ke a book of magic. Like literally a sentence you could say that could change your life or somebody else's. And I'll give you an example. One of the examples is, you've heard me talk about it, a reframe for drinking is that alcohol is poison. So just instead of thinking of it as an entertainment you just say alcohol is poison. And a number of people who heard me repeat that, saw it in a book, stopped drinking. Now, could you imagine one sentence that would stop people from drinking? But that's real. That actually happened. One sentence: alcohol is poison. Just a simple reframe. And I don't know how many people, but I'm guessing dozens based on my feedback. I don't have an actual account, but lots of people, at least dozens, have told me that they stopped drinking almost immediately with one sentence. Now, I'm not talking about alcoholics because addiction is a different problem. I'm just talking about people who wanted to modify their lifestyle in some way but didn't have an addiction.

Yeah, okay, here's the thing about reframes, which I go over in the book. If you think that a reframe has to be true then you're going to miss all the magic. Reframes don't need to be true. In fact they're usually not. They're more often not true. They just have to work. And the reason that a reframe works is that words carry their own power. So if you put some words into people's heads you're reprogramming them. And you can do it to yourself. You can put words into your own head consciously. So words have their own power like a little programming unit. If you put enough programming units in in the right order you reprogram yourself. That's it.

Do you think Democrats or Republicans are better at reframes? You'd have to give me some examples. Are Democrats or Republicans better at reframing? Because they both do it all the time. Somebody's saying the Democrats are better at it. Yeah, but I think it's closer to a fair fight now. You know why the Republicans are better at framing now than they used to be? Yeah, me. It's the obvious. And there are at this point so many people who have read my books on the election and persuasion and have watched the live streams. I've taught so many right-leaning people how to handle reframing. I'd be surprised if Republicans aren't better at it.

What's the difference between a reframe and a narrative? Well, a narrative is more like a story and a reframe is usually the fast summary. So they can be overlaid. They could be overlapping. But the thing with the narrative is, unless you're just lying, which a lot of them are, they're just lies. So I'm sorry, I saw a question that diverted me there for a moment. So a narrative is more of the long form and the reframe doesn't need to be true. A narrative tries to be true but you know a lot more lies. But with a reframe you're not lying if you're doing it in a productive way. You're not necessarily lying but it doesn't have to be true. It just works. Right now, unfortunately in politics that's the same thing. They use reframes that aren't true but they work. You know, the fine people hoax is a reframe. So instead of saying that he was talking about any people who were there were not racist, they just said oh he's definitely talking about racists. And then you say no, no, there are people there who are not racist. And then they say well but they were marching with racists. So and then you say no they weren't marching with them. Well but they were the racists. They said no they weren't with them. They were physically quite far away from them. Well but they came to an event organized by racists. And you say but there were also religious people there and Antifa and police and medical people and they all came to a racist thing for their own reasons. And so some people who like statues also came for their own reasons. And then they get mad at you because you've taken away all the reasons. Well no, that is the wrongest thing anybody ever said. None your business.

Somebody said that a reframe is self-sophistry. Sophistry by my way of thinking is something useless. A reframe will change your life. Sophistry is literally the opposite of a reframe. So when you said reframe equals self-sophistry that was exactly the opposite of smart.

Do I believe in elves? So what makes reframes good or bad is the intent and the character of the person using it. That is correct. A reframe is a tool. It can be used for good or evil. That is correct.

A book will not be out for Christmas. It might be written by Christmas. Is a reframe self-hypnosis in a way? Yes. Yeah, so the trouble is I use hypnosis in a wider sense than other people do. So for me hypnosis is anything you're saying that's persuasive and uses some of the tools of persuasion. It doesn't mean you're going to a trance. Affirmations are a form of reframe. You could stretch the definition for that I guess.

Who's this bald, vaxxed, childless guy? Let me ask you this. A lot of people especially on the right believe that reproducing is the ultimate win. That if your genes have been reproduced, if you've had biological children, that that's sort of the ultimate win. And I wouldn't disagree with that because that would be one way to keep score, right? And if somebody says I'm way more successful because I had a child and you did not have a child, I would say well if that's the way you're keeping score, okay. But why would you keep score? What is the logic or the reason behind passing your genes along? Why? I understand that people want to do it and I understand it's a biological impulse. But have you taken it to another level where there's a why? Because I've never seen the sense to it. Expand your mind. Well that's so selfish. Okay, if you have good genes you should pass them along. Why? You're going to be dead. Scott is an emotional wreck compared to what? If I'm an emotional wreck compared to what? All right, is it ego? So in my view reproduction is something that you do if your ego requires it and mine never did. And that's it. Another, obviously you need to reproduce to keep the economy healthy, to keep civilization moving forward. But the fact is it seems to me that if you're helping the people who are here you're doing just as much for civilization as if you created a new one. Yeah, and some would say that having a child is the ultimate narcissistic thing. You have to create yourself because you can't imagine not having more of you. To which I've always said, you know, less of me would be fine. I think a little less of me would be just what the world needs.

I need a woman to help me keep perspective. How many people think that's true? How many people think I need a woman to help me keep perspective? All right, why not continue? But why? So somebody's asking me why wouldn't I have kids? That's not the right question. The question is why. So it's not why not. Because you could why not everything that you don't do. You need a why. Now, I do believe that people have great satisfaction from it and all that. Please don't have kids. Yeah, you don't want my kids running around. But it is true that one of my relatives had the highest IQ of all presidents. John Quincy Adams. True story. Lost unwanted divorces. Lost.

So somebody, so how many of you had divorces during the pandemic or breakups? Breakups or divorces during the pandemic? Go. All right. Number of you did. No, no, no. Yes. No. All right. And no, but I'm willing to learn. Oh, somebody broke up right before the pa