate sitting in silence. +00:01:27.910 --> 00:01:27.920 +the view is, I hate sitting in silence. 34 -00:01:38,816 --> 00:01:40,216 -But what's the difference doing that in a +00:01:29.190 --> 00:01:29.200 +But what's the difference doing that in 35 -00:01:40,216 --> 00:01:42,166 -hunting blind versus out in public or at +00:01:31.030 --> 00:01:31.040 +a hunting blind versus out in public or 36 -00:01:42,166 --> 00:01:42,566 -home? +00:01:33.350 --> 00:01:33.360 +at home? There's nothing to do but 37 -00:01:43,166 --> 00:01:44,683 -Nothing to do but think. +00:01:36.230 --> 00:01:36.240 +think. I'm beginning to doubt that deer 38 -00:01:45,450 --> 00:01:47,966 -I'm beginning to doubt that deer exist. +00:01:39.030 --> 00:01:39.040 +exist. I've seen them in person in the 39 -00:01:48,450 --> 00:01:50,066 -I've seen them in the past. +00:01:41.350 --> 00:01:41.360 +past, right? I'm pretty sure that was 40 -00:01:50,416 --> 00:01:52,216 -I'm pretty sure that was real, right? +00:01:43.109 --> 00:01:43.119 +real. The fact that I bought my first 41 -00:01:52,700 --> 00:01:54,266 -The fact that I bought my hunting license +00:01:44.789 --> 00:01:44.799 +hunting license and have ensured I will 42 -00:01:54,266 --> 00:01:55,850 -and ensured that I will never again see +00:01:46.950 --> 00:01:46.960 +never again see a deer is a statistical 43 -00:01:55,850 --> 00:01:58,600 -a deer is a statistical anomaly, right? +00:01:49.109 --> 00:01:49.119 +anomaly, right? How do the numbers add 44 -00:01:59,266 --> 00:02:00,716 -How do the numbers add up? +00:01:51.510 --> 00:01:51.520 +up? I think their definition of success 45 -00:02:01,783 --> 00:02:03,550 -I think their definition of success is to +00:01:54.710 --> 00:01:54.720 +is to estimate one permit to one deer. 46 -00:02:03,550 --> 00:02:07,250 -estimate one permit to one deer, so about +00:01:56.710 --> 00:01:56.720 +Looks like they're estimating 30%. So, 47 -00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:08,400 -30%. +00:01:59.510 --> 00:01:59.520 +the situation is pretty bleak. If you go 48 -00:02:09,250 --> 00:02:10,116 -Pretty bleak. +00:02:01.910 --> 00:02:01.920 +out hunting, odds are you're coming back 49 -00:02:11,083 --> 00:02:14,083 -If you go out hunting, odds are you're +00:02:04.069 --> 00:02:04.079 +empty-handed. 50 -00:02:14,083 --> 00:02:15,650 -coming back empty-handed. +00:02:07.749 --> 00:02:07.759 +So, I guess... keep the faith. The one deer 51 -00:02:16,683 --> 00:02:18,850 -So I guess, have faith. +00:02:09.430 --> 00:02:09.440 +walking down this one path will totally 52 -00:02:19,683 --> 00:02:21,700 -The one deer walking down this one path, +00:02:11.430 --> 00:02:11.440 +come by this time, intersecting with the 53 -00:02:21,883 --> 00:02:24,216 -this one time, will certainly intersect with the +00:02:13.910 --> 00:02:13.920 +time you're there. 54 -00:02:24,216 --> 00:02:25,800 -one time that you're here. +00:02:16.550 --> 00:02:16.560 +Keep waiting. Your patience will be 55 -00:02:28,066 --> 00:02:29,400 -Keep waiting. +00:02:18.150 --> 00:02:18.160 +rewarded. 56 -00:02:29,766 --> 00:02:31,950 -Your patience will be rewarded. - -57 -00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:34,683 +00:02:21.110 --> 00:02:21.120 Your efforts will pay off. +57 +00:02:25.510 --> 00:02:25.520 +Have faith. Okay, for real, deer exist. + 58 -00:02:35,250 --> 00:02:36,450 -Have faith. +00:02:27.110 --> 00:02:27.120 +I know because I have evidence. Bold 59 -00:02:36,866 --> 00:02:38,016 -Okay, for real. +00:02:28.949 --> 00:02:28.959 +statement. Have you disproven Gödel and 60 -00:02:38,366 --> 00:02:39,350 -Deer exist. +00:02:30.229 --> 00:02:30.239 +developed a framework for determining 61 -00:02:39,666 --> 00:02:41,316 -I know because I have evidence. +00:02:32.790 --> 00:02:32.800 +truth that requires no axioms? Have you 62 -00:02:41,816 --> 00:02:42,783 -Bold statement. +00:02:34.790 --> 00:02:34.800 +outlogic'd René Descartes and proven anything 63 -00:02:43,016 --> 00:02:44,800 -Have you disproven Godel and developed a framework +00:02:36.229 --> 00:02:36.239 +at all when you could be a brain in a 64 -00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:47,050 -for determining truth that requires no axioms? +00:02:38.790 --> 00:02:38.800 +jar? Have you done what [yt]/@CGPGrey is 65 -00:02:47,516 --> 00:02:49,600 -Have you out-logic’d Renee Descartes and proven +00:02:40.470 --> 00:02:40.480 +afraid to, and ventured through the What 66 -00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:50,950 -anything at all when you could be a +00:02:42.630 --> 00:02:42.640 +Is True dimension, returning unscathed? 67 -00:02:50,950 --> 00:02:51,716 -brain in a jar? +00:02:44.470 --> 00:02:44.480 +respectively: 68 -00:02:52,066 --> 00:02:54,200 -Have you done what CGP Grey is afraid +00:02:47.990 --> 00:02:48.000 +No, no, and not entirely but maybe a 69 -00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:55,983 -to and ventured through the "What Is True" +00:02:50.070 --> 00:02:50.080 +tiny bit. You can only approach zero 70 -00:02:55,983 --> 00:02:57,616 -dimension, returning unscathed? +00:02:51.990 --> 00:02:52.000 +faith, like an asymptote. Acknowledging 71 -00:02:59,050 --> 00:03:03,083 -Respectively, no, no, and maybe a tiny bit, +00:02:53.670 --> 00:02:53.680 +that gives you a heuristic to weigh the 72 -00:03:03,083 --> 00:03:04,350 -but not really. +00:02:55.910 --> 00:02:55.920 +validity of evidence. If it just 73 -00:03:04,783 --> 00:03:06,750 -You can only approach zero faith like an +00:02:57.750 --> 00:02:57.760 +offloads faith elsewhere, it's useless. 74 -00:03:06,750 --> 00:03:07,266 -asymptote. +00:02:59.509 --> 00:02:59.519 +If it requires faith itself, it's even 75 -00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:09,416 -Acknowledging that gives you a heuristic to weigh +00:03:01.589 --> 00:03:01.599 +worse than that. 76 -00:03:09,416 --> 00:03:10,766 -the validity of evidence. +00:03:02.949 --> 00:03:02.959 +People talking about something's 77 -00:03:11,066 --> 00:03:13,550 -If it just offloads speculative elsewhere, it's useless. +00:03:06.710 --> 00:03:06.720 +existence is not evidence. But I can buy 78 -00:03:13,650 --> 00:03:16,066 -If it requires faith itself, it's worse than that. +00:03:08.710 --> 00:03:08.720 +some laughably overpriced venison in the 79 -00:03:18,300 --> 00:03:20,766 -People talking about something's existence does not count +00:03:10.790 --> 00:03:10.800 +store right now. The fact that someone 80 -00:03:20,766 --> 00:03:21,533 -as evidence. +00:03:12.550 --> 00:03:12.560 +would lie to everyone and argue it's 81 -00:03:24,033 --> 00:03:25,950 -But I can buy some laughably overpriced venison +00:03:14.470 --> 00:03:14.480 +okay because it makes money is really 82 -00:03:25,950 --> 00:03:27,283 -in the store right now. +00:03:17.110 --> 00:03:17.120 +how the world works. Caveat Emptor, Bitch. 