America's Most Censored Person Becomes a Useful Idiot
Josiah Zayner on greedy drug companies and Youtube censorship – Extended Interview
We asked Josiah:
“What would you say to people who say you're going to inspire people to make their own vaccines, and they're going to screw it up?”
His answer:
“I would say I fucking hope so. You're telling me that a world of people creating their own vaccines is a fucking bad world?
“Like Goddamn, I can't imagine a better world than people striving to help themselves and help others using medical technology. What does that say about our world that we would rather let people suffer and die than try something? Try to save somebody's life? That's scary to me.”
Josiah Zayner, experimenter, scientist, and CEO of Odin, wants to make cool shit. And the rules and regulations of mainstream science won’t cut it.
“The things we want are not going to come from academia. They're not pushing boundaries, they're not doing crazy interesting things. They're doing boring shit. And what we all want is like lightsabers and dragons and it's true, right?”
In this fascinating interview, we talk evil drug companies, Youtube censorship, and the greedy mess that was creating a Covid vaccine:
“You don't need to be a conspiracy theorist, you just say the things that are happening. Why did all the world's governments try to make their own vaccine instead of everybody coming together and saying, ‘Let’s test and produce as much of it as we can, as fast as we can.’ It’s because of money, right?
Plus, it wouldn’t be a complete episode of Useful Idiots without a dick joke, right? We got you covered.
It’s all this, and more, on this week’s episode of Useful Idiots. Watch it here.
I thought this wouldn't be interesting, but it was VERY interesting. Looking forward to the rest of the interview. I love this guy's attitude.
Matt - As an MD-PhD myself, I would take the words of a PhD scientist on the topic of medicine and healthcare with a big, shipping container sized grain of salt. I admit have not yet listened to the interview but someone with feet in both the medical and scientific worlds in a fairly serious way, I bristle a little bit to hear a PhD talk about how the "boring shit" that we do.
That list happens to include discovering the cure for Hepatitis C inside of the last 10 years. Not to mention the COVID mRNA vaccines, implantable DBS devices for movement disorders, and so on ... probably boring to a PhD graduate who fixates on Star Wars, but not so boring to someone who meets patients every day whose lives have changed forever by these discoveries.
Are there lots of problems with the biomedical sciences in the USA today? Of course. Do I think this guy is best positioned to accurately describe them? No, I do not. All of these comments I feel confident in based on the article alone, but will withhold further thoughts until I have had the chance to listen. Cheers.