Conspiracy/Fringe Library

Book review: Skepticism of the COVID profiteers is justified

Having found Dr. Mercola's previous book, EMF*D, very eye-opening, scientifically rigorous, and full of the kind of pragmatic takeaways that a biohacker like me loves, I picked up The Truth About COVID-19. Give a listen to my podcast review of the book here...

A few days ago, I released this righteously indignant rant about the dark connection between 3 BAFFLING things...

One morning this weekend, in that in-between-world between waking and sleeping, my mind made a connection between three things that had been weighing on it...

Thanks to Joe Rogan and different pop culture personalities psychedelics have become very popular.

You’ve probably heard about them and are curious if a psychedelic trip or ceremony could be a shortcut to mental health or transformative personal development.

I remain a bit skeptical of psychedelics as a true tool for overcoming depression and personal development because that effect from them is so inconsistent. Sometimes people do have an amazingly transformative experience and gain some deep insight but a lot of times it’s just a recreational experience and there’s a chance of a terrifying bad trip resulting in Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder.

People have asked me…

Jonathan, I’ve heard all these fantastic stories about psychedelics, how they change people’s outlook on life or help them get over addictions. Are psychedelics Nootropics? 

Book review: Why Scientific Materialism is WRONG... About Almost Everything

This 170-page yellow book, by Alex Tsakiris host of the Skeptiko podcast, is a striking nail in the coffin of scientific materialism. I was raised an evangelical Christian, in young adulthood I became a (quiet) agnostic, then a materialist atheist because of philosophical arguments I absorbed, but now I'm a Christian again - a decision solidified by the evidence detailed in this book. I'll touch on my transformation of worldview here...

If your life has ever seemed like a grand work of fiction rife with irony, coincidence, and romance perhaps it's because our world is something like a novel written by an alien author.

I was raised Christian and was a very energetic evangelical but as a young adult, I drifted away from the religion and ultimately became an atheist for intellectual reasons.

I did a "No-Black Pill April" a while back; black pill is internet parlance for depressing news content; the news is more often than not depressing and cortisol stimulating. Of course, I don't watch the nightly news on television - Fox News or CNN - but over the past few years, I've become a bit of a political news junkie following a bunch of alternative news personalities. I unfollowed everyone on Twitter and unsubscribed from everyone I watched on Youtube that discussed the news for a month. I'd encourage you to try doing a "No-Black Pill April" but honestly, it didn't make much of a difference in my subjective mood and mental health in April, but I've got an interesting philosophical takeaway from it...

I interviewed Richard Harris - he’s a man in England with a beard and blue eyes that beam with the brilliance of a quasar. He has one of the top channels on Odysee where he inspires thousands to reject the slavery that the modern world imposes upon us.

In this wide-ranging conversation, we get deeply into the weeds connecting the philosophical to the pragmatic...

It's the year of the great ideological-political gulf between family members across the holiday table.

Many chose to just not discuss touchy subjects with family, and I get that - it might be best to just keep the peace. But, some families are able and willing to engage in rigorous discourse and debate without it devolving into hurtful insults - I'm fortunate to have a family mostly like that.

Thus, I wrote them this letter urging them to pass on the COVID-19 vaccine - feel free to copy it, edit it as you see fit, and use it to try to change your loved ones' minds...