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We have limited time available so I understand that simplistic heuristic. But it's just one episode over 1556. One of the nice aspect of these long form discus
by zimbatm 6y ago
We have limited time available so I understand that simplistic heuristic. But it's just one episode over 1556.
One of the nice aspect of these long form discussions is that you get to see a lot more of the guest's psyche and how they think. Obviously it takes a lot more time than to read pre-baked opinions in articles.
In the case of the Alex Jones episode, he really does come off as a lunatic. I remember that episode being mildly entertaining due to the guest's personality and fairly low in terms of intellectual content. Watching it didn't suddenly make me wear tinfoil hats or believing in chem-trails.
- dgrin91 6y agoMinor nit: I think he's had Alex on for 3 episodes. I've only seen the latest (1556), but he spends a great deal of time walking through Alex's claims with Alex and showing whats real vs whats a stretch vs whats total BS. It is interesting to see how Alex starts jumping from what we all read to gay frogs. Also if you ignore the politics and real world repercussions of Alex, he is hilarious in an absurdist way.
- zimbatm 6y agoThanks for the correction. A thing I also remember is that Alex would tend to jump into deeper conspiracy land when pressed with details. Almost like a defense mechanism. It's exactly that kind of thing that makes the interview worthy. Alex is taken out of the rant machine that he created and doesn't control all the interactions. And then we can make our mind about him ourselves. It's more healthy like that than being told what to think.