Topic: Behavioral Science

Monica Perez joins the program to discuss the history of mind control and the current digital centralization of American society. The introduction highlights her background as an investment banker with degrees from Harvard and Stanford, as well as her transition into conspiratorial podcasting. Her work focuses on analyzing political machinations and historical texts regarding the engineering of human consciousness.

Carlwood references an interview with Richard Merit regarding the Pearson distribution, which shows that aggregate human behavior forms predictable curves regardless of individual choice. Kotze views this as scientific support for his worldview, suggesting that synchronicity reveals higher-dimensional objects that negate the traditional rationalist view of a mechanistic, dead universe.

Dr. Shoemaker addresses the lack of quality control in occult publishing and the importance of grounded, practical instruction over purely historical or philosophical study. He advocates for a behavioral science approach to magic, where practitioners perform rituals and record results without preconceived notions. This method avoids "front-loading" experiences and allows for a unique, naive discovery of the practice's value.

Jacque Fresco challenges the concept of "human nature," arguing that values, attitudes, and prejudices are entirely learned from one's culture. He explains that selfishness and bigotry are not innate but are products of the environment and early childhood education. The discussion focuses on how to break through existing paradigms to educate people on these scientific observations.

The discussion shifts to how behavioral science can identify the environmental conditions that create criminals or serial killers. Fresco rejects the idea of "criminal genes," "Republican genes," or "gay genes," asserting that behavior is a product of culture. He critiques modern psychology for trying to adjust people to fit into a broken system rather than changing the system itself.

The hosts discuss Fresco's anecdote about training a dog to enjoy a cat being petted through economic incentives. They touch on Fresco's view of patriotism as a "disease" and argue that capitalism is the root cause of most global issues. They suggest that focusing on small conspiracies like 9/11 or chemtrails ignores the larger structural problems of society.