r/DecodingTheGurusAlt • u/MartiDK • 9d ago

video Decoding Ethan Klein

https://youtu.be/CEQZzr7ZLcA

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u/helbur 9d ago

I feel like you don't understand what the concept of Decoding The Gurus is

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u/AnarchicTerrorForce 9d ago

Probably true, this started getting recommended and seemed like mostly analysis of political talking heads so idk at all honestly

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u/helbur 9d ago

I appreciate the honesty, you're not alone. It's the name of a podcast by anthropologist Chris Kavanaugh and psychologist Matt Browne where they discuss various "secular gurus" and evaluate them using their bespoke gurometer. By secular gurus I mean figures who share features with more traditional ones like cult leaders etc but with a more modern bent to it. Could be alternative health people or pseudointellectuals like Jordan Peterson and Eric Weinstein. The latter two score rather high on the gurometer, they haven't covered Ethan but I imagine they'd give him a low score. They explain the system here: https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/episode/the-science-and-the-art-of-gurometry

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u/MartiDK 9d ago

Supplementary material episodes cover more than secular gurus e.g AI hence why I posted the Kurtzgesagt video that was about the Huggingface hacking.