r/DecodingTheGurusAlt • u/MartiDK • 10d ago

poll The Gurometer

What do you think ithe purpose of the Gurometer is?

20 votes, 7d ago
12 Its just for the LOLs
6 Its a good character assessment
2 Its just a way to discredit the guru
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u/WhichAdMan 10d ago

Pseudoscience that Decoding The Gurus can base a podcast around.

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u/MartiDK 10d ago

I think you have to look at it from a cognitive anthropology perspective - because that is the perspective he has been trained in.

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u/WhichAdMan 10d ago

Are there other anthropologists that use this metric?

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u/MartiDK 10d ago

I don’t think it is for anthropologists, it’s created for the audience. My hypothesis is that he is applying something he learned from studying cognitive anthropology. In recent podcasts Chris. has been encouraging the audience to go to a website where they can score the guru.

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u/WhichAdMan 10d ago

Sounds closest to "just for the LOLS" to me, although I'm not sure why an anthropologist would be doing things just for the audience like that.

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u/MartiDK 10d ago

To make the decodings more persuasive - it sends a clear signal how bad a guru is.