83 -00:03:27,883 --> 00:03:29,350 -Granted, this is also the same place selling +00:03:19.350 --> 00:03:19.360 +All because one salesman proposes one 84 -00:03:29,350 --> 00:03:31,400 -some corn syrup and some sake labeled mirin. +00:03:21.430 --> 00:03:21.440 +thing via marketing material and doesn't 85 -00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:33,666 -Not just mirin, but they specifically label their +00:03:23.750 --> 00:03:23.760 +get interrogated. Consider the most 86 -00:03:33,666 --> 00:03:35,700 -aji mirin as "hon" mirin. +00:03:26.070 --> 00:03:26.080 +terrifying crypted in my culture: 87 -00:03:36,350 --> 00:03:38,250 -They sell wasabi as well, which I'm sure +00:03:27.830 --> 00:03:27.840 +The hyperlitigator. 88 -00:03:38,250 --> 00:03:41,266 -is just horseradish with some green food coloring. +00:03:30.229 --> 00:03:30.239 +Imagine a cold-blooded reptile emerging 89 -00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:43,400 -The fact that someone would lie to everyone +00:03:32.470 --> 00:03:32.480 +from a swamp and snapping its jaws shut 90 -00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:45,116 -and argue that it's okay because it makes +00:03:34.949 --> 00:03:34.959 +over a slight legal loophole. 91 -00:03:45,116 --> 00:03:46,416 -money is just... +00:03:36.949 --> 00:03:36.959 +By twisting the court to its will, (how 92 -00:03:46,416 --> 00:03:47,883 -how the world works. +00:03:39.030 --> 00:03:39.040 +hard could that be?) it can extract 93 -00:03:48,366 --> 00:03:49,616 -Caveat emptor, bitch. +00:03:41.430 --> 00:03:41.440 +financially ruinous judgments from poor, 94 -00:03:50,483 --> 00:03:53,250 -All because one marketer asserted something and happened +00:03:44.630 --> 00:03:44.640 +long-suffering JoB cReAtOrs. For years, 95 -00:03:53,250 --> 00:03:54,666 -to not get interrogated. +00:03:46.710 --> 00:03:46.720 +the reason retailers said they don't 96 -00:03:55,616 --> 00:03:58,250 -Consider the most terrifying cryptid of my culture: +00:03:48.229 --> 00:03:48.239 +donate food is that they're afraid of 97 -00:03:58,700 --> 00:04:00,166 -the Hyperlitigator. +00:03:50.390 --> 00:03:50.400 +getting sued. Projects to solve food 98 -00:04:00,316 --> 00:04:03,716 -Imagine a cold-blooded reptile emerging from the +00:03:52.390 --> 00:03:52.400 +insecurity have mostly been campaigns in 99 -00:04:03,716 --> 00:04:06,666 -swamp, snapping its jaws shut over the tiniest +00:03:53.670 --> 00:03:53.680 +reducing food waste by assuring 100 -00:04:06,666 --> 00:04:07,383 -legal loophole. +00:03:56.309 --> 00:03:56.319 +retailers that it'll be fine. 101 -00:04:07,783 --> 00:04:10,783 -By twisting the court to its will, how +00:03:58.309 --> 00:03:58.319 +Meanwhile, various meal ingredient 102 -00:04:10,783 --> 00:04:13,000 -hard could that be, it's able to extract +00:03:59.990 --> 00:04:00.000 +services have marketed themselves as 103 -00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:17,083 -financially ruinous judgments from poor, long-suffering job +00:04:02.390 --> 00:04:02.400 +solving hunger by reducing food waste, 104 -00:04:17,083 --> 00:04:17,816 -creators. +00:04:04.149 --> 00:04:04.159 +which is silly. If they have any effect, 105 -00:04:19,383 --> 00:04:21,916 -For years, retailers said that the reason they +00:04:06.309 --> 00:04:06.319 +it's to shift food waste into packaging 106 -00:04:21,916 --> 00:04:23,500 -don't donate food is that they're afraid of +00:04:08.229 --> 00:04:08.239 +waste. No one has ever sued for being 107 -00:04:23,500 --> 00:04:24,383 -getting sued. +00:04:10.070 --> 00:04:10.080 +saved from starvation. Nevertheless, the 108 -00:04:24,716 --> 00:04:27,766 -Projects to solve food insecurity have mostly been +00:04:11.509 --> 00:04:11.519 +US passed the Bill Emerson Good 109 -00:04:27,766 --> 00:04:30,100 -campaigns in reducing food waste by assuring retailers +00:04:13.750 --> 00:04:13.760 +Samaritan Act of 1996 to encourage 110 -00:04:30,100 --> 00:04:31,650 -that it'll be fine. +00:04:15.830 --> 00:04:15.840 +donation. All it does is reassure 111 -00:04:32,216 --> 00:04:36,200 -Meanwhile, various meal ingredient services have marketed themselves +00:04:16.949 --> 00:04:16.959 +retailers that they can't be held 112 -00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:38,916 -as solving hunger by reducing food waste, +00:04:19.509 --> 00:04:19.519 +accountable. Maybe it worked. I can't 113 -00:04:39,666 --> 00:04:40,316 -which is silly. +00:04:21.110 --> 00:04:21.120 +find anything about how much food is 114 -00:04:40,650 --> 00:04:42,100 -If they have any effect, it's to shift +00:04:22.710 --> 00:04:22.720 +donated per year since the press 115 -00:04:42,100 --> 00:04:44,916 -food waste into packaging waste. +00:04:24.150 --> 00:04:24.160 +releases were announced about the law 116 -00:04:45,216 --> 00:04:46,850 -No one has ever been sued for being +00:04:25.990 --> 00:04:26.000 +passing. Have you ever noticed that 117 -00:04:46,850 --> 00:04:48,183 -saved from starvation. +00:04:28.390 --> 00:04:28.400 +essentially every product ever has the 118 -00:04:49,016 --> 00:04:51,100 -Nevertheless, the US passed the Bill Emerson Good +00:04:31.590 --> 00:04:31.600 +California Proposition 65 warning? In 119 -00:04:51,100 --> 00:04:53,616 -Samaritan Act of 1996 to encourage donation. +00:04:33.590 --> 00:04:33.600 +1986, California voters banded together 120 -00:04:53,883 --> 00:04:55,883 -All it does is reassure retailers that they +00:04:35.670 --> 00:04:35.680 +to say, "Hey, maybe it would be nice if 121 -00:04:55,883 --> 00:04:57,016 -can't be held accountable. +00:04:37.909 --> 00:04:37.919 +we could avoid being poisoned a bit." 122 -00:04:57,800 --> 00:04:58,250 -Maybe it worked. +00:04:40.070 --> 00:04:40.080 +You had better believe that every. 123 -00:04:58,250 --> 00:04:59,950 -I can't find anything about how much food +00:04:42.390 --> 00:04:42.400 +single. time. a company has to admit that 124 -00:04:59,950 --> 00:05:01,650 -is donated per year since the press releases +00:04:44.469 --> 00:04:44.479 +their product is toxic, they frontload 125 -00:05:01,650 --> 00:05:03,166 -were announced about the law passing. +00:04:45.830 --> 00:04:45.840 +the state they want you to hate and then 126 -00:05:04,050 --> 00:05:06,316 -Have you ever noticed that essentially every product +00:04:47.189 --> 00:04:47.199 +the legal precedent they want you to 127 -00:05:06,316 --> 00:05:09,000 -ever has a "california proposition 65 warning"? +00:04:49.110 --> 00:04:49.120 +scoff at. They want you to find it 128 -00:05:09,466 --> 00:05:12,283 -In 1986, California voters banded together to say, +00:04:50.629 --> 00:04:50.639 +tedious. They want you to think it's 129 -00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:14,266 -hey, maybe it would be nice if we +00:04:52.310 --> 00:04:52.320 +dumb and take their side against the 130 -00:05:14,266 --> 00:05:15,966 -could stop being poisoned a bit. +00:04:54.870 --> 00:04:54.880 +threat of lawsuit. Proposition 65 was a 131 -00:05:16,483 --> 00:05:19,750 -You would better believe that every single time +00:04:56.790 --> 00:04:56.800 +publicity stunt