that chronic inflammation is linked to depression? Not just that the depression causes the inflammation, but rather the inflammation seems to cause the depression. Now, they could have done that study or they could have just asked me, because I've been telling you for a while that, hey, I think inflammation is causing depression. How many of you heard that from me before there was a study that says, you know what, inflammation seems to cause depression?

Now, in addition to inflammation causing depression, I'm pretty sure that just energy in general, just your health in general, but also your energy is probably linked to depression. That seems pretty clear to me. Now, again, this comes under the category of your brain. Your body is your brain, right? There was some study I didn't tell you about that had some idea that memory is stored in other parts of your body. Okay, but if you know that the other parts of your body can affect how your brain is thinking, and that seems to be the case, just think of your body as your brain.

So there was a strategy I had when I was very young that if I had a lifelong habit of exercise, I would be smarter when I was older. That was literally a lifetime strategy. So in my teens, probably in my teens, I decided that I didn't want to be dumb and have mental problems when I'm 60. So I said, huh, you mean all I have to do is exercise on a regular basis, which I kind of like anyway, and then my brain will be better for the last part of my life? Yes, yes, that's exactly what works.

Also, there's an app. Neuroscience News says that somebody tested an app that would keep you from ruminating, ruminating, you know, thinking about yourself and your problems. Well, we have found that that also reduces depression. So the more you think about people and things outside yourself, the happier you will be.

Now, I've said this a few times, but I don't know if you can realize how deep this is as an explanation of our political situation. Does it seem to you that Republicans are like happy warriors? And does it seem to you that the Democrats seem, and again this is oversimplification and stereotype, so it doesn't apply to every single person obviously, but does it seem to you that on average the Democrats seem sad and depressed? And indeed this evidence shows that they have far more therapy, far more prescription drugs to help them with their mental problems.

Now, if the only thing I told you was that the Republicans are focused on the well-being of their family, they're focused on their God, and they're focused on their country, those are all external. Those are the three healthiest things you could ever think about. Thinking about your family's well-being, your God, and your country, that's like a recipe for good mental health right there.

Now take the Democrat approach that identity is sort of the beginning place, you know, the beginning of your journey, and then everything is about what's different about you. Oh, what's different about my experience? Let's talk about my lived experience. It's all about you, which we know gives you mental health problems.

Now let's not pretend that there's any mystery about this anymore. This is a very clean, scientifically completely supported opinion. Am I wrong? I'd love to see in the comments whether that's resonating, that the Republican point of view is external and they tend to be happy warriors just like the science says they should, and then the narcissistic, not have any kids, and I'm going to shave my head because everything is about me and it's about my identity, and that those people are depressed as hell and they don't understand even what's happening in the world. They're like, why, why are things happening like this? That might be your whole explanation.

So imagine if you would, people always ask me, Scott, you're a hypnotist and you talk about persuasion, how can we persuade the people on the left to be less crazy? And really it is crazy because even their point of view about how to do policy, you look at it and you go, I don't know, that looks a little crazy. I'm not even sure that's worth discussing.

So suppose the way you, suppose I'll just put this out as a hypothesis, suppose the way you helped the people on the left is not to try to talk about their political opinions because you know that's a waste of time, right? Suppose the only thing you did was train them to think externally and train them to put their interests outside of their own body. What would happen? Would they turn into Republicans automatically and then they wouldn't even know why? I don't know, but if it made them happier, that'd be worth doing, you know?

Look, let me say this clearly in case there's even one Democrat listening. As much as we have fun with politics and you know it's fun to dunk on the other team and stuff because there's a team sport part of the politics, I really do want the Democrats to do well. Let me say that. Let me say that unambiguously. In my perfect world, the Democrats are thriving, they're getting everything they want, you know that doesn't hurt me, and they're having a terrific time with life. That's what I want. So let's see if we can get there.

So now we have several ways to reduce depression. We know exercise does it. We know thinking about yourself less is good for your mental health. Reducing inflammation is good. Somebody said some things about diet. That's probably good too.

Meanwhile over in China they have not only developed military robot dogs but they're training their military robot dogs to operate like a wolf pack so that the military dogs will operate in a coordinated fashion. I can't think of too many things scarier than robot dog wolves. That just sounds like the scariest thing you could think of because if a real wolf pack attacked you, you would at least have some chance of using psychology against it, right? Like suppose a real wolf pack came after you, you'd like maybe you'd fire a gun and they'd scare them away. Maybe there'd be a fire or something. You could wave the fire at them and scare them away. You know there might be some psychology you could use with wolves. But you're not going to use any psychology with a robot wolf pack. If that stuff comes at you, you might as well just make your peace with the world.

The only thing I'm worried about is can they swim? If they can't swim, the United States has a few more good years ahead of it. But if those robot dogs start swimming from mainland China toward California, I'm going to start running.

All right, there's a new technology that turns jet engines more efficient, uses electricity to directly create thrust. So normally electricity doesn't create jet engine thrust, but now they've got a way to do it with plasma. But I was reading through the technique of how they did it and I realized that the technology was written like a porn novel. So I'm going to read you the technology involved in turning electricity into a plasma jet engine, but I'm going to read it like it's a sexual piece. Okay, you ready for this?

Ionization inside the chamber. The high-frequency microwaves excite the air molecules, stripping electrons from the atoms and creating a plasma state. The resulting plasma reaches temperatures exceeding several thousand degrees C. And then comes the jet thrust. The high-temperature plasma rapidly expands as it exits the ionization chamber. The expansion produces a jet thrust capable of lifting a one-kilogram steel ball, demonstrating thrust comparable to conventional jet engines.

Whoa, that's some good technology right there. Okay, concentrate, Scott, concentrate.

Well, the Daniel Penny trial continues. The hero who stopped a dangerous man from hurting people on a subway. And the witness who helped him most closely, the person who helped Daniel Penny hold down the other guy, is giving some testimony that seems very positive. And that guy did not seem to see, he did not say or observe that Penny was holding him in a dangerous way. In fact, at one point he was helping him hold arms so he could hold them looser. And at one point he said maybe we should hold them tighter. So there was one very close witness who literally was hands-on, you know, holding the same body at the same time, who is as close to Daniel Penny as I am to my microphone. And in his opinion he wasn't holding him so tight that it was some dangerous situation.

Now, how does he not go free? Seriously, the guy who was on the body at the same time who was charged with nothing because the other guy was holding his hands, right? That's the only person I want to hear from. If the person who was on the body, now that guy first of all deserves credit because he got involved. He could have been charged. I'm not exactly sure why he wasn't, because if Daniel Penny was holding the guy in a deadly way, the person who is helping him hold him in a deadly way, it feels like that should be chargeable. I'm glad it isn't. I'm very glad it isn't. But if that's the guy, because he's credible, right? The guy who steps in to help because he stepped in to help not just the people on the train who were threatened. He stepped in to help the guy who was the victim because holding his hands was the safest thing you could have done to the victim. So that guy has credibility with me. He's no evidence that he's a liar, no evidence he has the wrong motivations, and the evidence shows