FDA Part 2 w/ Meghann Ribbens; more trolling; blocking people; etc. - Livestream #23B

This is my second of two livestreams from Saturday, May 17, 2025, Livestream #23 Part B. 0:00 Intro, talking about my previous livestream, from earlier on May 17, 2025, Livestream #:23 Part A, which you can see here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YJ4vaapu2g 9:00: Call with starts with Meghann Ribbens, a scientist who works in the biopharmaceutical industry 9:52 Meghann on the FDA: safe and effective? 12:55 What is "safety"? 16:39 Phases of FDA approval, clinical trials 21:42 Why are pharmaceuticals so expensive? Foreign agents in the body (vs. immigration) 27:15 Does the FDA approve drugs that make you better? 30:02 Companies that closed because of the FDA 40:15 Biomarkers and correlation vs. causation 47:34 Anecdotes (Meghann replies to Digital Gnosis) 51:35 Right to try, "compassionate use," and the expense of drug creation 1:00:00 Call ends Engaging with chat 1:11:58 How do I reply to people who equate Objectivism with religion? (Simon Grassi) 1:13:54 Filtering out garbage from my platform to make more room for good content 1:19:29 What's your opinion on Trump? 1:20:50 Record number of viewers, new subscribers! 1:27:46 Troll calls in, blasts noise and a racial slur (which I edited out) 1:31:37 Content during the rest of the stream is relatively sparse and sporadic as I do some stream management: catching up on reading the chat, blocking people, answering some chat questions, etc. This livestream originally appeared in the “Live” section of my YouTube channel on May 17, 2025. After editing and re-uploading it, it now appears in the “Videos” section and is dated May 19, 2025. The Live Chat Replay is not preserved, but I copied it and pasted it into comments below the video. www.patreon.com/DanNorton www.paypal.me/DanNorton11 #aynrand #objectivism #philosophy #debate