to get some politician 132 -00:05:19,750 --> 00:05:21,183 -a company has to admit their product is +00:04:59.350 --> 00:04:59.360 +elected. Meanwhile, no one has ever been 133 -00:05:21,183 --> 00:05:23,983 -toxic, they front-load the state they want +00:05:01.270 --> 00:05:01.280 +held accountable for contaminating every 134 -00:05:23,983 --> 00:05:25,983 -you to hate, the precedent they want you +00:05:03.909 --> 00:05:03.919 +human alive with PFAS in California or 135 -00:05:25,983 --> 00:05:28,283 -to scoff at, they want you to find +00:05:05.830 --> 00:05:05.840 +elsewhere. One of the inspirations for 136 -00:05:28,283 --> 00:05:30,483 -it tedious, they want you to think it's +00:05:07.510 --> 00:05:07.520 +this episode was someone convinced that 137 -00:05:30,483 --> 00:05:32,200 -dumb, and they want you to take their +00:05:09.510 --> 00:05:09.520 +people dry their pets in microwaves, so 138 -00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:35,066 -side against the threat of a potential lawsuit. +00:05:11.029 --> 00:05:11.039 +those will be getting warning labels. 139 -00:05:36,183 --> 00:05:38,300 -Proposition 65 was a publicity stunt to get +00:05:13.029 --> 00:05:13.039 +Never happened. It's an urban legend. If 140 -00:05:38,300 --> 00:05:39,550 -some politician elected. +00:05:14.870 --> 00:05:14.880 +it ever did happen, it's so rare that it 141 -00:05:40,050 --> 00:05:41,716 -Meanwhile, no one has ever been held accountable +00:05:17.350 --> 00:05:17.360 +might as well have never happened. 142 -00:05:41,716 --> 00:05:45,650 -for contaminating every human alive with PFAS, in +00:05:20.390 --> 00:05:20.400 +The myth endures, though. The famous one 143 -00:05:45,650 --> 00:05:47,350 -California or otherwise. +00:05:21.909 --> 00:05:21.919 +that we're all up to speed with by now. 144 -00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:49,916 -One of the inspirations for this episode was +00:05:23.909 --> 00:05:23.919 +Some company served some literally 145 -00:05:49,916 --> 00:05:51,983 -someone convinced that people dry their pets in +00:05:26.070 --> 00:05:26.080 +skin-meltingly hot coffee to Stella 146 -00:05:51,983 --> 00:05:54,133 -microwaves so those would be getting warning labels. +00:05:27.990 --> 00:05:28.000 +Liebeck. Her coffee got spilled. And I 147 -00:05:55,083 --> 00:05:56,066 -Never happened. +00:05:31.270 --> 00:05:31.280 +cannot stress this enough, her _skin_ got 148 -00:05:56,283 --> 00:05:57,200 -It's an urban legend. +00:05:32.790 --> 00:05:32.800 +_melted_. 149 -00:05:57,750 --> 00:05:59,600 -If it ever did happen, it's so rare +00:05:35.510 --> 00:05:35.520 +Third degree burns. Mickey D's lost the 150 -00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:00,916 -that it might as well have never happened. +00:05:37.350 --> 00:05:37.360 +lawsuit and forever more tells everyone 151 -00:06:01,983 --> 00:06:03,750 -The myth persists, though. +00:05:38.629 --> 00:05:38.639 +how mad they are about it with the 152 -00:06:05,283 --> 00:06:06,400 -The famous one that we're all up to +00:05:40.950 --> 00:05:40.960 +warning on the cup. Maybe one might 153 -00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:07,400 -speed with by now. +00:05:42.230 --> 00:05:42.240 +argue she wouldn't have resorted to a 154 -00:06:07,766 --> 00:06:12,183 -Some company served some literally skin-meltingly hot +00:05:44.870 --> 00:05:44.880 +lawsuit if she had socialized medicine. 155 -00:06:12,183 --> 00:06:14,983 -coffee to Stella Liebeck. +00:05:46.790 --> 00:05:46.800 +Still, I guess we found her. The one 156 -00:06:14,983 --> 00:06:17,066 -To Stella Liebeck. +00:05:48.710 --> 00:05:48.720 +person who won a lawsuit and got a 157 -00:06:18,150 --> 00:06:20,916 -Her coffee got spilled, and I cannot stress +00:05:50.390 --> 00:05:50.400 +payout. 158 -00:06:20,916 --> 00:06:24,766 -this enough, her skin melted. +00:05:53.590 --> 00:05:53.600 +However, in 2018, Epic Systems Corp (not 159 -00:06:25,083 --> 00:06:26,550 -Third-degree burns. +00:05:56.870 --> 00:05:56.880 +Epic Games) engaged in wage theft. 160 -00:06:26,916 --> 00:06:28,866 -Mickey D's lost the lawsuit and forevermore tells +00:05:58.390 --> 00:05:58.400 +Dollar for dollar, the most common crime 161 -00:06:28,866 --> 00:06:30,283 -everyone how mad they are about it with +00:06:00.629 --> 00:06:00.639 +in the United States every year for many 162 -00:06:30,283 --> 00:06:32,016 -the warning on the cup that says hot +00:06:02.629 --> 00:06:02.639 +years. So, Jacob Lewis attempted to 163 -00:06:32,016 --> 00:06:33,183 -beverages are hot. +00:06:04.070 --> 00:06:04.080 +start a class action lawsuit in 164 -00:06:33,916 --> 00:06:35,583 -Maybe one might argue that she wouldn't have +00:06:05.189 --> 00:06:05.199 +accordance with the 165 -00:06:35,583 --> 00:06:36,850 -had the result to a lawsuit if she +00:06:07.749 --> 00:06:07.759 +National Labor Relations Act of 1935. 166 -00:06:36,850 --> 00:06:38,183 -had socialized medicine? +00:06:09.909 --> 00:06:09.919 +As usual, the Supreme Court decided that 167 -00:06:39,666 --> 00:06:42,816 -Still, I guess the one person who won +00:06:11.590 --> 00:06:11.600 +these pesky laws need to get out of the 168 -00:06:42,816 --> 00:06:44,750 -a lawsuit and got a payout. +00:06:13.110 --> 00:06:13.120 +way of a corporation harvesting wealth 169 -00:06:45,483 --> 00:06:49,066 -However, in 2018, Epic Systems Corp, not Epic +00:06:15.029 --> 00:06:15.039 +from the peasantry. 170 -00:06:49,066 --> 00:06:51,183 -Games, engaged in wage theft. +00:06:17.270 --> 00:06:17.280 +Well, it was 5:4, exactly the split you 171 -00:06:51,616 --> 00:06:53,850 -Dollar per dollar the most common crime in +00:06:18.710 --> 00:06:18.720 +would expect. So, the victim of wage 172 -00:06:53,850 --> 00:06:57,083 -the United States per year, every year, for +00:06:20.469 --> 00:06:20.479 +theft didn't get to go to real court. 173 -00:06:57,083 --> 00:06:57,983 -many years. +00:06:22.550 --> 00:06:22.560 +And of course, arbitration agreed, stop 174 -00:06:58,483 --> 00:07:00,066 -So Jacob Lewis attempted to start a class +00:06:24.710 --> 00:06:24.720 +whining about wage theft. Ever since 175 -00:07:00,066 --> 00:07:02,183 -action lawsuit in accordance with the National Labor +00:06:27.029 --> 00:06:27.039 +then, every user agreement has included 176 -00:07:02,183 --> 00:07:03,966 -Relations Act of 1935. +00:06:29.110 --> 00:06:29.120 +an arbitration clause. You know, because 177 -00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:07,450 -As usual, the Supreme Court decided that these +00:06:30.790 --> 00:06:30.800 +apparently real lawsuits are unjust. 178 -00:07:07,450 --> 00:07:09,166 -pesky laws need to get out of the +00:06:33.270 --> 00:06:33.280 +Real courts are overburdened. So, we'll 179 -00:07:09,166 --> 00:07:11,450 -way of harvesting wealth from the peasantry. +00:06:35.029 --> 00:06:35.039 +privatize justice. That certainly won't 180 -00:07:12,250 --> 00:07:13,916 -Well, it was 5-4, exactly the split +00:06:38.230 --> 00:06:38.240 +create a kangaroo court. 