**Claim for Discussion** AI Verdict on claim by Joe Rogan: "The CIA used cocaine trafficking to fund operations, similar to the Iran-Contra affair, with Freeway Ricky Ross unknowingly selling CIA cocaine in Los Angeles" The AI concluded: MOSTLY FALSE - CIA tolerated Contra-linked trafficking but didn't operationally direct Ross cocaine sales. Winner: oppose (margin: clear) Source: AI Analysis of PowerfulJRE - Joe Rogan Experience #2419 - John Lisle What do you think?

**Claim for Discussion** Most of OpenAI's deal announcements with infrastructure partners are actually options rather than binding commitments Original quote: "And if you look at what he did to Nvidia, Nvidia put out a statement recently that they have the option to invest. So we were sitting here two months ago and I know people in the industry were staying up late at night worrying about all these deals Sam were was doing. All those deals apparently are ..." Source: Jason Calacanis at 13:13 on All-In Podcast - OpenAI's Code Red, Sacks vs New York Times, New Poverty Line? What do you think?

**Claim for Discussion** The number 432 and its multiples appear systematically in ancient monuments, cosmic cycles, mythology across cultures (Sumerian king lists, Kali Yuga duration, sun radius), indicating a shared advanced knowledge system from a common predecessor civilization Original quote: "432 is one of those numbers that shows up again and again and again and again...The ki yuger is said to be 43,200 years old. U the radius of the sun is 4 is 432,000 miles. Um the king's list from the Samrians is a total of 43...432,000 years with one king reigning for 43,200 years" Source: Ben van Kerkwyk at 1:22:30 on PowerfulJRE - Joe Rogan Experience #2417 - Ben van Kerkwyk What do you think?

**Claim for Discussion** Ewen Cameron, funded by the CIA, performed extensive experiments including psychic driving (playing negative messages for thousands of repetitions), chemical comas lasting months, and sensory deprivation for weeks, leaving patients worse than before with no therapeutic benefit Original quote: "So this led Cameron to develop the concept of psychic driving which is you record some kind of negative message and then you make someone listen to it for thousands and thousands and thousands of times for weeks on end for hours every day all their waking day. They basically are strapped into a head..." Source: John Lisle at 29:59 on PowerfulJRE - Joe Rogan Experience #2419 - John Lisle What do you think?

**Claim for Discussion** The quality of school a child attends does not significantly matter for their outcomes Original quote: "And is so it is with schools, right? Like does it really matter that your kids get into a good school? Um not really." Source: Sam Harris at 2:27 on Sam Harris - Parenting Doesn't Matter What do you think?

**Claim for Discussion** Only about 4% of words in the English language cannot be decoded using phonics rules Original quote: "There's about 4% of words in the English language can't be decoded. That that's it. Um so it's so no like they them whoever them is is they say you know words these this many words these 500 words can't be decoded that's not true" Source: Beth Gaskill at 14:14 on More Than Milestones Podcast - How to Help Your Child Fall in Love with Reading | The Truth About Sight Words with Beth Gaskill What do you think?

**Claim for Discussion** There is a systematic pattern of archaeological discoveries in Egypt being suppressed or hidden by authorities when they contradict established timelines, including threats of national security sanctions against researchers who publish findings Original quote: "there's some controvers uh some controversy around that report because it was buried like so he found it they they never published the report. It was squashed by Zahias. This is according to Louis Dordier. Uh he threatened uh him and his team with national security sanctions if they talked about it" Source: Ben van Kerkwyk at 4:00 on PowerfulJRE - Joe Rogan Experience #2417 - Ben van Kerkwyk What do you think?

**Claim for Discussion** There are 47 biological males housed in women's prisons in California alone Original quote: "California has 47 biological males that are housed in women's prisons. At least." Source: Joe Rogan at 1:10:23 on PowerfulJRE - Joe Rogan Experience #2418 - Chris Williamson What do you think?

