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Asparouhov: Biden Admin Rejected Early SpaceX Return Due to Musk's Politics
“What's incredibly clear is SpaceX offered to bring the astronauts back sooner And because it was in the middle of the election cycle, and because Musk was campaigning for Trump, the Biden administration turned down that offer.”
Delian Asparouhov Mar 24, 2025 ▶ 3:47 Delian Asparouhov on Stranded Astronauts, NASA in Crisis, and Corporate Espionage.
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Maguire: Harvard introduced remedial math because admissions standards dropped
“Harvard last year implemented their first ever remedial math because there are people coming in that don't know algebra because they dropped the admission standards.”
Shaun Maguire Mar 24, 2025 ▶ 10:29 Shaun Maguire breaks down Wiz investment, building great teams, and the Everything App.
Assertion Contradicted
Prince: A Golf Course Uses More Water Than All US Data Centers
“A golf course uses more water than probably all the data centers in the United States over, over the course of a year.”
Matthew Prince Jun 10, 2026 ▶ 17:39 Cloudflare CEO Predicts AI Agents Will Outnumber Humans 1,000-to-1
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Coogan: 17% of Tracked Tech Figures Appeared in Epstein Emails
“Big tech alerts that around 17% of the people that we track with this account are on the Epstein emails.”
John Coogan Feb 3, 2026 ▶ 18:17 Moltbook goes viral, $100B OpenAI-Nvidia deal stalled, SpaceX merges with xAI | Diet TBPN
Assertion Contradicted
Salesforce Research invented AI prompt engineering, claims Marc Benioff
“We invented prompt engineering, the first prompt right here at Salesforce Research, commercialized by others, of course.”
Marc Benioff Oct 17, 2025 ▶ 6:45 Marc Benioff on AI Agents' Biggest Problem
Assertion Contradicted
Benioff claims Salesforce sold cybersecurity company Wiz to Google
“You know, we just sold a company to Google, which is Wiz, the security company.”
Marc Benioff Oct 17, 2025 ▶ 11:47 Marc Benioff on AI Agents' Biggest Problem
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Dr. Drew: Microdosing and ayahuasca categorically cause severe psychiatric problems
“The AI world is populated by people that microdose on acid and do ayahuasca, which I tell you, it categorically causes severe psychiatric problems. I've seen it my entire career.”
Dr. Drew Pinsky Aug 30, 2025 ▶ 1:23:30 Weekly Recap: Taylor Swift Gets Engaged, SpaceX Launches Falcon 9, Dr. Drew
Assertion Contradicted
Asparouhov: Nvidia exported $20B in chips to Singapore resold to China
“The, you know, articles that came out yesterday talking about you know, NVIDIA basically getting, you know, sort of slapped on the wrist because they were like, we're exporting. I forget what the number was, but like, twenty billion dollars per year of chips t…”
Delian Asparouhov Apr 28, 2025 ▶ 2:55 The Risk of Losing the Moon to China | Delian Asparouhov on TBPN
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Power: The US no longer manufactures CNC machines domestically
“And we no longer make CNC machines in the US.”
Chris Power Apr 1, 2025 ▶ 9:58 Chris Power (Hadrian) on Building Autonomous Factories
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Wilmore and Williams Confirmed They Were Denied Earlier ISS Return
“Butch and Sunni, like, basically confirmed these facts. Like, they basically made it clear, hey, we could have been brought back earlier, and we were, like, denied the opportunity to be brought back earlier.”
Delian Asparouhov Mar 24, 2025 ▶ 4:48 Delian Asparouhov on Stranded Astronauts, NASA in Crisis, and Corporate Espionage.
Assertion Contradicted
Jordy Hays: Mayor Bass Stayed in Ghana After Wildfire Briefing
“She was briefed on the fires on Monday, decided to stay in Ghana. ... She was fully briefed.”
Jordi Hays Jan 9, 2025 ▶ 9:17 Can This Man Save Los Angeles? (Rick Caruso)
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Coogan: Developers cannot train AI models on AMD due to software bugs
“Like you literally cannot train a model on their chips because it's so buggy and their software is so bad.”
John Coogan Jan 8, 2025 ▶ 27:01 How to WIN in 2025? (INSANE Predictions List)
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Dr. Drew: Silicon Valley microdosing categorically causes severe psychiatric problems
“The, that AI world is populated by people that microdose on acid and do ayahuasca, which I tell you it categorically causes severe psychiatric problems. I've seen it my entire career.”
Dr. Drew Pinsky Aug 27, 2025 ▶ 28:53 Dr. Drew on Tech, COVID, and Living a Happy Life
Assertion Contradicted
Hays: Karen Bass Was an Active Communist Working With Cuba in the 1970s
“Karen Bass was the target. It turns out her political career, well, I guess this was just the beginning of her political career. She was a very active communist working directly with the Cuban government in the seventies.”
Jordi Hays Jan 16, 2025 ▶ 56:29 What's Happening at SONOS (Total Disaster)
Assertion Contradicted
Hays: Tesla vehicles emit high EMF levels, especially in the backseat
“Tesla's just emit like a ridiculous amount of EMF which is, you know, sort of low level radiation. A lot of people say that it doesn't Have any negative effects. But there's quite a lot of evidence that it might. And you can actually go on YouTube and just sea…”
Jordi Hays Dec 14, 2024 ▶ 48:54 Surviving a VC Holiday Party (ep22)
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