Today we discuss Harvard, higher ed, public health, AI, and political cheating. Harvard has announced the suspension of several graduate programs, as well as hiring and other budget freezes, claiming poverty due to the suspension of federal grants. But Harvard’s revenue last year was $6.7 billion, and their losses amount to 1.7% of that. Meanwhile, Trump wants Harvard to run trade schools. Then: vaccinologist Paul Offit admits that natural immunity was always superior to vaccine-induced immunity—if you survived the infection—but that this was not a matter of public health policy because Americans couldn’t handle the nuance. And: Google’s AI fabricated a criminal history, and is now being sued. Finally: how you voted is visible on your mail-in ballot in some counties in California.
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Mentioned in this episode:
Harvard’s PhD Bloodbath (Chris Brunet): https://www.chrisbrunet.com/p/harvards-phd-bloodbath
Letter from Harvard (Heather): https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/letter-from-harvard
Paul Offit on Covid immunity: https://x.com/kevinnbass/status/1891856265292169570
Robby Starbuck suing Google: https://x.com/robbystarbuck/status/1980985160586625186
Ralston Lectures: https://www.ralston.ac/the-sophia-lectures/bret-weinstein-heather-heying-sophia-lectures-2025
California ballots: https://x.com/indyspanglish/status/1977814368613249280
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