181 -00:07:13,916 --> 00:07:14,750 -you would expect. +00:06:39.990 --> 00:06:40.000 +That's probably why arbitration clauses 182 -00:07:14,983 --> 00:07:16,983 -So the victim of wage theft didn't get +00:06:41.670 --> 00:06:41.680 +and contracts tend to also include some 183 -00:07:16,983 --> 00:07:18,166 -to go to a real court, and of +00:06:43.110 --> 00:06:43.120 +advertisement about how waving your 184 -00:07:18,166 --> 00:07:19,533 -course, arbitration court agreed. +00:06:45.670 --> 00:06:45.680 +right to trial PrOtEcTs YoU, aCtUaLlY. 185 -00:07:19,700 --> 00:07:21,250 -Stop whining about wage theft. +00:06:47.430 --> 00:06:47.440 +Justice is dead. And yet, we're still 186 -00:07:21,816 --> 00:07:25,283 -Ever since then, every user agreement has included +00:06:49.270 --> 00:06:49.280 +afraid of this sliver of a chance of 187 -00:07:25,283 --> 00:07:26,383 -an arbitration clause. +00:06:51.350 --> 00:06:51.360 +encountering a mythical, hyper competent 188 -00:07:26,466 --> 00:07:28,800 -You know, because apparently real lawsuits are unjust, +00:06:53.749 --> 00:06:53.759 +litigation monster. 189 -00:07:28,950 --> 00:07:31,850 -real courts are overburdened, so we'll privatize justice. +00:06:55.270 --> 00:06:55.280 +For what it's worth, apparently the 190 -00:07:31,966 --> 00:07:34,216 -That certainly won't create a kangaroo court. +00:06:57.350 --> 00:06:57.360 +hyperlitigator stays within America. 191 -00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:38,450 -Well, that's probably why arbitration clauses and contracts +00:06:59.430 --> 00:06:59.440 +Other countries also think Americans can 192 -00:07:38,450 --> 00:07:40,400 -tend to also include some advertisement about how +00:07:02.230 --> 00:07:02.240 +and will file and reliably win any 193 -00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:42,500 -waiving your right to trial "PrOtEcTs YoU, aCtUaLlY" +00:07:04.390 --> 00:07:04.400 +frivolous lawsuit. To those people I 194 -00:07:43,416 --> 00:07:45,950 -Justice is dead, and yet we're still afraid +00:07:07.830 --> 00:07:07.840 +say, "go ahead and rent an apartment". Odds 195 -00:07:45,950 --> 00:07:47,983 -of the sliver of a chance of encountering +00:07:09.270 --> 00:07:09.280 +are your landlord will do something 196 -00:07:47,983 --> 00:07:50,483 -this hyper-competent litigation monster. +00:07:12.390 --> 00:07:12.400 +illegal and probably get away with it. 197 -00:07:51,550 --> 00:07:53,500 -For what it's worth, apparently the hyperlitigator - -198 -00:07:53,500 --> 00:07:54,700 -stays within America. - -199 -00:07:55,083 --> 00:07:57,750 -Other countries also think Americans can and will - -200 -00:07:57,750 --> 00:08:00,766 -file and win any arbitrary frivolous lawsuit. - -201 -00:08:01,350 --> 00:08:03,750 -To those people I say, go ahead and - -202 -00:08:03,750 --> 00:08:04,400 -rent an apartment. - -203 -00:08:05,300 --> 00:08:07,716 -Odds are your landlord will do something illegal - -204 -00:08:07,716 --> 00:08:09,416 -and get away with it. - -205 -00:08:09,983 --> 00:08:11,166 +00:07:13.350 --> 00:07:13.360 Okay, so we're not going to find the +198 +00:07:15.270 --> 00:07:15.280 +hyperlitigator. A deer is going to walk + +199 +00:07:16.629 --> 00:07:16.639 +over the hill any second, though, for + +200 +00:07:18.870 --> 00:07:18.880 +sure. You remember when Cracker Barrel + +201 +00:07:20.309 --> 00:07:20.319 +had a redesign? It's current at time of + +202 +00:07:21.990 --> 00:07:22.000 +writing. The logo got rid of both the + +203 +00:07:24.950 --> 00:07:24.960 +cracker and the barrel. The interior got + +204 +00:07:27.350 --> 00:07:27.360 +rid of everything. It kicked off a + +205 +00:07:28.870 --> 00:07:28.880 +discussion on the left where they made + 206 -00:08:11,166 --> 00:08:12,100 -hyperlitigator. +00:07:30.629 --> 00:07:30.639 +fun of the right for the fact that the 207 -00:08:12,900 --> 00:08:13,916 -A jury's going to walk over the hill +00:07:34.309 --> 00:07:34.319 +left doesn't know what "woke" means. 208 -00:08:13,916 --> 00:08:16,083 -any second now, though, for sure. +00:07:36.710 --> 00:07:36.720 +A company with a recognizable, if hokey, 209 -00:08:17,116 --> 00:08:19,083 -You know everyone Cracker Barrel had a redesign? +00:07:39.110 --> 00:07:39.120 +aesthetic has "streamlined" to a hollow nothing 210 -00:08:19,583 --> 00:08:21,350 -It's current at time of writing. +00:07:40.390 --> 00:07:40.400 +that you couldn't pick out of a 211 -00:08:21,816 --> 00:08:23,550 -The legal got rid of both the cracker +00:07:42.070 --> 00:07:42.080 +lineup from any of their so-called 212 -00:08:23,550 --> 00:08:24,500 -and the barrel. +00:07:43.830 --> 00:07:43.840 +competitors. 213 -00:08:24,816 --> 00:08:27,200 -The interior got rid of everything. +00:07:46.309 --> 00:07:46.319 +There is one culture, one aesthetic, and 214 -00:08:28,100 --> 00:08:29,483 -It kicked off a discussion on the left +00:07:48.469 --> 00:07:48.479 +it is unobtrusive. 215 -00:08:29,483 --> 00:08:31,500 -where they made fun of the right for +00:07:52.469 --> 00:07:52.479 +non-committal. bland. As usual, 216 -00:08:31,500 --> 00:08:34,066 -the fact that the left doesn't know what +00:07:54.070 --> 00:07:56.720 +the soul has been sacrificed on the altar of capitalism. 217 -00:08:34,066 --> 00:08:36,666 -the right means when they talk about woke. +00:07:58.230 --> 00:07:58.240 +This sounds much more like something I'd 218 -00:08:37,683 --> 00:08:40,166 -A company with a recognizable if hokey aesthetic +00:07:59.749 --> 00:07:59.759 +complain about than your stereotypical 219 -00:08:40,166 --> 00:08:44,150 -has """streamlined""" to a hollow nothing that you +00:08:01.749 --> 00:08:01.759 +maga fascist. But then again, Cracker 220 -00:08:44,150 --> 00:08:45,566 -couldn't pick out of a lineup of any +00:08:03.270 --> 00:08:03.280 +Barrel is a restaurant that has a very 221 -00:08:45,566 --> 00:08:47,083 -of their so-called competitors. +00:08:05.670 --> 00:08:05.680 +country aesthetic. If we remember the 222 -00:08:48,150 --> 00:08:50,950 -There is one culture, one aesthetic, and it +00:08:07.990 --> 00:08:08.000 +Brad's Wife fiasco, the customer base 223 -00:08:50,950 --> 00:08:54,416 -is unobtrusive, noncommittal, bland. +00:08:10.550 --> 00:08:10.560 +skews boomer. the kind of people who 224 -00:08:55,150 --> 00:08:58,100 -As usual, the soul has been sacrificed on +00:08:12.150 --> 00:08:12.160 +aren't worried about a deep fried steak 225 -00:08:58,100 --> 00:08:59,850 -the altar of capitalism. +00:08:13.670 --> 00:08:13.680 +with a side of pork sausage cutting 226 -00:09:01,166 --> 00:09:02,983 -This sounds much more like something I'd complain +00:08:15.589 --> 00:08:15.599 +their life expectancy. They only 227 -00:09:02,983 --> 00:09:04,683 -about when you're a stereotypical maga fascist. +00:08:18.390 --> 00:08:18.400 +anticipate another few years anyway. I 228 -00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:06,766 -But then again, Cracker Barrel is a restaurant +00:08:21.350 --> 00:08:21.360 +searched: article after article, most 229 -00:09:06,766 --> 00:09:08,916 -that has a very "country" aesthetic. +00:08:22.390 --> 00:08:22.400 +maintaining a proper level of 230 -00:09:09,416 --> 00:09:11,583 -If we remember the "brad's wife" fiasco, the +00:08:26.469 --> 00:08:26.479 +neutrality, but eventually, finally: paydirt! 