Epidemics and Delusions | Dr. Steve Templeton | EP 366

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson and Dr. Steve Templeton discuss his recent publication, “Fear of a Microbial Planet: How a Germophobic Safety Culture Makes Us Less Safe.” They break down the “discussed response” of the behavioral immune system, the pathogenic treatment of people during the COVID pandemic, the shift toward perceptual safety over common good, the programmatically induced fear that censors open discussion around these topics even now, and the impenetrability of those afraid, even when met with fundamental truths. Dr. Steve Templeton is the Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Indiana University School of Medicine Terre Haute, formerly CDC/NIOSH. Dr. Templeton is the author of the new publication, “Fear of a Microbial Planet: How a Germophobic Safety Culture Makes Us Less Safe.” The book examines pandemic responses, cultural and administrative, weighing historic examples against the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Peterson’s extensive catalog is available now on DailyWire : Ep. 365 - Sponsors - Shopify: Get a $1/ month FREE trial with full access to Shopify’s entire suite of features: Hallow: Try Hallow for 3 months FREE: - Links - For Dr. Steve Templeton: Website Substack: Twitter: @stemplet74 - Chapters - (0:00) Coming up (0:20) Intro (1:07) Taking in the pandemic as an immunologist (3:54) Disgust as a behavioral immune response (8:18) The denial of left wing authoritarianism (13:29) Hitler, disgust sensitivity, the language of fear (16:40) The danger of a safety culture (22:18) Power and justification (24:34) Death rates and dark incentives (31:05) False group association, polarized science (34:32) Our microbial world (36:29) First world diseases due to being “too clean” (39:20) More bacteria in your body than cells (42:45) The global pandemic response, masks for the cameras (47:23) The transfer of wealth, loss of intellect (50:17) When the left aligned itself with big Pharma (53:21) Stoking fear against common sense (58:50) The appearance of safety (1:04:47) Where the safety culture thrives (1:10:28) False certainty and extra measures (1:17:06) The curse and blessing of social media (1:18:26) The case for optimism (1:24:40) You cannot eradicate risk // SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL // Newsletter: Donations: // COURSES // Discovering Personality: Self Authoring Suite: Understand Myself (personality test): // BOOKS // Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life: 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos: Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief: // LINKS // Website: Events: Blog: // SOCIAL // Twitter: Instagram: Facebook: Telegram: All socials: #JordanPeterson #JordanBPeterson #DrJordanPeterson #DrJordanBPeterson #DailyWirePlus