Chris Williamson · 2026-05-25 · Andrew Huberman, Chris Williamson (host), Tom Segura, Matt McCusker
Andrew Huberman, Matt McCusker & Tom Segura - Mostly Wise #1
64 claims checked against research: 5 contradicted 1 contradicted online 9 overstated 6 needing context 36 supported 1 corroborated online 6 unverified
6 No source found (not proven false)
Stanford urology faculty member Michael Eisenberg stated that nearly every male over age 40 should take 2.5 to 5 mg of tadalafil per day.
"our chair of male sexual health and urology at Stanford, Mike Eisenberg, he came on the podcast and he said pretty much every male over 40 or so should be taking about 2.5 to 5 mg per day." (said at 0:00:35)
No published record matching the claim that Michael Eisenberg recommended that nearly every male over age 40 take 2.5 to 5 mg of tadalafil daily was located; this does not prove the claim false.
Amnesic patient H.M., who had bilateral hippocampal damage, laughed progressively less at repeated jokes despite having no conscious memory of having heard them before.
"the classic studies of memory were all done on this guy HM, this patient who had damage to the hippocampus like a critical region of the brain for encoding memories... And if you told him a joke he'd laugh and if you came back and told him the joke again, he would laugh a little less each time even though he was completely unaware that he'd heard the joke before." (said at 0:13:26)
No published record matching the claim that patient H.M. (Henry Molaison) was tested with repeated jokes and showed habituation or decreased laughter despite lack of explicit memory was located; this does not prove the claim false.
Successful CEOs frequently score high in psychological disagreeableness on personality assessments.
"Like great CEOs often times have some strong disagreeableness. They rate highly on disagreeableness. Um they're conscientious, right? But they also are kind of high-friction people." (said at 0:36:20)
No published record matching the claim that successful CEOs frequently score high in psychological disagreeableness on personality assessments was located; this does not prove the claim false.
Regularly consuming highly flavorful or processed foods raises the sensory taste threshold for perceiving sweetness and saltiness.
"just like eating very, very flavorful food with a bunch of crap thrown in it, like it raises your threshold for what you consider sweet or salty." (said at 0:42:58)
No published record matching the claim that regularly consuming highly flavorful or processed foods raises the sensory taste threshold for sweetness and saltiness was located; this does not prove the claim false.
The peptide pinealon increases REM sleep.
"But there's a peptide called pinealon, which is spectacularly good at increasing REM sleep." (said at 1:37:23)
No published record matching the claim that the peptide pinealon (Glu-Asp-Arg / EDR) increases REM sleep was located; this does not prove the claim false.
Ultrarunner Phil Gore completed 114 laps (475 miles) over nearly five consecutive days in a backyard ultramarathon.
"the recent backyard ultra, Phil Gore ran 114 laps of the backyard ultra format, 475 miles over nearly five straight days." (said at 2:20:24)
No published record matching the claim that ultrarunner Phil Gore completed 114 laps (475 miles) over nearly five consecutive days in a backyard ultramarathon was located; this does not prove the claim false.
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