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Andrew Huberman: belief

28 Jun 2024 Lex Fridman Podcast #435 – Andrew Huberman: Focus, Controversy, Politics, and Relationships

“There was one person in particular who came out swinging with language that in my opinion is not of the sort that you would use at a university venue, especially among colleagues, but that’s fine.”

— Andrew Huberman

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Speaker
Andrew Huberman
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Claim type
belief
Recorded
28 Jun 2024
Publisher
Lex Fridman Podcast

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…The PhDs and MDs, yeah? There were people on our side. There were people not on our side. I mean, the statement that got things riled up the most was this notion that for certain individuals there’s a high potential for inducing psychosis with high THC-containing cannabis. For certain individuals, not all. That sparked some issues. There was really a split. You see this in different fields. There was one person in particular who came out swinging with language that in my opinion is not of the sort that you would use at a university venue, especially among colleagues, but that’s fine. We’re all grownups. Well, for me, from my perspective, it was strangely rude and it had an air of elitism that to me, was it the source of the problem during Covid that led to the distrust of science and the popularization of disrespecting science because so many scientists spoke with an arrogance and a douchebaggery that I wish we would have a little bit less of.…

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