231 -00:09:11,583 --> 00:09:13,400 -customer base skews Boomer. +00:08:29.110 --> 00:08:29.120 +I found him. The one guy who thought the 232 -00:09:14,050 --> 00:09:15,400 -The kind of people who aren't worried about +00:08:33.350 --> 00:08:33.360 +redesign was soulless, aaaand... "woke." 233 -00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:16,900 -a deep-fried steak with a side of +00:08:35.990 --> 00:08:36.000 +That's all. He's it. 234 -00:09:16,900 --> 00:09:19,216 -pork sausage cutting their life expectancy. +00:08:38.469 --> 00:08:38.479 +I have not found anyone else. As far as 235 -00:09:19,366 --> 00:09:21,716 -They only anticipate another few years anyway. +00:08:40.550 --> 00:08:40.560 +I know, his world also thinks he's an 236 -00:09:22,100 --> 00:09:26,250 -I searched, article after article, most maintaining a +00:08:44.710 --> 00:08:44.720 +outlier. 237 -00:09:26,250 --> 00:09:29,966 -proper level of neutrality, but eventually - finally - paydirt. +00:08:47.509 --> 00:08:47.519 +I watch Woolie Versus. Or, used to. 238 -00:09:30,683 --> 00:09:31,850 -I found him. +00:08:49.509 --> 00:08:49.519 +He's on indefinite hiatus, or whatever 239 -00:09:32,016 --> 00:09:34,016 -The one guy who thought the redesign was +00:08:51.030 --> 00:08:51.040 +you want to call it. The gig economy 240 -00:09:34,016 --> 00:09:36,733 -soulless and... woke. +00:08:53.190 --> 00:08:53.200 +doesn't have paternity leave. I hope 241 -00:09:37,466 --> 00:09:38,066 -That's all. +00:08:54.550 --> 00:08:54.560 +YouTube deigns to inform me of his 242 -00:09:38,500 --> 00:09:39,183 -He's it. +00:08:57.829 --> 00:08:57.839 +return when or if he does. At present, 243 -00:09:40,416 --> 00:09:41,800 -I've not found anyone else. +00:08:59.509 --> 00:08:59.519 +there are no remaining channels in the 244 -00:09:42,383 --> 00:09:44,050 -As far as I know, his world also +00:09:02.389 --> 00:09:02.399 +LP genre who finish their games and have 245 -00:09:44,050 --> 00:09:45,116 -thinks he's an outlier. +00:09:04.550 --> 00:09:04.560 +insightful commentary, silence during 246 -00:09:48,283 --> 00:09:49,366 -I watch Willow Vs. +00:09:05.750 --> 00:09:05.760 +game dialogue, at least one interlocutor 247 -00:09:49,683 --> 00:09:50,600 -Or used to. - -248 -00:09:50,883 --> 00:09:52,750 -He's on an indefinite hiatus or whatever you - -249 -00:09:52,750 --> 00:09:53,183 -want to call it. - -250 -00:09:53,266 --> 00:09:55,483 -The gig economy doesn't have paternity leave. - -251 -00:09:56,100 --> 00:09:57,800 -I hope YouTube deigns to inform me of - -252 -00:09:57,800 --> 00:10:00,033 -his return when or if he does. - -253 -00:10:00,683 --> 00:10:03,250 -At present, there are no remaining channels in - -254 -00:10:03,250 --> 00:10:07,166 -the LP genre who finish their games and - -255 -00:10:07,166 --> 00:10:11,583 -have insightful commentary, silent stirring game dialogue, at - -256 -00:10:11,583 --> 00:10:12,833 -least one interlocutor. - -257 -00:10:13,916 --> 00:10:15,466 +00:09:07.430 --> 00:09:07.440 Is that even really important? +248 +00:09:09.590 --> 00:09:09.600 +I think so. Resolving + +249 +00:09:11.509 --> 00:09:11.519 +conflicting perspectives is usually more + +250 +00:09:13.190 --> 00:09:13.200 +interesting, and it's surprisingly hard + +251 +00:09:14.790 --> 00:09:14.800 +to carry a conversation while playing a + +252 +00:09:16.550 --> 00:09:16.560 +game. + +253 +00:09:18.870 --> 00:09:18.880 +Anyway, when he started his spin-off + +254 +00:09:20.630 --> 00:09:20.640 +channel, he had a bizarre naming scheme + +255 +00:09:22.790 --> 00:09:22.800 +for his episodes. Then he switched the + +256 +00:09:25.110 --> 00:09:25.120 +order to part number, game title, + +257 +00:09:28.150 --> 00:09:28.160 +episode title. Great! Automatically + 258 -00:10:15,716 --> 00:10:16,816 -I think so. +00:09:29.990 --> 00:09:30.000 +self-sorting! 259 -00:10:16,983 --> 00:10:19,950 -Resolving conflicting opinions is usually more interesting. +00:09:32.070 --> 00:09:32.080 +Then someone told him he archives the 260 -00:10:20,250 --> 00:10:21,916 -And it's surprisingly hard to carry on a +00:09:33.829 --> 00:09:33.839 +episodes and has some weird-ass filing 261 -00:10:21,916 --> 00:10:23,816 -conversation while playing a game. +00:09:36.230 --> 00:09:36.240 +system that got broken. 262 -00:10:24,533 --> 00:10:27,050 -Anyway, when he started his spinoff title, he +00:09:38.310 --> 00:09:38.320 +So, will he switch back? I forget if he 263 -00:10:27,050 --> 00:10:28,966 -had a bizarre naming scene for his episodes. +00:09:40.230 --> 00:09:40.240 +explicitly stated it at the time, but 264 -00:10:29,183 --> 00:10:32,283 -Then he switched the order to part number, +00:09:41.910 --> 00:09:41.920 +obviously he's not taking a poll or 265 -00:10:32,583 --> 00:10:34,583 -game title, episode title. +00:09:43.910 --> 00:09:43.920 +switching it repeatedly. So, now it's 266 -00:10:35,450 --> 00:10:35,866 -Great. +00:09:46.230 --> 00:09:46.240 +forever backward from perfection, like a 267 -00:10:36,500 --> 00:10:37,916 -Automatically self-sorting. +00:09:48.310 --> 00:09:48.320 +European date. 268 -00:10:39,066 --> 00:10:41,616 -Then someone told him that he archives him +00:09:51.030 --> 00:09:51.040 +All because of one guy saying one thing, 269 -00:10:41,616 --> 00:10:43,950 -and has some weird-ass filing system that +00:09:53.430 --> 00:09:53.440 +one time. I wouldn't have thought that 270 -00:10:43,950 --> 00:10:44,350 -got broken. +00:09:55.509 --> 00:09:55.519 +would be enough. What did I say the 271 -00:10:45,650 --> 00:10:46,583 -So will he switch back? +00:09:57.990 --> 00:09:59.519 +odds of seeing a deer are? 30% per license? 