The Joe Rogan Experience #1191 
(with authors Peter Boghossian and James Lindsay )
American philosopher Peter Boghossian and mathematician James Lindsay expose how non-STEM academia publishes papers in academic journals where conclusions are made first and then data is invented to support and advance progressive narratives.
Yesterday, UC Berkeley posted a news article on its Berkeley News website titled Berkeley Law dean: I signed letter against Kavanaugh ‘without hesitation’ . This occurred around the same time that the FBI reported that it had failed to substantiate claims of sexual assault/misconduct made against Judge Brett Kavanaugh, claims which were an attempt to interfere with and possibly derail his appointment to a lifetime seat on the supreme court.
![Berkeley News graphic of article "Berkeley Law dean: I signed letter against Kavanaugh 'without hesitation'". [Formatted]](http://unwisdom.org/chadspace/wp-content/uploads/uc-berkeley-000002-formatted.jpg)
It’s hard to see how this is news. In fact, the only thing that’s even remotely remarkable about it is that somebody felt like this was news. A UC Berkeley law dean publicly stating her opposition to a republican supreme court appointee is like a stoner proclaiming to the world his profound affinity for Krispy Kreme donuts —it’s just a declaration of the obvious and is silly and unnecessary.
It would be like if I posted a press release on ChadSpace with any of the following headlines:
You know what would be news? If a UC Berkeley law dean publicly stated her support for a republican supreme court judge nominee (and to be fair, let’s say it’s one with a less questionable history of hard drinking and reckless partying). It is impossible that this would ever happen though. Or if it somehow did happen, this make-believe person would certainly not be working at the university for much longer.
![Zoomed in picture of a real snowflake, showcasing both its greater symmetrical and lesser asymmetrical aspects. [Formatted]](http://unwisdom.org/chadspace/wp-content/uploads/miscellaneous-000022-formatted.jpg)
We are all of us but precious snowflakes in the blizzard that is life.
If you ever want to have good, clean fun with the enthusiastic pot-smoker(s) in your life, sneak away his smartphone when he is off taking a massive bong rip and set the alarm to 4:20am. Sort of like this:
![Cell phone screenshot displaying the alarm app set to ring Monday morning at 04:20. [Formatted]](http://unwisdom.org/chadspace/wp-content/uploads/marijuana-000000-formatted.jpg)
Odds are good he won’t notice you made this change and will be jolted out of bed on Monday morning well before the sun rises.
Also, I would have liked to configure a pop-up message that appears as the alarm is going off that says “Wake up!!! It’s 4:20am Monday morning, dude! The early bird gets the worm! The party starts with you! Time to smoke some green!!!!” Unfortunately, this particular app doesn’t have that feature implemented yet (but I filed a suggestion with the developers).
On a related note, isn’t it funny how the only thing pot-smokers never forget to do is smoke more pot? The rest of us just have to struggle to remember as many things as we possibly can, and dart in increasingly-random mental directions as we attempt to hold on to important memories and life details that are in the process of being further displaced, lost, or forgotten.
(NOTE: This post was written after drinking 3ea Obsidian Stout beers, produced by Deschutes Brewery in the US state of Proper Oregon.)