In this episode of Evolved Thinking, James and Matt cover the latest iteration of the Israeli-
Palestinian conflict spurred by the brutal attack from Hamas on October 7th . They start by covering how
Hamas executed the attack along with the horrendous atrocities they committed, and the important
implications for Israeli’s long-term strategy.
Then, James covers the ancient roots of the conflict and asserts that both Israeli’s and
Palestinians have a legitimate claim to the area and describes how ancient Jews established a state in
modern day Israel and Palestine in very ancient times, and how the area became dominated by large
empires, two of which exiled the Jews from their homeland. James also talks about how Jews always had
a presence in the area, and how Jews in the Diaspora returned to their ancestral homeland throughout
history. James also discredits Palestinian claims that Jews are not an aboriginal people to the area
because Jews are European rather than Semitic.
Next, James covers the modern roots of the dispute from the end of World War I to the
establishment of modern Israel and through the many Arab-Israeli wars that established the borders of
Israel and the Palestinian territories. James asserts that the Palestinians have been offered a two state
solution time and time again and have refused it because they will not accept the right of Israel to exist.
James goes on to assert that Israel has the moral high ground due to Israel’s demonstrated
restraint, sincere offers of a Palestinian state, and because of deep antisemitism and irrationality of the
Palestinians.
Finally, James attacks the strange and disgusting affinity the American woke has with the
Palestinian cause when the Palestinians largely are antithetical to their views. We hope you enjoy this
episode of Evolved Thinking.

James and Matt return today to discuss their take on the case for Ron DeSantis over Donald Trump for the upcoming primary elections. They highlight why they believe DeSantis is the better choice with examples such as their responses to the Covid Pandemic. They start by summarizing Trumps presidency, mentioning the policies they agreed with, then talk about the bad. They then mention Ron DeSantis and his stellar performance and background in public service, and make the argument that DeSantis has a stronger positional advantage, a stronger capacity to get more done, and other factors not so intuitive to casual voters, such as Trump only having one term versus DeSantis potential for 2.

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Is humanity so violent, at least in part, because humans are a domesticated species?

In this episode of Here’s one for Ya, Matt and James discuss the ideas put forward by Richard Wrangham in his book The Goodness Paradox.


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