272 -00:10:47,416 --> 00:10:49,116 -I forget if he explicitly stated it at +00:10:02.470 --> 00:10:02.480 +So the scenario is more specifically 273 -00:10:49,116 --> 00:10:50,883 -the time, but obviously he's not taking a - -274 -00:10:50,883 --> 00:10:53,066 -poll or switching it repeatedly, so now it's - -275 -00:10:53,066 --> 00:10:54,800 -forever backward from perfection. - -276 -00:10:55,683 --> 00:10:57,033 -Like a European date. - -277 -00:10:59,500 --> 00:11:02,016 -All because of one guy saying one thing - -278 -00:11:02,016 --> 00:11:03,100 -one time. - -279 -00:11:04,066 --> 00:11:05,750 -I wouldn't have thought that would be enough. - -280 -00:11:06,750 --> 00:11:07,900 -What did I say the odds of seeing - -281 -00:11:07,900 --> 00:11:08,700 -a deer are? - -282 -00:11:08,916 --> 00:11:10,283 -30% per license? - -283 -00:11:11,250 --> 00:11:13,516 -So the scenario is more specifically, - -284 -00:11:14,100 --> 00:11:16,316 +00:10:04.389 --> 00:10:04.399 if I am looking for one deer and I come +274 +00:10:07.350 --> 00:10:07.360 +out here up to a certain number of times + +275 +00:10:11.190 --> 00:10:11.200 +until I find one and stop. + +276 +00:10:12.630 --> 00:10:12.640 +Sadly the data we have is estimated + +277 +00:10:14.790 --> 00:10:14.800 +based on purchasing one license. Let's + +278 +00:10:16.150 --> 00:10:16.160 +pretend I'll automatically make a + +279 +00:10:18.389 --> 00:10:18.399 +precisely average number of hikes per + +280 +00:10:20.790 --> 00:10:20.800 +license. Anyway, in four years I guess + +281 +00:10:22.389 --> 00:10:22.399 +that would be... Hang on, let me grab a + +282 +00:10:25.590 --> 00:10:25.600 +shell... + +283 +00:10:28.310 --> 00:10:28.320 +Success chance is 30%, + +284 +00:10:30.790 --> 00:10:30.800 +roll four times, failure chance for one + 285 -00:11:16,316 --> 00:11:18,700 -out here up to a certain number of +00:10:33.590 --> 00:10:33.600 +run would be 1 minus success chance. So 286 -00:11:18,700 --> 00:11:21,083 -times until I find one and stop. +00:10:36.069 --> 00:10:36.079 +the chance of failing all four years 287 -00:11:22,883 --> 00:11:24,616 -Sadly, the data we have is estimated based +00:10:38.150 --> 00:10:38.160 +would be failure chance to the power of 288 -00:11:24,616 --> 00:11:27,183 -on purchasing one license. +00:10:40.710 --> 00:10:40.720 +four. And so the chance of any other 289 -00:11:27,850 --> 00:11:30,600 -Let's pretend I'll automatically make a precisely average +00:10:42.949 --> 00:10:42.959 +outcome, i.e. succeeding in one or more 290 -00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:32,250 -number of hikes per license. +00:10:46.150 --> 00:10:46.160 +year, would be 1 minus that, which would be... 291 -00:11:33,016 --> 00:11:35,350 -Anyway, in four years, I guess that'd be... - -292 -00:11:35,350 --> 00:11:36,550 -hang on, let me grab a shell... - -293 -00:12:01,966 --> 00:12:05,616 -Success chance is 30%, rule four times, failure - -294 -00:12:05,616 --> 00:12:08,050 -chance for one run would be one minus - -295 -00:12:08,050 --> 00:12:08,766 -success chance. - -296 -00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:11,583 -So the chance of failing all four years - -297 -00:12:11,583 --> 00:12:13,666 -would be a failure chance to the power - -298 -00:12:13,666 --> 00:12:15,016 -of four. - -299 -00:12:15,700 --> 00:12:17,366 -And so the chance of any other outcome, - -300 -00:12:17,666 --> 00:12:20,500 -i.e. succeeding in one or more year, - -301 -00:12:20,783 --> 00:12:24,100 -would be one minus that, which would be - -302 -00:12:24,100 --> 00:12:26,400 +00:10:50.150 --> 00:10:50.160 just under 76%. +292 +00:10:52.949 --> 00:10:52.959 +You see how that works, Warframe wiki? + +293 +00:10:55.030 --> 00:10:55.040 +Warframe, like any freemium game, has an + +294 +00:10:57.430 --> 00:10:57.440 +element of gambling. The majority of + +295 +00:10:58.710 --> 00:10:58.720 +what you spend real money on is + +296 +00:11:00.710 --> 00:11:00.720 +guaranteed odds. Or more cynically, + +297 +00:11:02.310 --> 00:11:02.320 +you're paying the money in order to not + +298 +00:11:04.310 --> 00:11:04.320 +play the game. Which is why the + +299 +00:11:06.230 --> 00:11:06.240 +ludicrous resource cost for cryotic for + +300 +00:11:08.389 --> 00:11:08.399 +Sibear ought to turn you off that entire + +301 +00:11:10.870 --> 00:11:10.880 +game. Anyway, while we're looking at the + +302 +00:11:12.870 --> 00:11:12.880 +Warframe wiki, in order to sell in + 303 -00:12:28,083 --> 00:12:30,866 -You see how that works, Warframe Wiki? +00:11:14.310 --> 00:11:14.320 +China, they had to publicly disclose 304 -00:12:32,383 --> 00:12:35,150 -Warframe, like any freemium game, has an element +00:11:16.069 --> 00:11:16.079 +their drop rates. What a cool thing for 305 -00:12:35,150 --> 00:12:35,900 -of gambling. +00:11:17.829 --> 00:11:17.839 +China to have done for its citizens. Do 306 -00:12:36,183 --> 00:12:37,716 -The majority of what you spend real money +00:11:19.190 --> 00:11:19.200 +you think they also disallow forced 307 -00:12:37,716 --> 00:12:39,483 -on is guaranteed odds. +00:11:22.069 --> 00:11:22.079 +arbitration? Oh, no. They're on the same 308 -00:12:39,816 --> 00:12:42,366 -Or, more cynically, you're paying the money in +00:11:25.110 --> 00:11:25.120 +page as us with that. Damn. So, as a 309 -00:12:42,366 --> 00:12:44,133 -order to not play the game. +00:11:26.630 --> 00:11:26.640 +result of the public drop table, we get 310 -00:12:44,866 --> 00:12:47,866 -Which is why the ludicrous cryotic cost for +00:11:29.829 --> 00:11:29.839 +to see charts like this. To get Nekros, 311 -00:12:47,866 --> 00:12:50,483 -Cyber are turning off that entire game. +00:11:32.230 --> 00:11:32.240 +a.k.a. the best Warframe 312 -00:12:51,450 --> 00:12:53,250 -Anyway, while we're looking at the Warframe Wiki, +00:11:35.030 --> 00:11:35.040 +he said very transparently baiting comments. 313 -00:12:53,500 --> 00:12:54,666 -in order to sell in China, they had +00:11:36.550 --> 00:11:36.560 +Look, in the game about shooting stuff, to get 314 -00:12:54,666 --> 00:12:56,083 -to publicly disclose their drop rates. +00:11:38.150 --> 00:11:38.160 +loot, to build gear, to more effectively 315 -00:12:56,083 --> 00:12:57,850 -What a cruel thing for China to have +00:11:41.269 --> 00:11:41.279 +shoot stuff, etc. NeKros increases the 316 -00:12:57,850 --> 00:12:58,850 -done for its citizens. +00:11:46.310 --> 00:11:46.320 +loot you get. Best. +Focus. to get Nekros... 317 -00:12:59,083 --> 00:13:01,083 -Do you think they also disallow forced arbitration? +00:11:48.389 --> 00:11:48.399 +you do the Lephantis assassination. 318 -00:13:02,183 --> 00:13:04,116 -No, they're on the same page as us +00:11:50.069 --> 00:11:50.079 +Looking at the table, your inference is 319 -00:13:04,116 --> 00:13:04,783 -with that. +00:11:52.389 --> 00:11:52.399 +correct. Lephantis will definitely always 320 -00:13:05,116 --> 00:13:05,550 -Damn. +00:11:54.470 --> 00:11:54.480 +drop precisely one of those three 321 -00:13:05,983 --> 00:13:07,583 -So, as a result of the public drop +00:11:57.030 --> 00:11:57.040 +pieces. It's not a one in three chance 322 -00:13:07,583 --> 00:13:10,283 -table, we get to see charts like this. +00:11:59.829 --> 00:11:59.839 +that Lephantis will drop this piece. It's 323 -00:13:11,083 --> 00:13:13,366 -To get Nekros, a.k.a. the best Warframe, +00:12:01.910 --> 00:12:01.920 +there is a one in three chance that this 324 -00:13:13,883 --> 00:13:17,016 -he said, very transparently baiting comments. +00:12:04.790 --> 00:12:04.800 +is the one piece Lephantis drops. So 325 -00:13:17,550 --> 00:13:20,283 -Look, in the game about shooting dudes to +00:12:06.870 --> 00:12:06.880 +there's not a 1 in 27 chance that you 326 -00:13:20,283 --> 00:13:22,716 -get loot to build stuff, to more effectively +00:12:09.350 --> 00:12:09.360 +get all three in one shot. There is no 327 -00:13:22,716 --> 00:13:25,583 -shoot dudes to get loot to build stuff, +00:12:10.949 --> 00:12:10.959 +world where you do that mission less 328 -00:13:25,866 --> 