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9 Apr 2026 Lex Fridman Podcast #495 – Vikings, Ragnar, Berserkers, Valhalla & the Warriors of the Viking Age
“There was no universally accepted head god. I think Marvel has also led people astray in this.”
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- 9 Apr 2026
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…Yeah. There are gods, and they have many, but Odin and Thor are pretty hardcore gods. So everything, just their whole philosophy on life is pretty hardcore. Probably some of the toughest humans to have ever lived. I think so. Yeah. I mean, their gods are horrifying. They’re polytheistic. There was no universally accepted head god. I think Marvel has also led people astray in this. Well, we’ll talk more about religion, but since you mentioned the boats, what do we understand about the technology that they were using? Can you just speak a little bit more to this one-inch-of-oak idea? So, these were these longships that were also able to travel on rivers. So they’re not… Like, what is structurally, do we know about the boats that allowed them to be so flexible in terms of where they can travel?…
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