**Claim for Discussion** Oscar Wilde was jailed and died in exile as a peasant in France in the 1800s because he was gay, showing UK's history of persecuting people for 'improper behavior' Source: Chris Williamson at 45:40 on PowerfulJRE - Joe Rogan Experience #2418 - Chris Williamson What do you think?

**Claim for Discussion** OpenAI is the short in the AI space and is overvalued, facing challenges from Google, Anthropic, and Grok who are beating them consistently in leaderboards Source: Jason Calacanis at 39:25 on All-In Podcast - Epstein Files Fallout, Nvidia Risks, Burry's Bad Bet, Google's Breakthrough, Tether's Boom What do you think?

**Claim for Discussion** Denmark does not recommend universal hepatitis B birth dose despite having similar hepatitis B prevalence to the United States Original quote: "when we have a similar pre prevalence of hepatitis B in the United States and as they do in Denmark why Denmark has decided that they should not routinely recommend it to children um and that they should identify uh children who may be higher risk" Source: Dr. Hogue at 1:07:15 on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) - December 5, 2025 - Day 2 of 2 What do you think?

**Claim for Discussion** In seasonally breeding animals, high levels of melatonin shrink ovaries and make animals infertile, and shrink male testes from grape-size to rice-grain size Original quote: "Melatonin in males of seasonal breeders takes the testes and shrinks them... these little Siberian hamsters... have testes about the size of, sort of typical table grapes... When days get shorter and the melatonin signal gets longer... Those same hamsters would have testes that would involute to the..." Source: Andrew Huberman at 47:41 on Andrew Huberman - How to Defeat Jet Lag, Shift Work & Sleeplessness What do you think?

**Claim for Discussion** A tech company specifically said at a meeting 'we have to make sure this doesn't happen again' about Trump's election, revealing intent to control who becomes president Original quote: "one of the people one of the main people at this tech company specifically said at the meeting, we have to make sure this doesn't happen again... You're saying we we got to make sure this doesn't happen again. Well, how do you do that?" Source: Joe Rogan at 52:50 on PowerfulJRE - Joe Rogan Experience #2418 - Chris Williamson What do you think?

**Claim for Discussion** CDC's observed-to-expected ratio analyses found that reported rates of death after mRNA COVID-19 vaccination were below background rates of death in the general US population Original quote: "We found that the reported rates of death after mRNA coid9 vaccination were below background rates of death in the general US population... Across the board, the observed toex expected ratio was below one, which indicates a lower observed death rate than what would have been expected within the post..." Source: Captain Sarah Meyer (CDC) at 2:24:01 on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) - Day 1 of 2 What do you think?

**Claim for Discussion** Long wavelength light effects on mitochondria show a switch-like response rather than dose-response, with a threshold energy that activates a 5-day effect conserved across flies, mice, and humans Original quote: "In all of those people, and I'd have to say we did it, we we've done similar experiments on flies, on mice, on humans. It's 5 days. It lasts 5 days. It's a solid 5day effect. So, something very fundamental that is conserved across evolution is playing a role here. Five. And the real big point to tak..." Source: Dr. Glen Jeffery at 59:04 on Andrew Huberman - Using Red Light to Improve Metabolism & the Harmful Effects of LEDs | Dr. Glen Jeffery What do you think?

**Claim for Discussion** Where can the un-highlighted Epstein Files be found? Source: r/AskReddit (u/B0r3dGamer) What do you think?

**Claim for Discussion** What will you do if kidnapped, blowjob or take it in pussy? Source: r/AskReddit (u/Elegant-Shallot2425) What do you think?

**Claim for Discussion** What major life change do you sometimes fantasize about making despite knowing it wouldn't actually suit you in reality? Source: r/AskReddit (u/leadstoanother) What do you think?

**Claim for Discussion** What’s the best book suggestion for 10 year old kid? Source: r/AskReddit (u/srinivas1981) What do you think?

**Claim for Discussion** What’s something that you used to do that you miss doing? Source: r/AskReddit (u/CheesecakeStatus4089) What do you think?