00:13:28,566 -and so on and so forth, Nekros gets +00:12:12.949 --> 00:12:12.959 +than three times. That distinction 329 -00:13:28,566 --> 00:13:29,733 -you more loot. +00:12:14.550 --> 00:12:14.560 +doesn't really matter in practice. You 330 -00:13:30,683 --> 00:13:31,500 -Best frame. +00:12:15.910 --> 00:12:15.920 +do it once, you definitely have one 331 -00:13:32,033 --> 00:13:33,016 -“focus.” +00:12:17.670 --> 00:12:17.680 +piece. You do it a second time, you 332 -00:13:33,416 --> 00:13:34,666 -“to get nekros...” +00:12:18.949 --> 00:12:18.959 +probably have two out of the three 333 -00:13:35,183 --> 00:13:37,233 -You do the Lephantis assassination. +00:12:21.509 --> 00:12:21.519 +pieces. Once you're in that situation, 334 -00:13:37,300 --> 00:13:39,450 -Looking at the table, your inference is correct. +00:12:23.910 --> 00:12:23.920 +you ask yourself, how many runs do I do 335 -00:13:39,683 --> 00:13:43,766 -Lephantis will definitely always drop precisely one of +00:12:26.150 --> 00:12:26.160 +to get the last piece? This table 336 -00:13:43,766 --> 00:13:45,083 -those three pieces. +00:12:29.030 --> 00:12:29.040 +helpfully says you're nearly guaranteed 337 -00:13:45,366 --> 00:13:47,350 -It's not a one in three chance that +00:12:33.190 --> 00:12:33.200 +at 17ish kills. It also says it's 338 -00:13:47,350 --> 00:13:49,183 -Lephantis will drop this piece. +00:12:36.470 --> 00:12:36.480 +expected at three kills. What do those 339 -00:13:49,483 --> 00:13:51,816 -It's there is a one in three chance +00:12:39.670 --> 00:12:39.680 +words mean? Here's a link. In that one, 340 -00:13:51,816 --> 00:13:55,316 -that this is the one piece that Lephantis +00:12:41.670 --> 00:12:41.680 +Wiki contributor Finner explains what is 341 -00:13:55,316 --> 00:13:56,133 -drops. +00:12:44.629 --> 00:12:44.639 +meant by nearly guaranteed. It's a 342 -00:13:56,766 --> 00:13:58,366 -There's not a one in 27% chance +00:12:45.910 --> 00:12:45.920 +range. So, at the lower end of that 343 -00:13:58,366 --> 00:13:59,833 -that he drops all three in one. +00:12:47.829 --> 00:12:47.839 +range, it's 99% chance. At the top of 344 -00:14:00,850 --> 00:14:02,483 -There is no world where you do that +00:12:50.790 --> 00:12:50.800 +that range, it's 99.99%. 345 -00:14:02,483 --> 00:14:04,666 -mission less than three times. +00:12:53.030 --> 00:12:53.040 +Easy. What I have been salty about for 346 -00:14:05,733 --> 00:14:07,800 -You do it once, you definitely have one +00:12:55.509 --> 00:12:55.519 +like a decade is that his definition of 347 -00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:08,400 -piece. +00:12:59.030 --> 00:12:59.040 +"expected" is bizarre. It's not helped by 348 -00:14:09,083 --> 00:14:11,150 -You do it a second time, you probably +00:13:00.150 --> 00:13:00.160 +the fact that I think we're referencing 349 -00:14:11,150 --> 00:14:12,933 -have two of the three pieces. +00:13:02.550 --> 00:13:02.560 +old data. He divides the Warframe drops 350 -00:14:13,366 --> 00:14:15,783 -Once you're in that situation, you ask yourself, +00:13:04.550 --> 00:13:04.560 +into three types. Type one is like 351 -00:14:15,816 --> 00:14:18,116 -how many runs do I do to get +00:13:06.389 --> 00:13:06.399 +Nekros where all three parts are on one 352 -00:14:18,116 --> 00:14:19,200 -the last piece? +00:13:08.790 --> 00:13:08.800 +drop table. Type two is where all three 353 -00:14:19,850 --> 00:14:22,850 -This table helpfully says that you're "nearly guaranteed" +00:13:10.870 --> 00:13:10.880 +drop from a different place. Type three 354 -00:14:22,850 --> 00:14:24,683 -at 17-ish kills. +00:13:13.110 --> 00:13:13.120 +is just Equinox with eight drops needed. 355 -00:14:25,250 --> 00:14:28,416 -It also says that it's expected at three +00:13:16.710 --> 00:13:16.720 +That one's a slog. 356 -00:14:28,416 --> 00:14:29,100 -kills. +00:13:18.870 --> 00:13:18.880 +But if we look at his math for type 2, 357 -00:14:29,683 --> 00:14:30,900 -What do those words mean? +00:13:20.790 --> 00:13:20.800 +we can see what he actually means by 358 -00:14:31,250 --> 00:14:32,266 -There's a link. +00:13:22.870 --> 00:13:22.880 +expected. Assume the law of large 359 -00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:36,650 -In this one, wiki contributor Finner explains what +00:13:25.350 --> 00:13:25.360 +numbers applies to small numbers. I.e., 360 -00:14:36,650 --> 00:14:38,466 -is meant by "nearly guaranteed". +00:13:27.430 --> 00:13:27.440 +if you want to roll one of the six sides 361 -00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:40,666 -It's a range, so at the lower end +00:13:31.190 --> 00:13:31.200 +of a d6, you just throw it six times. 362 -00:14:40,666 --> 00:14:42,200 -of that range is a 99% chance +00:13:33.350 --> 00:13:33.360 +Check out this page. Occasionally, 363 -00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:43,400 -and at the top of that range it's +00:13:35.509 --> 00:13:35.519 +you'll see links for expected to the 364 -00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:45,116 -99.99%. +00:13:37.829 --> 00:13:37.839 +wiki page for the stats concept of 365 -00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:45,983 -Easy. +00:13:40.069 --> 00:13:40.079 +expected value. 366 -00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:49,516 -What I have been salty about for like - -367 -00:14:49,516 --> 00:14:53,416 -a decade is that his definition of “expected” - -368 -00:14:53,650 --> 00:14:55,233 -is bizarre. - -369 -00:14:56,416 --> 00:14:57,700 -It's not helped by the fact that I - -370 -00:14:57,700 --> 00:14:59,300 -think he's referencing old data. - -371 -00:15:00,366 --> 00:15:03,366 -He divides the Warframe drops into three types. - -372 -00:15:04,350 --> 00:15:06,800 -Type one is Nekros, where all three parts - -373 -00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:08,750 -are on one drop table. - -374 -00:15:09,066 --> 00:15:11,083 -Type two is where all three drop from - -375 -00:15:11,083 --> 00:15:12,166 -a different place. - -376 -00:15:12,750 --> 00:15:15,066 -Type three is just Equinox with eight drops. - -377 -00:15:15,416 --> 00:15:16,266 -That one is a slog. - -378 -00:15:16,883 --> 00:15:19,433 -“I'm very excited now.” - -379 -00:15:19,750 --> 00:15:21,533 -“The anticipation.” - -380 -00:15:22,733 --> 00:15:27,066 -“I always learn so much from a live - -381 -00:15:27,066 --> 00:15:28,283 -dissection.” - -382 -00:15:29,250 --> 00:15:30,516 -But if we look at his math for - -383 -00:15:30,516 --> 00:15:32,400 -type two, we can see what he actually - -384 -00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:33,316 -means by expected. - -385 -00:15:33,916 --> 00:15:36,050 -Assume the law of large numbers applies to - -386 -00:15:36,050 --> 00:15:37,900 -small numbers, i.e. if you want to - -387 -00:15:37,900 --> 00:15:39,616 -roll one of the six sides of a - -388 -00:15:39,616 --> 00:15:42,250 -d6, you just throw it six times. - -389 -00:15:42,650 --> 00:15:43,883 -Check out this page. - -390 -00:15:44,466 --> 00:15:47,583 -Occasionally you'll see links for expected to the - -391 -00:15:47,583 --> 00:15:50,516 -wiki page for the stats concept of expected - -392 -00:15:50,516 --> 00:15:51,300 -value. - -393 -00:15:52,216 --> 00:15:54,983 +00:13:42.949 --> 00:13:42.959 That's not how expected value works. +367 +00:13:44.790 --> 00:13:44.800 +expected value is the other side of + +368 +00:13:46.710 --> 00:13:46.720 +this. So in the linked Wiki article, + +369 +00:13:48.470 --> 00:13:48.480 +you'll see that it's *what* the average + +370 +00:13:51.670 --> 00:13:51.680 +you observe is converging *to*. So check + +371 +00:13:54.230 --> 00:13:54.240 +it out. The article shows a graph that + +372 +00:13:56.310 --> 00:13:56.320 +shows rolling a dice averaging out. As + +373 +00:13:58.550 --> 00:13:58.560 +in I have rolled a d6 with this number + +374 +00:14:01.189 --> 00:14:01.199 +of pips showing on average. If I roll + +375 +00:14:03.430 --> 00:14:03.440 +one time and roll a two, my average + +376 +00:14:05.430 --> 00:14:05.440 +value is two. If I roll a second time + +377 +00:14:08.150 --> 00:14:08.160 +and roll a six, now my average value is + +378 +00:14:12.230 --> 00:14:12.240 +four. The expected value is 3.5. as in, + +379 +00:14:15.590 --> 00:14:15.600 +if I keep rolling many times then my + +380 +00:14:19.750 --> 00:14:19.760 +average will converge on 3.5. + +381 +00:14:21.350 --> 00:14:21.360 +Whoever it was that introduced this math + +382 +00:14:22.870 --> 00:14:22.880 +is lost to the sands of time. For this + +383 +00:14:24.629 --> 00:14:24.639 +game all about random drops, that + +384 +00:14:26.949 --> 00:14:26.959 +person's peculiar concept of "expected" is + +385 +00:14:28.949 --> 00:14:28.959 +on a massive portion of the pages across + +386 +00:14:31.030 --> 00:14:31.040 +the wiki. What are the odds that just + +387 +00:14:32.870 --> 00:14:32.880 +one guy can convince that wiki's + +388 +00:14:34.790 --> 00:14:34.800 +community that this notion of expected + +389 +00:14:41.110 --> 00:14:41.120 +expected value is weird? + +390 +00:14:43.910 --> 00:14:43.920 +What are the odds that I, just one guy, + +391 +00:14:45.750 --> 00:14:45.760 +can convince the rest of the world of + +392 +00:14:47.910 --> 00:14:47.920 +any of the random things I insist on? + +393 +00:14:49.990 --> 00:14:50.000 +Surely they're so staggeringly low as to be negligible. + 394 -00:15:55,183 --> 00:15:58,316 -Expected value is the other side of this. - -395 -00:15:58,500 --> 00:16:00,783 -So in the linked wiki article, you'll see - -396 -00:16:00,783 --> 00:16:03,400 -that it's what the average you observe is - -397 -00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:05,316 -converging to. - -398 -00:16:05,783 --> 00:16:06,450 -So check it out. - -399 -00:16:06,450 --> 00:16:09,616 -The article shows a graph that shows rolling - -400 -00:16:09,616 --> 00:16:11,766 -a dice averaging out. - -401 -00:16:12,866 --> 00:16:15,150 -As in, I have rolled a d6 with - -402 -00:16:15,150 --> 00:16:17,766 -this number of pips showing on average. - -403 -00:16:18,150 --> 00:16:19,883 -If I roll one time and roll it - -404 -00:16:19,883 --> 00:16:22,233 -two, my average value is two. - -405 -00:16:22,350 --> 00:16:24,166 -If I roll a second time and roll - -406 -00:16:24,166 --> 00:16:27,866 -a six, now my average value is four. - -407 -00:16:28,266 --> 00:16:32,133 -The expected value is 3.5. - -408 -00:16:32,766 --> 00:16:36,800 -As in, if I keep rolling many times, then my - -409 -00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:40,916 -average will converge on 3.5. Whoever it - -410 -00:16:40,916 --> 00:16:42,616 -was that introduced all this math is lost - -411 -00:16:42,616 --> 00:16:43,666 -to the sands of time. - -412 -00:16:44,216 --> 00:16:46,516 -For this game all about random drops, that - -413 -00:16:46,516 --> 00:16:49,483 -person's peculiar concept of "expected" is on a - -414 -00:16:49,483 --> 00:16:51,950 -massive portion of pages across the wiki. - -415 -00:16:52,016 --> 00:16:53,400 -What are the odds that just one guy - -416 -00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:56,400 -can convince that wiki's community that this notion - -417 -00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:59,466 -of expected value is weird? - -418 -00:17:05,333 --> 00:17:07,216 -What are the odds that I, just one - -419 -00:17:07,216 --> 00:17:09,466 -guy, can convince the rest of the world - -420 -00:17:09,466 --> 00:17:10,850 -of any of the random things I insist - -421 -00:17:10,850 --> 00:17:11,366 -on? - -422 -00:17:12,233 --> 00:17:14,216 -Surely they're so staggeringly low as to be - -423 -00:17:14,216 --> 00:17:15,050 -negligible. - -424 -00:17:15,833 --> 00:17:17,500 +00:14:52.230 --> 00:14:55.839 People win the lottery every day. -425 -00:17:25,483 --> 00:17:27,050 -I don't know what deer consider to be +395 +00:14:57.350 --> 00:14:57.360 +I once heard someone say deer are -426 -00:17:27,050 --> 00:17:28,116 -after dawn. +396 +00:14:59.350 --> 00:14:59.360 +crepuscular, meaning they're active around + +397 +00:15:01.829 --> 00:15:01.839 +sunrise and sunset, as opposed to being + +398 +00:15:04.629 --> 00:15:04.639 +nocturnal (like bats) or diurnal (like (well- + +399 +00:15:06.550 --> 00:15:06.560 +behaved) humans.) + +400 +00:15:08.710 --> 00:15:08.720 +I don't know what a deer considers after dawn. diff --git a/src/script.md b/src/script.md index 7c41f9f..fbe3d5e 100644 --- a/src/script.md +++ b/src/script.md @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Keep waiting. Your patience will be rewarded. Your efforts will pay off. Have fa [beat] Ok, for real. Deer exist, I know. I know because I have evidence. -[alternate] BOLD statement. Have you disproved Godel, and developed a framework for determining truth that requires no axioms? have you out-logic'd renee descartes and proven anything at all, when you could be a brain in a jar? have you done what CGP grey is afraid to, and ventured through the "What Is True" dimension, returning unscathed? +[alternate] BOLD statement. Have you disproven Gödel, and developed a framework for determining truth that requires no axioms? have you out-logic'd René Descartes and proven anything at all, when you could be a brain in a jar? have you done what CGP grey is afraid to, and ventured through the "What Is True" dimension, returning unscathed? Respectively; no, no, and not entirely but maybe a tiny bit? You can only *approach* 0 faith, like an asymptote. Acknowledging that gives you a heuristic to weigh the validity of evidence. If it just offloads faith elsewhere, it's useless. If it requires faith itself, it's even worse than that. People talking about something's existence is not evidence. but I can buy some laughably overpriced venison in the store, right now. the fact that someone would lie to everyone and argue it's ok because it makes money is... really... how the world works. caveat emptor, bitch. All because one salesman proposes one thing via marketing material, and doesn't get interrogated.