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An independent podcast by @rav.arora (and formerly Dr. Jay Bhattacharya) dismantling illusory “consensus” in science, culture, politics. Links ⬇️

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In US law, cocaine is medicine. Psilocybin isn’t.

Cocaine is in Schedule II because it has an accepted medical use: it’s still one of the best local anesthetics for throat surgery. Psilocybin sits in Schedule I next to heroin, even though Dr. Matt Johnson (@drug_researcher researcher) says its abuse potential is “middling” and it isn’t classically addictive. by @theillusionofconsensus

NEW: @rav.arora & @drug_researcher discuss @christianangermayer’s $2.8 BILLION+ deal selling his psychedelic company ATAI to Big Pharma company Eli Lilly.

Historically, Big Pharma & psychedelics were enemies. Now they’re shaking hands and doing business.

Matt & Rav also break down the therapeutic promise of ATAI’s key psychedelic drug (a 5-MeO-DMT variant), comparing its more ‘trans-psychic’ or mystical subjective effects compared to more psychotherapeutic effects of MDMA & psilocybin.

Watch Rav & Matt’s new 3-hour marathon podcast discussing psychedelic rescheduling, FDA approval, and more at link in bio! by @theillusionofconsensus

@jakekozloski: “You could DoorDash a wife” or husband 😂 in the future with A.I. dating apps like @keepermatchmaking that match you based on rigorous personality/values tests as opposed to endless swiping on Hinge just based on photos and vague prompts.

In that future, suddenly shooting in the dark at a bar, gym, sporting event etc seems really crude and inefficient if you can be matched with someone on super-effective AI dating app that’ll only match you with people of similar psychological profiles and values.

However: do we lose something very human if people in the future stop in-person approaching and predominantly date online? That’s already happening.

Could A.I. revolutionize dating—or take the romance out of it?

Watch my full conversation with @jakekozloski at link in bio! by @theillusionofconsensus

The terrible irony of dating apps: women do 10x better on them yet they are much less likely to be able to decide if they’re interested in a guy just based on raw photos. Many women are on the apps but never engage.

This is rooted in evolutionary biology. Men place higher priority on looks as signs of fertility and youthfulness while women prioritize a man’s resources, ambition, and resilience far more since women are more physically vulnerable and need someone to provide during childbirth.

These biological features precede conscious awareness so in modern times even if you’re not looking to have kids, these core differences in attraction still persist. They’re hardwired to an extent.

Watch my full 3+ hour podcast with @jakekozloski from new AI dating site @keepermatchmaking at link in bio! by @theillusionofconsensus

How Bumble Went From Feminist Dating App to Drug-Fueled, Male-Dominated Chaos

@jakekozloski shares the wild origin story of Bumble with some absurd twists and turns you may not expect…

Full 3+ hour episode on modern dating apps and how A.I. may help us at link in bio or in my story! by @theillusionofconsensus

WILD: Popular dating app @hinge tried to buy new matchmaking site @keepermatchmaking.

But the acquisition fell apart after Hinge took issue with Keeper being openly pro-marriage, CEO @jakekozloski told me on my podcast.

“We didn’t set out to create another casual dating app”

Then came the ultimatum: write an apology letter for their beliefs and previous statements, and Hinge might reconsider the deal.

Keeper refused—even though the acquisition could have been seriously lucrative.

“We’d rather die than sacrifice the mission.”

Full 3+ hour episode link in my bio or story by @theillusionofconsensus

@jakekozloski from new dating app @keepermatchmaking told me 1 in 10 first dates on his site lead to marriage. I asked him for the numbers.

Even more astounding: he says among the matches they predict are genuinely “good,” 1 in 4 have led to marriage.

He thinks finding your future spouse will eventually be automated.

Is A.I. the future of matchmaking?

Full episode link in bio by @theillusionofconsensus

Dating apps have a fundamental problem: they make money when you stay single.

@keepermatchmaking CEO @jakekozloski breaks down why dating apps are incentive-misaligned—and why the way men and women actually experience attraction makes the problem even harder to solve.

Men tend to get fewer matches, yet are more likely to feel attraction from photos alone. Women often get far more attention, yet may need real-life chemistry, energy, and interaction to know whether they’re actually attracted to someone.

So can a dating app ever truly optimize for getting you off the app?

🎙️ Watch my full conversation with @jakekozloski from @keepermatchmaking on my story or link in bio by @theillusionofconsensus

When men shower women with gifts is it serious, long-term investment or an evolutionary trick to get short-term pleasure?

Analyzing @theweeknd’s song “Lonely Star” from an evolutionary lens with legendary biologist Bret Weinstein from @thedarkhorsepodcast.

This song is a masterful depiction of male seduction: leveraging resources like cars, jewels, mansions to seduce a woman. In contrast, female seduction is more physical and aesthetic: revealing outfits, makeup, high heels etc designed to accentuate attractive body parts.

Interestingly, women are wired to find rich, resourceful men attractive because it ensures they and their offspring will be taken care of in the future, but what about when men and women aren’t thinking of kids and just having fun in the dating world?

How do we know when men using material possessions to seduce women is for short-term or long-term relationships?

Listen to the 1.5 hour podcast link in bio to find out

Let us know your thoughts in the comments below 👇🏾

#theweeknd#relationships#podcasts#evolutionary by @theillusionofconsensus

Bret Weinstein on romantic infatuation ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

Bret tells @rav.arora how infatuation is a temporary, illusory state that holds no long-term wisdom. Once the initial high of feeling like you’ve fallen in love with someone dies, you can soberly determine how great of a match this person is for a life partner.

Full episode link in bio! Watch now by @theillusionofconsensus

@rav.arora DEBATES (his good friend) @bret.weinstein on short-term romantic experiences. He presents the case from a woman’s perspective: what if a 27-year-old single woman is in Spain on a business trip and meets some dashing man at a bar she feels compelled to hook up with?

Bret argues this could be incredibly damaging to the woman’s relationship with her future husband where she may attempt to revive memories from her past sexual partners.

Bret & Rav surprisingly differ on this question where Bret takes the more conservative position that sexual activity has deep, long-lasting detrimental effects to a person’s life whereas Rav sees this in a more harmless, ephemeral light that can have few negative effects when done on the occasion just like drinking wine or staying up late.

Full podcast at link in bio. by @theillusionofconsensus

Modern dating may be making us miserable for a simple reason: it clashes with human nature.

Dating apps, endless choice, pornography, and radically altered sexual norms have transformed romance far faster than our biology could adapt.

World-renowned biologist @bret.weinstein from @thedarkhorsepodcast explains the evolutionary mismatch behind modern dating dysfunction.

Link to full podcast at link in bio by @theillusionofconsensus